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that's 100% correct
We have to think of College Football as the NFL now.
Remember when the Giants beat the undefeated Patriots in the Superbowl? Anyone remember the Giants record? I don't. But I remember the Superbowl ring they got.
Get ready...there will be a .500 or barely above .500 national champion in the future. Gonna be some 1 loss teams not win.
We have to stop looking at College Football the way we always have. It's different now.
Put it another way:
They would prefer a loss to a big time opponent than a 50 point blowout against a G5. When I say "they" I mean TV. That's who is in charge. And when that loss to a big time opponent doesn't hurt their playoff chances, the fans won't care.
Its not going to be limited to 48. The mother of all antitrust lawsuits would be coming down the pike not to mention certain schools are tethered politically to some that would potentially be left out of your scenario. For example, the state of North Carolina just passed legislation that UNC and NC State are all but bound together at the hip and any attempt by UNC to leave NC State in the lurch could result in the loss of state funds. NC state politics are wild. You'll see similar bills passed into law in other states with potentially vulnerable schools.
The split will be the P4 from the G5. The only question is whether or not any of the top G5's are going to get the last call up. The problem for them is SMU has set the bar for entry at a financial level no school in the G5 can offer. That will be the opening asking price for any G5 to move up. Rice could do it if they cared about athletics (they don't). USF is intriguing b/c of AAU status and being in Tampa. SDSU is in a huge market but doesn't seem to have the financial commitment. Memphis is an academic dumpster fire but actually fits nicely into the Big 12 if they choose to expand.
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