re: 12 Team Playoff

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The networks still talked about other teams who weren't in the national title picture. We all understood that Florida State vs. Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl was for all the marbles, but ESPN and other networks still put a lot of emphasis on the other "big" bowl games - not just the BCS.

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So if ESPN paid more attention to the Outback Bowl guys wouldn’t opt out?

You were excited for Bama to make the Orange Bowl because up til then it had been several years since Bama had been truly relevant. It wouldn’t have mattered who had said what. USC, Nebraska, UT, etc. fans wouid be in the same boat if their team was achieving the same.