Why a 12-team playoff format changes little to nothing for Texas Tech football

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images The incipient move to a 12-team playoff format is unequivocally good for Texas Tech and all of college football.

Well, at least on paper.

Guess how many times in the last decade Texas Tech finished the regular season ranked in the top-12. Hint: it’s the same number of times the Red Raiders have finished the regular season ranked in the entire top-25.

You nailed it! Zero! In the last 12 or so years, the playoffs could’ve welcomed 32 teams and Tech would be absent on the guest list every single season.

During the four-team playoff era, Tech fans and alumni all have echoed the same sentiment - if we can just get back to the Leach days, we’ll at least have a…