multivita-man
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Why more games to watch?
I think some years it'll work out well, and others not so much. Some years you'll have a program like UCF, Houston, or SMU get a number 12 spot and surprisingly make a game of it against a number 5 team. In other years, there might be some blowouts, but there have been blowouts in the top-4 format, too.
There's no way the Committee will get the top 12 teams perfect, but at least with 12 teams, they're sure to include all of the elite-performing, undefeated or 1-loss teams during the year. The debate will be about whether a 2- or perhaps even a 3-loss team deserves a shot at being a Cinderella, rather than which conference champion or 1-loss team gets screwed. I think 12 teams would work but I agree that there can be too many teams, so I hope it doesn't expand beyond that.
They may decide to eliminate bowl games and move them to week 0 as seasonal kick-off classics. If they do that, I could actually see the NCAA expanding the playoffs to 16 or even more teams as crazy as that sounds. It wouldn't be great for the sport but there would be more money in it.