And Mullen showed that the MSU job doesn't have to be your last job anymore.
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If the new 5+7 model replaces the current 6+6 model, a G5 team will no longer have an automatic spot in the playoff.
The idea that Liberty has a better shot of getting 1 bid shared by 60-70 teams than we do of getting one the 3-4 (sometimes 5) bids the SEC will get every year is pretty ridiculous. As we're seeing right now, even 13-0 isn't necessarily good enough for Liberty, while we'd very likely be in at 10-2, maybe 9-3 in some years.
Regardless of where Chadwell coaches next year, I'm confident that if the 12-team playoff format exists for the next 50 years (it won't - I bet it's 16 or more by 2030), that every SEC school will end up with more CFP bids by 2073 than Liberty, even Vanderbilt.
Most years, the playoff will consist of:
Big 12 champ
ACC champ
SEC champ
Big 10 champ
Some G5 team that probably sucks, but occasionally doesn't
3-4 SEC at larges
2-3 Big 10 at larges
1 at large from Big 12 or ACC, or maybe another SEC/Big 10
There will be random odd years that break this trend because of the conference championship games (which should be abolished and probably will be), but this will be the norm.