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subscribed to the show. Giving the SEC and Big Ten four automatic spots in the college football

playoff, I think, is bad for the sport. And if you haven't heard, we're most likely going to move to

either a 14-team or a 16-team college football playoff. And the SEC in the Big Ten, probably going to get four automatic

spots each. While the ACC and the Big 12 each get two, the group of five gets one. And if we go to

14 teams, that it'll be one at large bid, or if it's 16, they'll be three. Now, the reason I don't

think it's great for the sport is guaranteeing any conference a certain amount of bids if they make the playoff. It just seems artificial. I don't think it's great for the sport, is guaranteeing any conference a certain amount of

bids if they make the playoff. It just seems artificial. I can't argue for meritocracy on one hand

and automatic conference bids on the other because each year is different. And in reality,

the big team of the SEC would pretty much get that many teams in regardless, if it was mandated or not.

I mean, look at this past year with the 12-team playoff. The Big Ten got four teams in, and the SEC got three and almost four.

Now, here's a simple idea. Let's just take the top 12 teams in the country. We need to fix the format and the structure of the playoff, but not through mandates for

automatic conference bids. Give the top four seeds a buy, regardless of conference. But why the

SEC and the Big Ten? Why are they doing it? Well, it's pretty simple. It's because they can.

In the geopolitical world of college football, those two conferences are the

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