Why are you mad about a 24-team playoff?

This doesn't improve the sport. Look how many uncompetitive games the playoff already has until they fix the teams that get in, adding more teams doesn't fix that, it makes it worse. And now you are damaging the regular season and taking away the Conference Championship games because they no longer matter.

That doesn't improve the sport. Don't be fooled by what other leagues do, this decision was made too quickly and only for $$.

I think expanding the playoff is the “easy” fix to a much larger problem. And also a money grab.

The regular season will hold no meaning anymore. Which makes the sport great.

Historic rivalries like lsu/bama that usually are a must win situation for atleast one side, will be meaningless. This will kill the sport. The importance of the regular season is the only thing it really has left.

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College football was most exciting whenever you couldn’t afford more than one loss in a season.

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Oh yeah let me tell you just how “exciting” this place was and how excited we were when weaker teams with weak schedules got in over 2-3 loss SEC teams. Screw all that.

Exactly. Everyone forgets how pissed off it made them.

Because #s13-24 are never going to win it all so it’s a huge waste of time?

I can almost guarantee you that the same people you see being mad about this were also mad dating all the way back to the bowl days.

We used to live in a world where #1 Ohio St. would play #13 USC in the Rose Bowl, while #2 Alabama played #8 Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, and #3 Miami played #17 Boise State in the Orange Bowl. And we somehow had to guess a national champion after all of them played.

Then we improved on that, by bringing in the BCS. People complained about that because it was computers ranking teams, and they always didn't agree with who should be #2, and who should be #3.

Then we moved to 4 teams, and you had a year where a 12-0 ACC champ was left out because their QB got injured.

Then we moved to where we are today. I think it's fine, and wouldn't have been mad with it staying where it was (with some adjustments).

I am also perfectly fine moving to 24, as long as they do it correctly. Either no automatic qualifiers for group of 5, or one at max. If we get it to where it's actually the best 24 teams, then it should provide some solid match ups. I don't really understand why people would complain about playoff games on home fields. More good match ups. It all sounds wonderful to me, and I can't wait for it.

But a lot of the people who complain, just simply like to complain. They will literally find anything to cry about.

Our mindsets will adjust over time if this format stays for a while, but the nostalgic feeling that most of us have from this level of football has always been that everyone is chasing perfection. Of course, everyone is still chasing that, but it's no longer a necessary requirement in order to potentially win a national championship.

The 24-team playoff will still be plenty of fun. For people complaining about someone that's #24 in the country having a chance at a national championship, consider what that team would have to do in order to win it:

1. Beat the #9 team on the road
2. Beat the #8 team on the road (I'm really hoping the 2nd round is at home stadiums, but I doubt it unfortunately)
3. Beat the #1 team
4. Beat the #4 or #5 team
5. Win the National Championship (against whoever but likely the #2 or #3 team)

If there's ever a team in that #17-24 range that makes a run to a natty, they will have very much earned their spot by going through such a gauntlet. It will all play itself out.

whether it be 8, 12, 14, 24 etc, my biggest issue with the playoffs in CFB is their way of determining WHO gets in. thats why you'll see more blowouts than we should. run the BCS calculator till it spits out the top XXXXX teams, then go at it. but making sure Tulane and James Madison gets in is my biggest issue..........human error/corruption/influence.