Playoff expansion talks stall, but is that so bad? + SEC vs. All Y'all resolution
Until Saturday: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
It's a spirited debate edition of The Andy Staples Show! Andy and Ari exchange their thoughts about College Football Playoff expansion discourse stalling between commissioners. Though a playoff with more depth appears inevitable, Ari believes the current four-team field has its benefits and is more entertaining than others think it to be. Andy disagrees. The pair defend their respective positions before Andy introduces a potential compromise, 'SEC vs. All Y'all'. What is it and could it appease all sides?
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| 0:29.9 | T's and C's Apply. Welcome. Welcome to the Andy Staples show. |
| 0:43.6 | It is a spirited debate Monday. |
| 0:47.4 | I am here with Ariy Wasserman. |
| 0:49.1 | Ariy Wasserman has written a column, I think specifically designed to piss me off. |
| 0:54.9 | I got a lot of tweets after it went up that said, I hope Andy is still your friend, |
| 0:58.3 | and I'm not sure if we're still friends. |
| 0:59.9 | We'll find out here in a minute. |
| 1:01.2 | Listen, reasonable minds can disagree. |
| 1:02.7 | I mean, listen, someone has to represent the opinions of the 12% of our readers at the athletic |
| 1:07.5 | who didn't want the playoff to expand. |
| 1:09.9 | I mean, we can't just serve that |
| 1:11.9 | 88%, that overwhelming majority that would like to see it expand. It's already starting, |
| 1:16.9 | guys. All right. I got a flack jacket on. I'm ready for this. No, no. And so let's reset this, |
| 1:24.4 | because we have not gotten to record since Thursday night. |
| 1:27.7 | We were busy discussing you versus the Q-Tip of Death. |
| 1:30.8 | And Friday morning was when the commissioners all met and they said, okay, we're at |
| 1:36.1 | loggerheads. |
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