ESPN’s Michael Wilbon called out his own network for greed when it comes to the College Football Playoff. Now that we’re two rounds into this year’s iteration, Wilbon saw enough and said the CFP does not need 12 teams.
The College Football Playoff’s 12-team expansion is already under fire, with ESPN’s Michael Wilbon calling out his own network for prioritizing profits over practicality.
Pardon The Interruption's Michael Wilbon recently called out his employer for their greed surrounding the expansion of the college football playoff, and he's not wrong. Some people, me included, thought moving to a six—or eight-team playoff would've been an excellent transition from four.
In 10 seasons, top-seeded teams in both the AFC and NFC were 14-4 in the postseason, combining for a 28-8 overall record. Top seeds won by an average of 14.1 points per game, and their losses came by an average of 5.8 points per game.
There’s nothing college sports fans love more than complaining about college sports. Grousing about perceived slights and real injustices is a huge reason for the popularity. And sometimes the powers that be should pay more attention to their constituency.
His co-host Tony Kornheiser is less concerned with the 12-team number, but was aligned on the seeding issue. He also believes some SEC bias crept into the equation, something that ESPN, which owns rights to the entire playoff as well as the SEC's media rights, has caught plenty of flak for during the year.
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Herbstreit believes that the new changes to college football, such as players getting paid for their Name, Images and Likliness (NIL) is a positive for the sport, but he advises r
We’re a little more than three days away from the first College Football Playoff National Championship of the 12-team era. It’s been a surprising trip through the playoffs, with No. 8 Ohio State having to go through heavyweights like No.
The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff has been a success. The first round featured a lot of blowouts but sometimes that happens in a postseason, no matter the sport. The games got a lot better in the quarterfinals with eighth-seed Ohio State upsetting top-seed Oregon and
The No. 8 Hoosiers' (11-2) storybook season ended in the first round of the College Football Playoff in a 27-17 loss to No. 5 Notre Dame (12-1). The Irish will advance to the Sugar Bowl to faced ...