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008 - CFP expansion talk 051826

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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CFP expansion talk

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0:00.0

And we are back, folks, here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050WTKA online at

0:04.4

the Big 1050.com.

0:06.1

Sam Webb, Ira, Iraw and drive on the other side.

0:08.0

So IRA, Big Ten meetings, Big Ten Spring meetings.

0:13.2

And the message coming out of, coming out of the west where the guess the meetings are where they're somewhere in

0:22.9

California.

0:25.4

That's Big Ten territory.

0:27.0

You know, it's Big Ten Territory.

0:27.7

Yeah.

0:28.1

That makes sense in this modern Big Ten, right?

0:33.3

The Big Ten meetings are in Cali.

0:37.0

2014 playoff, Ira.

0:39.6

2014 playoff is the drumbeat coming from not just Tony Petiti, but it appears that all the

0:52.4

prime member institutions on board, according to Jed,

0:58.0

Jed said, you know, when you talk about teams, you know, you look at teams that have played

1:04.8

for the championship, none are in the SEC. And so the message about the direction of the college football

1:13.2

playoff shouldn't just come from the SEC. And the big 10 coaches are like, hey, we want a 24

1:19.0

team playoff. Now, Ira, I have been a staunch opponent, not of expansion, because I've warmed, you know, as we saw the 12 this past year, it's like, you know what, and we're going to make a participation trophy out of it as well.

1:40.3

I think the furthest you can go or should go is I'm on board with 16 team playoff.

1:46.2

Because, you know, one of the biggest reasons why is I love for like the top Cs to be able to get home games, man, to be able to get home games in the playoffs.

1:58.0

You know, as it stands, it's just by theed time the top-seated teams are able to take

2:03.6

advantage of their advantage.

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