I’ll start off by saying I know this is a losing battle; the College Football Playoff is going to expand. It’s inevitable. The marketability of a playoff to the casual fan is too high and there is too much money to be made — without any of it going to the players, of course! — for it not to happen.
But that doesn’t mean I still can’t complain about making a move that would make college football worse as a product.
At Big Ten Media Days, Jim Harbaugh and Scott Frost both talked about wanting to expand the playoff, joining many other coaches who have spoken on this issue.