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The Big 12 May Want an Expanded Playoff, but They Won’t Say it Publicly

The College Football Playoff will eventually expand. It won’t happen in 2019 or 2020, and it probably won’t happen in the few years after that, but at some point four teams will become six or eight or maybe even 10, and I think we all know the reason for that.

But first … Big 12 commish Bob Bowlsby was asked about all of this on Monday at Big 12 Media Days, and his primary talking point might make you think all is well behind closed doors.

“As we think about the evaluation of the CFP and considerations on a look-in basis as to what the future looks like, we have to remember that the aspirations that we had at the outset have been more than achieved and it’s been a success well beyond any comparison to any sort of predecessor organizations or playoff,” said Bowlsby.