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Paul Finebaum Calls Out ACC's Double Standards After Jim Phillips' Comments

CFB-HQ On SI·Matt De Lima·18 days ago
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Paul Finebaum did not hold back on Thursday morning. Appearing on ESPN's Get Up , the longtime SEC voice tore into the idea of a 24-team College Football Playoff and singled out ACC commissioner Jim Phillips for what he sees as a glaring contradiction. Phillips publicly backed the 24-team model this week at the league's spring meetings in Amelia Island, Florida, arguing that championship-worthy teams should not be left on the outside looking in. Finebaum sees it differently. To him, the push is less about fairness and more about television money and the Big Ten flexing its muscle inside the playoff conversation. Finebaum slams 24-team CFP push "The right number is probably four, but we have 12 and we're going to 16 or 24," Finebaum said. "24 is the worst possibility, I think, in the history of this game." His core argument leaned on what expansion would do to the sport's regular season, long considered the best in football. "Twenty-four is the worst possibility I think in the history of this game. ...…

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