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

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A ton of people across this country feel the CFB season is a pointless exercise simply because there are teams that technically qualify for the championship that would never get a shot even with an undefeated season.

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This has been a big sticking point for me in complaining about the current system.

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It will also likely broaden the interest of those who are already fully engaged in their team. You don't think if LSU is sitting at #5 and comfortably in the playoff, that fans won't be more interested in the games that will determine the #12 spot, compared to now? That's in addition to any games impacting the top 4 spots, which would already be of interest in today's format.

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I actually don’t like this side of it as much. For the p5 teams, every week of conference play had a playoff-ish vibe to it. Now that they’re adding 6 potential “mulligan” teams (instead of usually just one, which was already too many), it’s going to be nearly impossible to eliminate a lot of big programs during the regular season. While that’s good for keeping a larger number of fanbases engaged, it’s bad for making individual games more consequential.

In my opinion, they should have only expanded to 8 spots with 2 at large bids or had auto bids for all conference champs with only 2 at large spots. With 6 slots, prepare for a whole lot of rematches.

Obviously, as an LSU fan, I hate rematches, but maybe it won’t be such a bad thing once I get used to it.