After discussing expansion to potentially 12 teams, the folks who run college football has decided to stick with their original format of just four teams for the rest of their TV deal with ESPN.
Basically, instead of going to 12 teams after next year, we are going to stick with four.
There had been some conferences balking at the change and also I think they were probably squabbling over wanting to open it up to other TV partners for the expanded playoff.
Here's the news from Pete Thamel, who recently moved to ESPN.
Basically, instead of going to 12 teams after next year, we are going to stick with four.
There had been some conferences balking at the change and also I think they were probably squabbling over wanting to open it up to other TV partners for the expanded playoff.
Here's the news from Pete Thamel, who recently moved to ESPN.
