Mandel: 8-team playoff will eventually happen

At some point in this inevitable morphing into a legitimate national championship post season I'd love to see the governing body of the sport administer the event which would give a better chance for inclusiveness. Probably will never happen.

How much fun would ON CAMPUS playoff games be? Neutral sites just seem bland and take away from the atmosphere. If we could replace the CCG's in early December with four PLAYOFF QUARTER-FINAL games on campus? You could get Florida playing AT Michigan in the snow, Southern Cal going to Baton Rouge, etc.

Not in Texas. HS playoffs, at least at the quarter-final level and up are at neutral sites.  In Dallas, Austin, Houston, or San Antonio.

I find your worship of the NCAA, inept as they are, fascinating.

The NCAA is inept in lots of things (especially Academic integrity ) but for national championships..it does that fairly well. Now, Hero, tell me... are  Alabama 's NCAA National Championships in Golf, Gymnastics and Softball "inept" or based on ineptness ?

No, nor do I disparage the accomplishments of other schools.
That said, my opinion doesn't justify the ineptitude of the organization.
It also doesn't explain your, for lack of a better word, strange devotion to it.

It seems that those complaining the most about the NCAA are associated with schools which benefit, to the detriment of other schools, from preferential treatment accorded by the NCAA.

From my observations, the NCAA's administration of championships has, by and large, been well accepted.

OTOH, the BCS and CFP have been subject to widespread and continuing criticism, and have been compelled by public pressure to make major changes on a going basis.