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Giger: Hypocrites are coming for college football, and they think we're stupid

ALTOONA, Pa. -- Expand the playoff! Expand the playoff! Play more games! Extend the season!

That's what everybody has wanted, right?

Has it ever really mattered to anybody that, to win a national championship in a 12-team playoff, most teams would have to play at least 16 games in a season? It could even be 17 games under some rare circumstances.

College kids. Playing as many as 17 games. Beating up their bodies even more, week in and week out.

Safety -- as in having to play waaaaay more snaps than ever before -- has never really been a concern or sticking point to expanding the playoff, even if it absolutely should have been.