re: Missed out on a great season for a 12 team playoff this year

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And so much less meaningful football during the season.

Sorry, but we had an average of 4-5 meaningful games per week during the regular season, going back to LSU-Florida State in week 1. Texas-Alabama meant something. So did Oklahoma-Texas.
Notre Dame-Ohio State, Ohio State-Michigan, LSU-Alabama and so forth.

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There will be Byes that are still massively important to earn for the top 4 teams.

And you can also look at like it's ADDING to the meaningful games because a whole bunch of teams will still be alive the last 3-4 weeks of the season, as opposed to 5-6 teams. With 25+ teams still having a shot at the playoff and 5-6 having a shot at a first round bye, that is intriguing.