College football appears headed towards a 24-team College Football Playoff. Now, it may take a few years to get there, and it may take growth to 16 before it jumps all the way to 24, but it certainly seems more like "when" and not "if". Notre Dame has been perhaps the best team to not win a national championship during the College Football Playoff era. The Irish have won 10 games in all but three seasons since the CFP began in 2014, and they made a run to the National Championship game just two years ago. One Notre Dame team in that era that failed to win 10 games serves as a prime example of why 24 teams are too many for the College Football Playoff. Let's take a trip back in time. Notre Dame Football in 2022 2022 served as a new beginning for Notre Dame football. Brian Kelly had just left for LSU and Marcus Freeman was in his first year as head coach. The season started off respectably enough as Notre Dame gave up a second half lead at Ohio State and fell to the Buckeyes, 21-10.…