 then you got a shot of at least playing in the college football playoff maybe that's a home game maybe you go on the road but you at least got a shot to play in one of those bowl games and now making the 12 team playoff is the same as being invited to one of the bcs bowl games you remember those bcs era days you wanted to play in the rose bowl you wanted to go to the fiesta bowl that's what the college football playoff has turned into they've just simply rebranded the bowl games