Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
The move to 12 is goofy. I mean either go to 8 or just go all the way to 16 for Pete's sake. So, not only will the Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State types still get most all the elite talent, now they will get have a week off in the playoffs while the other playoff teams beat each other off. There are no 'bye' games for the #1 seeds in the NCAA basketball or baseball tournaments, so I don't understand why they didn't just go to 16 rather than give the elite teams even more advantage than they already have? And, while this gives a few more 'fun' games to watch at the end of the year, it does nothing to address the lack of competitiveness in the college football product. Its still going to be the same programs winning the NC every year.
I get your point, so how is it worse than what we have now?

You get more games in the regular season that mean something. Even the top four will be vying for that bye week and then you have another 15-20 teams vying for those other playoff spots. That Egg Bowl could be a play in game and that would never be the case in today's format.

Plus, you get way more interesting matchups. 1st week will have 12 vs 5; 11 vs 6; 10 vs 7 and 8 vs 9.

If one of those teams has legit put it together, over come an injury or has found a new starting QB or something they could make some noise in the next round make the final four. That's a legit reason to watch and it should be fun.

I just think how little interest March Madness would draw if they only invited four teams every year.