COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Playoff considering expansion to 12 teams

Alabama celebrates after defeating Ohio State 52-24 in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 11 in Miami Gardens. (MIKE EHRMANN/Getty Images/TNS)
Alabama celebrates after defeating Ohio State 52-24 in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 11 in Miami Gardens. (MIKE EHRMANN/Getty Images/TNS)

There was a time not so long ago, 2012 to be exact, when the big news in college football was conference commissioners simply using the word playoff when talking about the future of the sports’ postse…