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Paul Finebaum reacts to possibility of 12-team format for College Football Playoff
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Some big news came out of the world of college football early this week with Yahoo’s Pete Thamel reporting that talks of expansion to the Playoff format are heating up.
The most interesting part of Thamel’s report is that a 12-team format seems to be the favorite, should the College Football Playoff decide to expand. Rather than gradually increase the number of teams, there’s conversations about tripling the size of the event, creating more inclusiveness across college football.
On ESPN’s Wednesday edition of Get Up, hosted by Mike Greenberg, SEC Network host Paul Finebaum weighed in on the big news. He says it’s one of the most shocking developments in college athletics.
“Well, I’m still shocked Greeny when I heard this story the other day,” Finebaum said. “You have to remember the people who run college football are still using flip phones. They haven’t heard about the iPhone 1, or 12 or 15. The idea that these people who have been steadfastly defending the four as if there’s no other possibilities, suddenly to go to 12 is one of the biggest shocks in the history of college sports.
“I think they’re going to do it. I think they’re tired of fighting the status quo. They know what everyone is saying. They can’t really give you a justification why they would go from four to 12, but they’re going to do it because there’s a lot of money at stake and it’s time to change the narrative of college football.”
Conversations about expansion to the 4-team format have been discussed for many years, but there’s never been much momentum for change. With ratings dropping, it’s certainly time to at least consider the thought of including more teams.
While there are no guarantees regarding expansion or the number of teams, it sure seems like change is coming at some point in the near future.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB