The fact that they didn’t make it 8 teams shows just how addicted to dumb college football is. 8 teams is an easy playoff to structure with and will get rid of most of the controversy, automatic entry for the big conference winners, pick the rest. 4 guaranteed there would be a conference winner out and thus guaranteed it would stay a mess.
You nailed it.
But hey politicians run the committee.
What did we expect from them?
Zebras don’t change their stripes.