We are entering week 8 and it feels like 35 teams have a shot at the playoff. Before this year, I could give a crap about Iowa State vs UCF, now I am watching til games end. Even the teams with no shot are dependent on other teams winning to dress up their resumes. The lack of divisions in the conferences and the sheer size of the conferences make all results matter for tie breakers.
There is no way this thing doesn't go to 16 teams soon. We haven't even started the selection shows yet and you can just feel the viewership for those shows will be off the charts. I felt pretty strongly that the expansion would diminish the regular season but the stakes seem larger than before only because if you didn't make it before, so what only four teams can. Now if you don't make it, it literally could change your program trajectory.
There is no way this thing doesn't go to 16 teams soon. We haven't even started the selection shows yet and you can just feel the viewership for those shows will be off the charts. I felt pretty strongly that the expansion would diminish the regular season but the stakes seem larger than before only because if you didn't make it before, so what only four teams can. Now if you don't make it, it literally could change your program trajectory.
