BREAKING NEWS Surrounding the Future of the College Football Playoff | Will They Expand?
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Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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🚨 BREAKING: Is the College Football Playoff About to EXPAND AGAIN?! | Major Changes Coming?
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS ON THE BRINK OF ANOTHER MAJOR SHIFT.
New BREAKING NEWS is emerging surrounding the future of the College Football Playoff, and at the center of it all are the Big Ten and the SEC, now locked in a high-stakes battle for control of the sport.
👉 Will the CFP expand again?
👉 Are the Big Ten and SEC headed toward a split vision for the playoff?
👉 Could this change the balance of power forever?
Today, we break down what's happening behind closed doors, why tensions are rising between the two super conferences, and how this moment could redefine college football for decades.
🔥 LIVE Show Topics:
The latest BREAKING updates on the College Football Playoff's future
Why the Big Ten and SEC are at a crossroads right now
Expansion vs control: what each conference really wants
TV money, NIL, and the forces driving this power struggle
Potential CFP formats being discussed behind the scenes
What this means for Ohio State, Michigan, SEC powers, and the rest of the country
Could the playoff eventually break away from the NCAA entirely?
Winners and losers if the CFP expands again
Timeline: when real decisions could be made
LIVE chat reactions, fan debate & real-time discussion
This may be the most important off-field moment in modern college football, and the decisions made now will shape championships, recruiting, and rivalries moving forward.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Friday, January 23rd. It's a pattern day. Patternay, part two, baby. Part two. Not to be confused with part three, which will not come as long as Chris makes it back safely. You never know. I was going to say, because we have, this storm that we're getting this weekend. We don't know, man. We have a crazy-ass storm coming into town. |
| 0:39.4 | I don't know if all of you are in the Midwest. I know a lot of you are in the Midwest, but some are not. Boy, I mean, I've never, my daughter's volleyball tournament, we got canceled in between Pound Town and this show. Actually, I take it back. It didn't get canceled. Her club pulled out of it. And I think everyone's going to, and it's going to get canceled inevitably. |
| 0:38.1 | But, you know and it's going to get canceled inevitably but you know it's almost time to drive to Indianapolis |
| 0:43.1 | and I think the club director is looking at the forecast 12 inches on Sunday yeah a foot of snow |
| 0:50.7 | 12 inches most of us have never seen 12 inches before. |
| 0:55.6 | Only in the, what is it, the art form, right? Yes, only on Pornhub. That's the only place I've seen it at least. 12 inches of snow expected this weekend. So stay safe, drive safe, stay home. Probably is a good idea. Yeah. That's what we're going to do. Just stay home. Stay home. Just going to the grocery store, go to the liquor store, load up on shit for Sunday because it's it. Just I mean, we'll probably end up having to do a remote show on Monday. So I plan on getting nice and drunk on Sunday and enjoying the snow. And we got the call, or sorry, not college football. We got NFL football. That's what I mean. NFL football. It's go time. Yeah. It sure is. But how's your week been, Zach? |
| 1:27.6 | Good. or sorry, not college football. We got NFL football. That's what I mean. NFL football. It's go time. |
| 1:27.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.1 | It sure is. |
| 1:30.6 | But how's your week been, Zach? |
| 1:31.5 | Good. |
| 1:44.0 | It's been good so far. Just ready to finish this thing out because we got a bunch to talk about college football. But it was good. It was good. Just a lot of shit, man. seven on seven practices for three hours on tuesday and thursday oh shit Yeah. Volleyball practices Monday, uh, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday today. So, but now all of a sudden you've got kind of got like a chill weekend. Oh, dude, I have no idea. I literally just seen it. I've been texting like, let's fucking go. Like we, we were, we have volleyball. We have something every weekend. And for this to get canceled, I'm like, oh, my God. |
| 2:01.9 | We have nothing to do Saturday and Sunday. That's awesome. Cam's in Florida. Quinn's with her mom. Like, pooh. Don't let me lose the younger two. Uh-oh. It might get wild on the snow day. Oh, it's about to get freaky. But how's your week been, Pat? It's been pretty good, man. |
| 2:17.0 | Can't complain. |
| 2:17.7 | Can't complain. |
| 2:18.5 | I actually dropped a brutal loss in the championship of the DART about to get freaky but how's your week been pat it's been pretty good man can't complain can't |
| 2:17.9 | complain actually dropped a brutal uh lost in the championship of the dart tournament last night so |
| 2:22.7 | did you really upset about that yeah how the fuck did you lose dude number one seed after the brown |
| 2:29.1 | robin got a buy to the championship round and then we fucking sold in the in the final lost two out of |
| 2:35.2 | three bad deal you are your partner's fault uh honestly neither of us shot particularly great |
| 2:40.3 | uh in the that's such a fucking company answer who's who sucked i'll but you know what i'll blame |
| 2:45.6 | me because i'm the better player of the two and i got a i didn't hold at my end of the bargain |
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