You watch these Big 12 coaches all vote for a 24-team playoff and I just think back to the 1998 Sun Bowl when we took down USC and the whole program felt like it was on the rise through pure grit. Now they want to let everybody in so nobody gets left out, but that cheapens what it used to mean to earn your spot on the big stage. A 24-team field is just participation trophies for a sport that used to separate the men from the boys.