CFP moving to 24 teams

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“Since expanding to 12, the only team benefitting from expansion was Ohio State.”

Easily falsifiable. Miami benefitted; as did: Ole Miss + Alabama getting revenge for regular season Ls, JMU + Tulane, Arizona State, Boise State, ND who was ranked 7th in the playoffs in ‘24, SMU, and IU got better transfers for ‘25 by going to the playoffs in ‘24.

 

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BTW this ALREADY HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO…….JOG YOUR MEMORIES….THEY RANKED A 9-3 ALABAMA OVER A 10-2 MIAMI FOR THE LAST PLAYOFFS SPOT …… NO ONE FELT BAD FOR MIAMI OR WERE EVEN MAD @ ABOUT IT….

They would’ve gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for Clemson beating SMU in the ACC-CCG. So since it literally already happened, that shows the potential for it to keep happening, in various ways, if they were to stick at twelve.

Then everybody, including dumb ND fans so most of them, let themselves get caught up in a ND-Miami debate meanwhile Alabama jumped ND for barely beating an Auburn team—a move the committee explicitly made to avoid Miami jumping Alabama if Alabama got crushed by UGA like they did. ….. because a 10-3 Alabama WITH A LOSS TO FSU on the road — who miami beat on the road — was inexplicable if the two teams were next to each other. They sacrificed ND at the bubble altar.

Two explicitly corrupt moves to benefit Alabama, after they did the same thing the year before to benefit Alabama instead of FSU LOL. So it can happen w/ 4 or w/ 12 and w/ the BCS it’s just lunacy bordering on football astrology

 

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Just some more info on how previous years have played out, at least with AP poll

If they put a few 10-2 or 11-1 G6 teams in the 20s instead of 8-4 P4 teams, there will be little issue and everyone will come to enjoy it is my stance. The floor will end up being 3 losses 99% of the time.


9-3 (7-1) Clemson winning in the conference championship game already got themselves in the playoffs. Three to nine 9-3 teams every year doesn’t sound so bad to me if it means that we’re done inflating records w/ FCS opponents.

 

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Could not help but notice that both this report as well as Thamel yesterday did not say “exclusively,” broadcast. Reports on back to back days w/o details is super sus

The CFP has reached a handshake deal with ESPN to broadcast a... - ESPN

Read the breaking news story from the ESPN contributor Heather Dinich

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Especially considering that they seem much further away than 95% done like was said yesterday; and the exclusive negotiating window ended last Friday.

 

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If they put a few 10-2 or 11-1 G6 teams in the 20s instead of 8-4 P4 teams, there will be little issue and everyone will come to enjoy it is my stance. The floor will end up being 3 losses 99% of the time.


9-3 (7-1) Clemson winning in the conference championship game already got themselves in the playoffs. Three to nine 9-3 teams every year doesn’t sound so bad to me if it means that we’re done inflating records w/ FCS opponents.

Looked it up out of curiosity. Only one 8-4 P4 team was ranked in the top 24 in the past two years heading into the playoff.

2025 Iowa was 8-4 ranked 23rd.

 

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Looked it up out of curiosity. Only one 8-4 P4 team was ranked in the top 24 in the past two years heading into the playoff.

2025 Iowa was 8-4 ranked 23rd.

& they could’ve been bumped out for 11-2 North Texas or 9-2 (soon to be 10-2) Navy if that spot actually had real stakes.

 

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Boooo, as long as we’re in the ACC at stay at even 80% of what we are, it’s almost inconceivable that we could lose 4 games, which is basically what we’d have to do to drop out of the top 24. All this does is even further strip out meaning from the regular season. SMU in all honesty should’ve been the end of our season last year and we deserved it, but we got saved by the 12 team format. Now you want to double it, regular season officially has no meaning. Might as well have the whole year be a March madness bracket, because nothing before the playoffs matter.

Yeah I mean aside from the money, we are at an advantage playing in a weaker ACC. Just handle business and we are a playoff lock every year. Can even rest players with this schedule. Not full games really but a lot of games will allow Miami to sit starters in second halves.

I mean we should be a practical lock in a 12 team anyway. If we stay good, we shouldn’t be losing two ACC games as long as FSU stays down. This isn’t good logic at all.

 

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I wonder how much longer ESPN is gonna have Pate on their network telling them to go f*ck themselves.

 

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His comment about Alabama and Georgia aside, at least the national guys are finally calling out this kind of stuff...
And the ND athletic director is involved in the decision making process on the playoff revision

 

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And now we see what Fox is getting paid. Still don’t see the word exclusive, wonder how the sub-licensing will all workout

Though there is still significant work to be done on paper, and everything is still subject to board approval across all involved parties, the agreement is a major step closer to doubling the postseason path to the national title for next year.

The CFP and ESPN have been negotiating a new deal for the network to remain its broadcast partner in a seismic move that is also expected to eliminate the lucrative Power 4 conference championship games and start the season a week earlier.

Though final details have yet to be announced, discussions about the 24-team field have included 19 at-large bids, the Power 4 conference champions as determined by each league, plus the highest-ranked Group of 6 team.

Also on Friday, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel that the average additional payment that ESPN will pay for the expanded playoff is $345 million annually for the next five years. That is in addition to the average of $1.3 billion annually over that time ESPN is already paying.

Of that new $345 million, ESPN will only essentially be paying $205 million, as they are getting back $140 million annually from the cancelation of the three power conference championship games that ESPN owns the television rights to broadcast.

Sources also told Thamel that the amount Fox is expected to get back for the cancellation of the Big Ten title game -- which it owns the television rights to -- is in the $50 million range annually.