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[Buzz Clik]

4. It's got to be 16 teams at least.

So, we need maybe six large conferences with 12 automatic bids and 4 wildcard teams -- all based on either conference placement (winner/runnerup) or final W-L record. No committee, no exceptions.

We back away from the current 11 game schedules -- 9 or 10 game regular season -- and start the playoffs early. We deep-six the bowl games entirely and replace them with playoff games. Those bowl games that actually cost the participating teams money are eliminated entirely and never again see the light of day.