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Kevin Sherrington: Modern college football gets a lot wrong, but it got the 12-team CFP right

Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News columnist, endorses a 12-team College Football Playoff and says a 16-team field `might not be so bad after all`, adding a formal decision could come as soon as Jan. 23.
The transfer portal has "leveled the playing field," helping lower-seeded teams win five of eight recent CFP games, contrasting with limited upsets five years ago and showing increased parity in the CFP.
Players and coaches could remain with teams through the playoffs and then transfer on Jan. 2, while coaches favor calendar tweaks ending the season on Jan. 1 and propose barring any team with three or more losses.
Teams ranked 16th or better would gain realistic playoff access, as this season's upsets and Indiana's rise suggest expansion would reshape contenders beyond top seeds.
Coaches propose a 16-team blueprint starting the season on zero week, with conference title games the week of Thanksgiving, amid player-welfare concerns including a 3.23 GPA and players making NFL money.

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Kevin Sherrington: Modern college football gets a lot wrong, but it got the 12-team CFP right

DALLAS — My man Tim Cowlishaw, esteemed SportsDay columnist, is not what you’d call progressive, no matter how many Uptown addresses he’s collected or books he speed-reads or Taylor Swift songs he quotes. Don’t be fooled. The man campaigned against…

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