Per Sports Illustrated, the CFP expansion to 12 teams is in peril

Good.


There are two things that makes something valuable.

Rarity and demand. If 12 teams make the playoff, then it will no longer be a rare feat to make the playoffs.

I would be happy with 8. Each P5 champion and 3 at large.

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There are two things that makes something valuable.

Rarity and demand. If 12 teams make the playoff, then it will no longer be a rare feet to make the playoffs.

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I disagree a bit here. I think you are speaking to the quality of teams for the playoffs.

Just in terms of numbers/eyeballs of those watching games, I think demand increases when people continue to watch teams that are eliminated from top 4 but could still get in with the expanded format.

Not saying it makes a better product, but it keeps fanbases with historically large numbers actively engaged longer(thinking of teams like ND).

I doubt it would seriously change the final four makeup in a given year though.

From the other conferences perspective, i think they are shooting themselves in the foot. This pretty much makes certain a G5 team gets in and at least one team from every power 5.

Again, I don't know if another format would be better or worse for the SEC.

12 would keep the regular season important though, ironically more than 8 would.

You still want to be in that top 4 to get a bye, then you want to get in that next 4 to get a home game. Last 4 just happy to be there.

And with home games in the first round there’s a hell of an incentive because hosting Utah and traveling to Wisconsin in December are a hell of a lot different propositions. That jockeying will create a good bit more relevant regular season games than we have now.

I think they’ll get there eventually, this is more about ESPN than actually expanding the playoff.

And it would be good for the SEC FWIW

Read my post. 12 is actually better than 8 for keeping the regular season interesting and important.

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The SEC has already put 2 teams in a 4 team playoff. The SEC has already put 2 teams in a BCS 2 team playoff. Who needs who?

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I really believe the pressure to keep 2 SEC teams out this year will be intense.

Dellinger does his homework for sure!
Bottom line - No need for sec expansion without cfp expansion


He knows media, he knows sports and he knows that college sports needs to explore an adjusted model for its media rights, such as not having one company—in this case, ESPN—controlling its entire postseason.

Kliavkoff has expressed this both privately and publicly. He has plenty who agree with him as well.

“ESPN has been a great partner on the playoff and is a great partner for college football,” Bowlsby, the Big 12 commissioner, says. “There’s no question that competition in the marketplace is good for rights sellers. It’s no different for the playoff than it is with anything.”

The issue with ESPN got more intense this summer, when many publicly and privately accused the network of arranging Texas and Oklahoma’s future move to the SEC. Bowlsby even sent a cease and desist letter to the network. ESPN has categorically denied its involvement.

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I would be happy with 8. Each P5 champion and 3 at large.

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I would prefer 6. With them going to the BCS Bowl formula and top 6 go. (I actually like the current format, though)

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Georgia education meets fetishization.

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Crap! I would love to blame it on spell check, but I just typed it and then missed in when I looked it over.
Fixed now.

If they don't expand to 12, then Oklahoma and especially Texas just committed playoff suicide. The final catalyst for them moving was the opportunity to get numerous sec teams in the playoff... And now, even if they expand to 6 or so, they fricked themselves.

It's kind of glorious, actually, that their greediness may actually come back to bite them in the arse.

And as for people saying, 'why would the Pac-12, Big 12, etc vote against 12 teams', well, sticking it to Texas and OU is a factor here. Those commissioner s, especially Bowlsby, would get no greater feeling than making sure the SEC can only get in one, maybe two teams for the foreseeable future. They'd do it for the melt alone.