Mike Elko gives his brutally honest opinion about expanding the College Football Playoff

The College Football Playoff has been a resounding success in some areas, and a frustrating example of the modern sport in others.

Instead of decades of debate over which team with a similar record had the better résumé and bowl win, there's now a definitive national champion. But for a sport with more than 130 teams, finding the right balance of allowing more teams into the tournament without diminishing the importance of the regular season has been difficult.

Four teams wasn't enough, which led to 12.