Some people say the 12 team playoff gives the games less meaning.
I disagree.
Maybe for a game like OSU vs Michigan in the last game of the season, where both teams have a playoff spot locked up whether they win or lose. Yeah, that might mean less.
But for the teams ranked 5-25 who all have a reasonable shot to make or miss out on the playoff based on the last 1-2 games of the year, each of those games mean *more*.
I also believe the 12 team playoff brings more parity to the sport.
In a sport where only 4-8 teams have a reasonable chance to make the playoff, 4-8 teams hold the entirety of the recruiting power.
When 12 can make it and 20+ teams have a reasonable shot to make it each year, the top teams have less of a recruiting advantage.
For a team like ours, CFP expansion is a beautiful thing.
Replying to my own post cuz I wanna give one more example:
Let’s say we played this season all over again under the current bowl set up.
The difference is: we beat Purdue & Michigan to go 10-2.
What’s the difference in outcome? We go from the Reliaquest Bowl to the Citrus Bowl?
So we beat the #2 team in the nation, win the B1G West, go 10-2 and we go from earning a bowl game in Florida to a slightly better bowl game in Florida?
Under the expanded playoff rules, those 2 wins get us into the college football playoff.
The. College. Football. Playoff.
And it’s not just us, there are few dozen teams in similar situations.
How much more exciting does that make the college football season?