I've long since accepted the playoff is getting bigger, but if people think that after that happens, the best CFB recruits are going to start spreading to all the different schools, in defiance of every single scintilla of evidence in the history of the sport, they'll be disappointed. Oh, I have no illusion that an 8 team playoff changes the recruiting dynamics. That ship has sailed. MAYBE if/when Saban retires, Alabama will fall back to the pack in the SEC a bit, and I don't know what happens to Clemson if Sweeney goes away, but Ohio State didn't miss a step going from Meyer to Day