Watching March Madness really make me wish there was a bigger college football playoff. Imagine if there was an 18 team college football playoff... Each conference winner got in, the bottom 4 conference winners would play a playin for the 8th seed in both regions (there's 2 regions). There would be 8 first round games played on the weekend before Christmas at regional sites. Play two games on a Friday night and then 6 on Saturday that start at noon, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10pm (ET). In the Elite 8, have the 4 games be all the BCS bowls (Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl) with 2 on New Years Eve and 2 on New Years Day. The top seeded Pac 12 school would play the Rose Bowl, and other historic correlations could be covered. The Final 4 and championship would be at the Championship site.
People would fill out brackets for that, and it would create a ton of entertaining playoff football. It would keep many teams in the race, as if you still have a chance at your conference championship, you'd still have a chance at the playoffs. That being said, it would still place a big premium on the regular season, as there's only 8 at large teams and seeding would matter. Yes it would be 4 playoff games for the top 2 teams, which is a lot, but it's only 2 teams and 2 more games with 2 week layoffs in between won't be that big of deal in my opinion. Two more would have to play 3, but the layoff is enough. 1 to 2 more games wouldn't matter at all. It would also bring in extra revenue for schools and the NCAA if you wanna think corporate. I'm hoping that this is a reality in the next 10 years.
