Expanded CFB Playoffs? Yes!
Welcome back! Those of you who are long time followers of this blog (yes, I'm talking to both of you!), know that I have been in favor of expanding the College Football Playoff to increase access. The arguments against such a move are well known- it would "water down" the best regular season in all of sports, it would lead to more blowouts, and the #5 team is rarely deserving of inclusion (looking at you @philsteele42). In a nutshell, my arguments for a playoff dispute all of these. First, adding 4, 8, or 12 teams would still make this the most exclusive playoff in all of sports. No other sport/division allows so few. Having a 16-team playoff (which I have advocated for) would still allow only 12.3% of all FBS teams in, which is not only lower than any other sport, but MUCH lower (as I have pointed out in past blogs). Second, before the season starts, 65 teams (the G5 plus Independents not named Notre Dame) are already excluded, which means the regula...