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Column: A 24-Team Playoff Would be Disastrous. If Anything, Shrink the Field
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Column: A 24-Team Playoff Would be Disastrous. If Anything, Shrink the Field

Vanderbilt Commodores·Graham Baakko·24 days ago
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The expansion of postseason fields in college sports is getting to an unbearable point. If recommendations from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) become reality that is. On Tuesday of this week, it was reported that the AFCA board – which includes Vanderbilt football head coach Clark Lea – is currently in favor of exploring another chapter of College Football Playoff expansion to a 24-team field. In fact, Ross Dellenger reported that the board wants “the maximum number of participants” in the postseason field. Additionally, the AFCA did show favor of eliminating conference championship games and having the college football season end by the second week of January. But the biggest suggestion remains what the board said about playoff expansion. If a playoff really does become 24 teams, the sport of college football would be ruined. A 24-team field is simply asinine and makes no sense outside of money and television ratings.…

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