Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby hasn’t been a fan of expanding the playoffs.
As recently as the Big 12 championship game earlier this month, Bowlsby said: “You have to be slow to move away from something that’s been that successful.
“Will it ever happen? I don’t know. I would never say never. But we haven’t had any legitimate conversations about it to this point in time.”
At the conference championship game, Bowlsby cited the College Football Playoff receiving an approval rating in the 80s by fans.
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