You keep saying the "billions left on the table". Where is that coming from? There will be many more CFP games in the $10MM+ viewers, which are what make all the money. You say they're going to go head-to-head with the NFL. Why? There are plenty of time slots to go around. Are you saying...
I don’t even think it would be gamed. If you look at the last several years of final rankings, the remaining B12 would have had less than 2 more often than having 3+. Take the 2 and hope for more.
The reality is that if you go back 20 or really any number of years, the break out of 4/4/2/2 is probably pretty much how it would have broken out based on the conference teams are currently in. Leaves 4 spots for other teams that deserve to be in.
It would be a lot more impressive if Nebby had offered any of these guys. They really don’t recruit home state much as the state typically doesn’t turn out many players. Only a couple of them have much for offers.