re: The expanded 12-team College Football Playoff is here — and it already has problems.

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The latter is a rematch.

That’s Problem No. 1: As it stands now, there is no CFP protocol on avoiding first-round rematches.

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This is the biggest gripe?

There are often first round rematches in every sport. Hell, it's not that uncommon to see two divisional teams play a game in week 18 of the NFL then turn around and play again in the first round of the playoffs.

When you have only a 12 team playoff and the majority of the teams will be from the same conferences (SEC and Big 10) rematches are inevitable.

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Enough rules, let’s get to the complaints — chief among them is that no protocol exists for selection members to avoid rematches in the first round. This is a simple, solvable problem. Like the NCAA basketball tournament selection, the CFP could implement a protocol requiring first-round games to feature two teams from separate conferences when possible. With such a small field (12) and conferences steadily expanding, there may be times where it is not possible.

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First round rematches (though not intra-conference) happen in the NCAAT too. But it's easy to implement a rule against intraconference games in a tournament with 68 teams.

Even in this bozo's dissertation bitching about rematches there is only one of four first round games that is a rematch.