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[QUOTE="Chip, post: 289183, member: 19"]
For me personally, I think if college football really does shrink to a 4 X 16, 64 team sport, it will turn me off quite a bit to the sport itself.  And that's saying a lot because it has been, by far, my favorite sport since I went all in back in 1991.

But it really seems to be a fascination with the media to get to this level.  Would they like it more that way?  It's hard to say they wouldn't the way they're dying to write about it.
 
How will the ratings hold up?  There are so many die hards of the last 64 standing, so there's that large chunk of people that TV can count on.  But how about the sports fans who don't have a favorite among the 64 (be it more pro-centric fans, or those who were a fan of a school left behind)?  Will they find college football more interesting?  It seems like the structure leading to a playoff that fits into a nice math equation that people seem to require in order to not go crazy.  So will the ratings for the sport overall (regular season and postseason) jump, or will it push more people to only care about Sunday football.
 
I hope I don't have to find all this out.  The way everyone seems to want to rally around it and take a simple bowl agreement and turn it into the story they've lived their lives for, I can't help but wonder if the momentum will infect those who can impact the decision.  People like the President of Florida State.  A school that you think would be safe and be able to make money whereever it happens to be.
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