re: CFP going to 12 teams

Top recruits pile into the 3 or 4 schools that consistently show up in the CFP. The fact that just a few teams make it and just a few teams dominate is sort of self fulfilling. If it’s a 12-team playoff each year, you’ll get better talent distribution, especially in the NIL era where a single school can’t fully line the pockets of all 25 signees. This is less all or nothing and will be better for competitive balance. And it’s much harder to win four games (or three with a bye) against seeded teams than having the SEC champ destroy some weak arse Big-12 winner or Notre Dame as a tune up to the championship.