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per SI:
The College Football Playoff is almost here, but several notable figures within college football are calling for an expanded playoff system with eight teams, according to a report by The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach.
"Everyone has the same feeling; expansion is inevitable," Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told The Athletic. “When you can do it, and I think we need to serve more people. I think four was the right way to get started. In my opinion, we need to take a look of adding more teams into the playoff, giving more opportunities."
Alvarez, who sat on the CFP's selection committee from 2014 to ’16, expressed his concern that the SEC is getting a regular spot in the playoff while other leagues spend multiple years on the outside looking in.
"I don’t know whether we’re serving all of our people now, when you have some leagues—our league (the Big Ten) as an example," Alvarez said. "Two years in a row, we don’t have anyone represented. The Big 12’s been the same way. The Pac-12’s been the same way."
The playoff began in 2015, and Alabama has been a participant each year. The Big Ten champion has been left out of the playoff for the past three seasons, while the Pac-12 has missed it in three of the last four.
https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/12/12/playoff-expansion-teams-barry-alvarez-wisconsin
Go Gophers!!
The College Football Playoff is almost here, but several notable figures within college football are calling for an expanded playoff system with eight teams, according to a report by The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach.
"Everyone has the same feeling; expansion is inevitable," Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told The Athletic. “When you can do it, and I think we need to serve more people. I think four was the right way to get started. In my opinion, we need to take a look of adding more teams into the playoff, giving more opportunities."
Alvarez, who sat on the CFP's selection committee from 2014 to ’16, expressed his concern that the SEC is getting a regular spot in the playoff while other leagues spend multiple years on the outside looking in.
"I don’t know whether we’re serving all of our people now, when you have some leagues—our league (the Big Ten) as an example," Alvarez said. "Two years in a row, we don’t have anyone represented. The Big 12’s been the same way. The Pac-12’s been the same way."
The playoff began in 2015, and Alabama has been a participant each year. The Big Ten champion has been left out of the playoff for the past three seasons, while the Pac-12 has missed it in three of the last four.
https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/12/12/playoff-expansion-teams-barry-alvarez-wisconsin
Go Gophers!!