It will be interesting to see what will most motivate the top college football talent in the coming years. Obviously, it will depend on the individual athlete, but recruiters from USF's conference will surely be selling the chance to compete on a national stage in the new playoffs. If the USFs of the world (notice how I refuse to use that "G" word that ends with a number 5 ) can convince enough talent to join forces then a first round playoff loss need not be an assumption. Now, if it all comes down to NIL, then USF will unfortunately have a tall hill to climb. Guess we'll see...