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I mean, is 2004 Auburn not a national champion?  They certainly think so…

Out of all the Auburn fans I know, none have ever claimed they were NCs in 2004.  They certainly think they were robbed of their chance to be, but that's different.  

Prefer option #2, because I don't care to see Michigan/Ohio State play in the first round, right after they just ended the season with each other.  

Yawn.  

I've never been very impressed with the SWC as a whole.  I've stated several times that my CFB "timeline" started in 1996.  I knew almost nothing about it before then, and remember the internet was very much in it's infancy in 1996 so it's not like you had all the video and other things that you can instantly pull up or reference.  I didn't even really understand that A&M was in a new conference in 1996, I just knew we were in the Big 12 and that's about all I knew.  

But later on, in the following years, I learned a lot from on-line sources like this about the SWC and it's past.  I started looking into the members.  Rice, SMU, Baylor, UH, UT, A&M, Texas Tech (who I believe wasn't even a member until the 1970's).  Arkansas had already been gone for years by this point.  I'm sure I forgot a few schools, but it was very clear that nobody wanted the leftovers.  In fact, the only reason Tech and Baylor got an invite to the Big 12 was politics, nobody gave two shits about the rest.  TCU is the school I forgot about, but they pretty much had the best result out of all the former SWC schools, but it's my understanding that they either have a losing record in Big 12 play or very near .500.  Nobody truly believes they were that good in the 4 team playoff when they somehow beat Michigan and ended up getting smoked by Georgia but dems da breaks sometimes.

Rice should be Div II really. 
SMU-absolutely horrible for decades, only school ever given the death penalty.  Some success now but who knows how long it will last.  Coach will be poached any day. 
Baylor-horrible for decades, only got good when they hired a sex predator enabler as the HC. 
Texas Tech-about the only school with any promise across the board, never won the Big 12 in 30 years. 
TCU-losing record or near .500 in Big 12 play, very successful as a "conference wanderer" from 1996-2012.
Arkansas-never won the SEC in 35 years of play and never will.  
Texas obviously very successful at times
A&M-I wish they'd put us in DII
UH-I forgot about them too.  Nobody gives a shit, not even their fans.  
  

Well, it ain't this


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I'm not thrilled about expansion and I definitely don't want to go to 24, that is WAY too many.  I think 8 would be fine but if we aren't reducing it from 12 (we aren't) then I think I'd like to see it expanded to 16 to eliminate the byes.  

Sixteen teams:

• First round on campus sites of the top-8 in December.  
• Quarter-finals at four traditional bowls on (or about) NYD.  
• Semi-finals at neutral locations the Saturday after January 7 (ie between January 8 and January 14).  
• NC on SATURDAY (but they won't) so the Monday nine days after the semi-finals (ie January 17-23).  

The reward for being a top-seed, instead of getting a bye, is getting a relatively easy game.  

you're really not selfish
I didn't mind the voter's decision but,............. I really wanted to see that game

Ok. Well the massive desire to see that game [and others like it] is what set the NFL-lite train in motion. 

This desire for an objective national champion is why we're at a 12 team playoff and potentially expanding. 

I feel like if you want to defeat this, the only way is to dig it out at the root. And the desire--which became a demand--to see 1997 Nebraska vs 1997 Michigan "settle it on the field"... Is the root. 

Ok. Well the massive desire to see that game [and others like it] is what set the NFL-lite train in motion.

This desire for an objective national champion is why we're at a 12 team playoff and potentially expanding.

I feel like if you want to defeat this, the only way is to dig it out at the root. And the desire--which became a demand--to see 1997 Nebraska vs 1997 Michigan "settle it on the field"... Is the root.

So your ideal post season is from mid 80s to mid 90s? 

You like all the extra bowls that didn't exist before Cable television so that you can get to one with only six wins, but you draw the line at determining a NC on the field? 

Rose
Orange
Sugar
Cotton
Fiesta
Peach
Citrus
Holiday
Outback
Gator
....and maybe the Sun, because of its longevity.

Bowls don't matter just as you're saying - they're infinite.  More of something makes it less special.
Having only top-25 caliber teams playing in bowls is best.  All together now:  EXCLUSIVITY!!!