re: Real talk. Is next years 12 team playoff too many? Not enough? Perfect?

Bama was certainly trying its best to get a participation trophy last year…

I like 12 in the hopes it allows one year great teams from schools that don’t have the “championship” cache to get their shot to prove something.

I don’t think we fully realize how much of the BCS and 4 team playoff came down to inherent bias. That led to the same small group of teams over and over again which isn’t good for CFB. If the transfer portal, NIL and the legal buying of recruits, and an expanded playoff even out the top echelon of the CFB world, it will be a more entertaining landscape to follow.

It doesn’t have to be ridiculous parity like NFL, but at the same time the status quo just won’t be sustainable.