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The national title won by LSU, and quarterback Joe Burrow, in the 2019 season is the only time a team other than Alabama or Clemson has finished on top since 2015. Expanding the playoff field to 12 teams will make it harder for one or two programs to dominate, and it will give everyone else a little more hope.
Please, please, please expand the College Football Playoff to 12 teams
John Romano | The time has finally come for college football to join the rest of the sports world with a real postseason.
College Football Playoff considering expansion to 12 teams
Alabama's Ronnie Harrison (15) breaks up a pass intended for Clemson's Artavis Scott during the 2016 NCAA college football playoff championship game in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff would expand from four to 12 teams, with six spots reserved for the highest ranked conference champions, under a proposal that will be considered next week by the league commissioners who manage the postseason system, a person familiar with announcement told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The number of teams that will have a chance to win a national title in the postseason is poised to triple.
Remember plans for that new Gators athletic facility? Progress after all these years.
Florida Gators football coach Dan Mullen, left, watches as the last steel beam is placed at the entrance of the James W. "Bill" Heavener Football Training Center.
The 142,000-square foot facility with the $85 million price tag should be ready by next summer at the University of Florida.
USF baseball continues late-season surge with NCAA upset of Gators
USF's Riley Hogan (32) congratulates teammate Carmine Lane (9) following Lane's fifth-inning home run in Saturday's 5-3 NCAA Tournament upset of Florida in Gainesville.
The 5-3 triumph at the Gainesville Regional was USF’s first against UF in the postseason since 1982.

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