after playing a first round game (assuming they win that) and Meeshigan gets a week rest? Oh and they decide they might want to take TCU seriously (I think they vastly underestimated TCU, they were already planning their chance at the natty) after seeing their first round game tape. 12 team playoff is completely unnecessary. Take the top four ranked conference winners. Yes, occasionally an undeserved might get it if they luck out in the CCG - that's the pageantry and Cinderella story - as exciting as an on campus playoff game would be. Top teams will dominate the byes and I'd bet a lot of money no team without a bye gets to even the semis, much less the final. Yes, it could happen, like a 16 seed beating a 1 seed...... This isn't basketball where you get on a four consecutive day run in the same building - in football you get on a four quarter run and surprise a team a la VT-OSU in the shoe - then wait a week, off to another venue, against a well rested bye team, who saw what happened. Very unlikely to happen again. I always liked the idea of adding one game to the top ranked teams - after the bowls.