So who had March 3 on the “Big 12 and ACC will complain about unfair treatment by the College Football Playoff head-honchos” board?
If you had today’s date, you win the money!
First off, we haven’t even had a TWELVE-TEAM playoff yet, and the College Football Playoff people are already talking about RAISING THAT NUMBER to FOURTEEN.
Guys, can we do 12 first?
Anyway, they’re already talking a 14-team model.
But in the 12-teamer, the five highest-ranked conference champs get spots. The four-highest ranked of those get a first-round bye.
In a proposed 14-team model, apparently, in a story (Big 12, ACC coaches not keen on idea of CFP byes for SEC, Big Ten) by ESPN college football writer Dave Wilson (who’s a friend to the folks here at this very site), the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten Conference would get three automatic qualifiers each.
Keep in mind that the 12-team playoff hasn’t begun, nothing has even been set in motion, probably FLYING CARS will be in existence before a 14-team playoff will, given the speed in which the College Football Playoff committee works.
But some people are already upset.
“Automatic first-round byes for the Big Ten and SEC is like the NFL saying the Cowboys get a first-round bye since they have more fans than the Bengals,” TCU coach Sonny Dykes is quoted, in Wilson’s story. “How preposterous is that?”
North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren has a unique take on things.
“The champions from each of those four (the SEC, the Big Ten, the ACC and the Big 12) deserve to be in, and I agree with that,” Doeren said. “… After the four champions, then let those teams that have earned that over the course of their season with strength of schedule, their ranking, quality wins and all that be what matters.”
Who DIDN’T see this coming?
Just like, who doesn’t see it coming that the team that’s No. 13 – and their supporters, ala the Florida State supporters who wanted the Seminoles in the top four this season – will complain when their team is not in the top 12 come playoff-time?
“We need to let the teams decide it on the field and reward those who are most deserving,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said.
There’s a novel concept.
