While much of the focus has been on balanced schedules, automatic qualifiers and conference champions, a priority for the College Football Playoff should be rewarding the highest-seeded programs with home-field games.<\/p>\n
That should in turn drive the playoffs to a 16-team format to provide more of those on-campus or home-field opportunities.<\/p>\n
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Chip Minemyer is the publisher of The Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown, Pa.; The Daily Item of Sunbury, Pa.; and The Times-News, of Cumberland, Md. He can be reached at 814-532-5111. Follow him on Twitter @MinemyerChip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While much of the focus has been on balanced schedules, automatic qualifiers and conference champions, a priority 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