Wednesday Dots: Flushing the Bowls Share this story Masquerading as a man with a reason My charade is the event of the season And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I read Dots The talk of college sports today is the inevitable NFL-ification of the CFP. Yahoo’s Pete Thamel outlined the most recent proposal to expand: a 12-team playoff with the top four getting a bye to the quarterfinal round. It’s an interesting debate because a 12-team playoff would certainly increase the odds of the Pac-12 sending a team or two to the playoff every year, and it would likely shake up the list of champions. On the other hand, it would devalue regular season games because individual losses would matter less, and the tradition and pageantry of the bowl system would be gone for good.