re: We don't need 8 teams in the playoff, we need four balanced conferences

Look, all of this may make for interesting theoretical debate, but the bottom line is this: Equitable reorganization of the conferences is an impossibility because the bulk of the strong teams will always be in the South...especially the Southeast. In pro sports you have things like salary caps and drafts to help achieve parity. As long as you have warmer weather and a culture in the Southeast that values college football above all other spectator sports...in other words, forever...equitable reorganization isn't possible.