How Does The Expanded CFP Impact Conference Championships/CFB Regular Season?
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So we've been talking a lot about what's going on in college football and this Tony Petiti, |
| 0:05.7 | Big Ten Commissioner, obviously Fox TV executive, wanting to go to 24. |
| 0:10.6 | And the hilarious part is, as schools are making record amounts of revenue, none of which |
| 0:17.1 | is passed to the fans. |
| 0:18.5 | And when I say that, I don't mean you get a dividend check. |
| 0:21.2 | I mean, it's you're not getting better players. |
| 0:23.8 | Like, there's no system in place that the better revenues have equated to better players. |
| 0:29.3 | The fan still has to pay for the better players. |
| 0:33.9 | But Petiti insists, look, going to 16 teams won't replace the revenue from a conference championship game. |
| 0:40.5 | We have to go to 24. |
| 0:42.7 | Well, the athletic had a couple of quotes. |
| 0:44.7 | I want to read this to you just to kind of add to the topic. |
| 0:46.9 | And again, our question to you is simple. |
| 0:50.3 | Is anyone excited about this? |
| 0:52.8 | What is your emotional response? |
| 0:54.8 | Because today, Rico has kind of said, you know what? |
| 0:58.3 | I'm coming to Mike's side on this, which is stunning because look at one point, |
| 1:03.5 | Rico and I watched every state game together and road games, the whole bit. |
| 1:07.6 | I mean, we've known you since 2011. |
| 1:10.9 | The point is, you were holding on. |
| 1:14.4 | I've been gone now for a while, and there are a multitude of factors, but this sport has done everything to alienate people like me. |
| 1:21.9 | A 2014 playoff. |
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