The first year of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff has been great for the sport, offering more teams like the Colorado Buffaloes a chance at the ultimate prize. A recent post on Reddit College Football suggests an alternative to the CFP, proposing a college football NIT similar to the NCAA basketball tournament. The NIT would feature the remaining 13 teams in the final CFP rankings, with a bracket format and potential upsets leading to a championship game. In this hypothetical scenario for 2024, the Colorado Buffaloes would emerge as the winners of the first-ever college football NIT.
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