Tennessee Football & College Football Playoffs: Is SEC & Big 10 CFP Expansion Demands Too Greedy?

Locked On Vols - Daily Podcast On Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball

Locked On Podcast Network

Football, Podcast, Volunteers Basketball, Sports, Basketball, College Basketball Recruiting, Tennessee Football, Daily Podcast, Sports Podcast, Tennessee Volunteers Basketball, Volunteers Football, Tennessee Basketball, Tennessee Volunteers, Tennessee Volunteers Football, College Football Recruiting, College Recruiting

4.8 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The College Football Playoff expansion reshaping the future of college football. With the Tennessee Volunteers and other powerhouse teams in the mix, the potential shift to a 14 or 16-team format starting in 2026 could redefine the landscape. The SEC and Big Ten's influence looms large, possibly securing four automatic qualifiers each, sparking debates on fairness and competition. Explore the implications of eliminating conference championships in favor of play-in games, and imagine the excitement of an SEC-Big Ten Challenge to start the season. Dive into listener questions, including a creative NFL Street Video Game-style Tennessee team featuring Joe Milton, Jeremy Banks, and Eric Berry. Host Eric Cain also tackles the Volunteers' road game challenges, weighing the odds of victories at Alabama versus Florida. Don't miss this engaging analysis of the Tennessee Volunteers' path to success and the evolving dynamics of college football. Listen now for unique insights and spirited discussions.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	In late of another round of college football playoff expansion talks taking place this week.
0:04.7	Have we reached a point as college football fans where it's like, man, enough is enough?
0:09.8	No, and it's not anywhere close.
0:12.0	That and so much more, it's Tuesday Locked on Balls.
0:20.0	You are Locked on Balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:29.7	What is up, everybody? Welcome into it, your Tuesday morning edition of Lockdown Balls. Can't
0:34.0	thank you enough for being here making Lockdown Balls, your first listen, your first watch each and every single morning, every day,ers.
0:38.7	Coming up in segment number three, I'm going to answer some of your questions,
0:41.1	so do appreciate you guys being here making this show what it is.
0:44.7	Melbaugh questions in segment three, segments one and two,
0:47.7	a lengthy conversation on, it's an article out there by Yahoo Sports, Ross Dellinger, kind of talking about how representation
0:55.5	of the SEC and the Big Ten, the college football playoff, athletic directors from all the
1:00.8	the Power 4 programs and Notre Dame and group of five representatives, talking
1:08.5	again about college football playoff expansions and it's been one year
1:12.4	and the playoffs went from four teams to 12 teams which was needed okay that that was needed
1:17.4	but some of these theories and some of these rumors that are have turned into extreme talking
1:25.7	points that's probably going to happen.
1:28.1	Some of those seem a bit far-fetched to me.
1:29.8	So let's kind of go over that here in segments one and two.
1:31.9	And some of these ideas, man, I can't wait, sign me up.
1:34.7	I do want to start off by saying this.
1:36.6	And I want to know if you guys are in agreement with me, right?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Locked On Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Locked On Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.