NCAAF playoff system NEEDS to seed a number of teams that is a multiple of 4

Think about it. Any number not a multiple of 4 is going to produce seeds given a bye.

One reason given for the “new” 12 team playoff is eliminate the snafu’s like an undefeated team not making it to the championship series.

But, as stated above 4 teams get a bye. Suppose in Round 1 Team A beats Team B. Then in Round 2 Team A plays Team C who happened to have a bye in Round 1. Team A loses to Team C. Now Team A is going to claim they were robbed because Team C had an extra week to rest, heal, prepare, etc….

So instead of getting rid of controversy the “new” system replaces one source of controversy with another.

Why not mimic the “proven” formula of March Madness, but with 16 teams instead of 12? The playoffs will still be played over the same number of weeks so having to extend the season is no more an issue with a 16 team field than with one of 12.

With sixteen teams, 4 more teams get to compete. Is that such a bad thing?

Seems like a reasonable and doable solution. But, nonetheless leave it to the powers that be to bypass an easy solution and go from one crappy system to another.