re: Official announcement by the CFP on the 12 team playoff

Right, everyone who is saying that the regular season will mean less is looking at it from the perspective of an undefeated team. Yeah, if you're an undefeated team, regular season games will mean less, if you're Bama or Clemson the regular season is probably irrelevant now. It's such a narrow view of this. After 7 games, why should a 5-2 Texas or Iowa team care about the rest of the season? The likelihood of them making a 4 team playoff is very slim. In the new scenario, those teams still have a legit chance to make the playoff, therefore their regular season games matter more. So, while a late season matchup between Bama and Auburn might mean a little less, the rest of the season for a team that isn't undefeated will mean so much more.