First, take 120 teams, throw Fresno State and Hawaii in the Pac-10 ...

A caller this afternoon on KSPN-AM's Steve Mason and John Ireland show, trying to explain a new format for college football's playoff system, pointed out that he has four-minute-plus piece on YouTube.com (that's it above) explaining how it all shakes out.

No eight-team playoff. No plus-one. It preserves the traditional bowls and the regular season.

Think 120 Division I teams (now there's 119, so someone would have to step up) and 12 teams divided into 10 leagues/conferences, split into two divisions of six. From there ...

Aw, let him explain it. It's not that crazy. Just impractical considering how things get done these days.