This 24-team playoff talk with the ACC joining the Big Ten and Big 12, putting pressure on the SEC, it just reminds me of the old Southwest Conference days when we fought tooth and nail for every single win. Coach Patterson used to say you earn your spot on the fieeld, not by having a committee hand you a participation ribbon. Now they want half the country in the tournament and it waters down what the regular season meant back when we played North Carolina in 1994 and every snap felt like it ...