By Steve Sturm - IlliniGuys Football Analyst
January 22, 2025
(Cover photo courtesy Associated Press)
First, I have to come clean for those of you who may remember our discussion last year: I was against the 12 team CFP. I thought the BCS was a sufficient way to crown a national champion and that:
1. There was too much risk of injury to star players
2. It would devalue the rest of the bowls too much, and
3. The current system was a fair enough way to crown a champion given that we had a good final four last year and . . .
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