Paul Finebaum And Greg McElroy Are Against The Idea Of Auto Bids For SEC, Big Ten In CFP

There has been a lot of chatter this week about potentially expanding the College Football Playoffs and SEC and Big Ten's desire to have four automatic bids from each conference.

ESPN Paul Finebaum and Greg McElroy both spoke out this week against the idea of four automatic bids. Per On3:

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“Now, now it’s time for me to tell you how I feel, okay,” said McElroy. “I personally hate the idea of automatic qualifiers. I don’t like ’em. I don’t like turning into a participation world where we have, ‘You know what, guys, all we got to do this year? Finish fourth! We finished fourth. We’re in the dance! Let’s do it!’

“I don’t like that idea. I don’t like rewarding mediocrity. I don’t like giving teams access that had lost a quarter of their games in the regular season. It doesn’t do much for me. It’s never done much for me…But, like I said off the top? I don’t like the idea of 14 spots being given out of the 16 available spots with two teams that finished, in some cases, fourth in their league – not good with that, never going to be good with that.”

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“I understand the seeding issue, but I believe they are completely wrong about guaranteeing bids,” Finebaum proclaimed, via GetUp. “Doing our show yesterday, even SEC fans are calling in saying they don’t like it. There’s something inherently wrong about stacking the deck before the season.

“Yeah, the SEC and the Big Ten are by far the best leagues, and last year, the SEC only got three, and there were three schools hanging on the ledge. But ultimately, you could have a year in, probably more in the Big Ten or the SEC, where you have two or three elite teams, and then your automatic third or fourth, or maybe your fourth, is an 8-4 team that probably doesn’t belong in there. So, I think it’s a bad move right now.”

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