re: This years team is the perfect example of why I am okay with extending the Playoff

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Excitement = money No other way to see it.

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Yes, and that’s all that matters. There’s no if ands or buts.

Money.

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we have a 4 team playoff where there is no actual objective criteria and are decided secretly.

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the committee has gotten it right every year. People talk shite about them becuase their team may not have made it in a parituclar year. The criteria is pretty plain to see considering we have 8 years of data to go on now. You almost surely need to win your conferecne, although that's not a requirement. If you do not win your conference, you need to not have more than a single loss AND you need the other P5 champs to be lacking somehow. No one has made it wiht 2 losses. It's worked out fine.

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Eliminating 95% of the field from consideration by default does not do that.

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Whose fault is it they're eliminatd? If you lose 2 games that's on you, not the committee or "the sport". The goal should be to crown the most deserving national champion, period. Not to grow the sport or make the most money or entertain the most folks.

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Personally I think 8 would have been perfect.

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8 is damn sure better than 12. Although if after 13 weeks of football you are still only ranked 8th I question why you deserve a shot considering you have at least 2 losses and possibly even 3

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IDK why CFB is the only sport that has convinced people playoffs are bad for a regular season and or give teams a chance that shouldn't have one. Playoffs make the season more exciting by keeping more teams/fanbases in the hunt for a title.

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People with coping issues typically hate change. When change like this happens, it’s not because the people in charge want to piss people off. It’s because the people in charge believe it’s what’s best for the sport. What will make the most money. Aka, it’s what they believe the majority want. Which is not going to include everyone.

They may be wrong. They may be right. We will see.

One more thing. Some people think this will make the regular season not mean as much. I disagree. Maybe for big undefeated/1 loss matchups in the rs. And that will actually be important for seedling. But for the 2-3 loss teams still fighting, every game going forward is HUGE. Which means more important games across the board. Never understood peoples logic behind that “the regular season won’t mean anything” take.

It seems like if this year's team was the perfect example, you wouldn't have had to creqte a hypothetical version of them

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You've got a right to your opinion, I reckon. It's good if you like the idea of expanding the playoff. I personally don't like the thought of expanding it. The whole idea of a four-team playoff in the first place was supposedly to determine who the best team was without the subjective award a la coaches' polls and the AP at the end of the year. SURELY that best team is among the top four ranked at the end of the season. There is no need to turn the CFP playoff into a football version of March Madness. The logistics of traveling with a football team -v- a basketball team is plenty enough alone to see that it's ridiculous. Add to that the fact that football is centered around extreme physical contact and the teams have already played at least 12 or 13 games over the course of 15 weeks.

No. I don't think I want to see college football being played all the way to mid-February even if it does appear to possibly, in some slight way, benefit my team.

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High school, FCS, and pros do it. Literally everyone but FBS. FWIW

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And yet, somehow, every other division does it. With fewer resources, none the less.

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And much smaller venues, smaller fan bases, etc…

Do you really WANT to emulate the lower tiers?

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I thought your argument was about travel logistics.

The football team that travels will be the same size, roughly, as the FCS or D-II teams.

A bigger venue and fanbase just means more profit on gameday, running a facility they've ran 6-7 times already (if we go to somebody's home field). If you're the away team, you have a bonus shot at a road trip to a big opponent.

Expanding the playoffs is a bad, bad, bad idea.

I think college football is helped by a few things in a 12 team playoff. I know UGA Bama, OSU Clemson will continue to make it every year, but hasn’t that been the case now anyway?

First, conference champions will be rewarded. Last year UGA was able to lay an egg vs Bama in the SEC championship and still win the National Championship. While that still could have happened, they would have been punished for laying an egg in the SEC championship, Bama gets a bye while UGA has to play an extra game. That could have made the difference last year.
Second, adds more parity to college football in the long run. Right now four maybe five school can say we are a playoff contender year after year, that gives them a large advantage in recruiting, that’s why Bama Clemson and Ohio State have dominated like they have. In theory if more teams compete in the playoff recruiting will be more balanced. I’m sure Bama Clemson and Ohio State now include UGA will continue to dominate but at-least other teams can claim they made the playoff.
Third, as others have said it adds more importance to the regular season, especially if conference champs are rewarded. How many teams right now have a shot at the playoff? If you aren’t in that number does your regular season matter right now? If we add 8 teams how many more teams are in contention?

Is the new playoff perfect, no it obviously has it’s flaws, but IMO it’s better than a 4 team playoff.