The 14-team playoff train needs to slow down | Can Penn State, Clemson bounce back? | UMass + Future of independents

Until Saturday: A show about college football

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Nicole, Audrey Snyder and Grace Raynor, the latter two are The Athletic's Penn State beat writer and recruiting expert, respectively, dig into reports about a 14-team playoff model that is being discussed. Is the 3-3-2-2-1 structure fair for the ACC and Big 12? Do the Big Ten and SEC deserve additional AQs? Is the committee moving too fast on this? Are Penn State and Clemson candidates to bounce back in 2024? Plus, thoughts on Texas A&M and Miami. Later, the trio discuss the hot button topic of court storming. What are some realistic solutions? Lastly, thoughts on moving Early Signing Day and the future of Notre Dame and independents. Time stamps: - 14-team model (1:30) - Is finishing 3rd incentivized? (14:30) - Bounce-back teams; Penn St. (16:00) - Clemson (22:30) - Texas A&M (32:00) - Miami (36:45) - Court storming fixes (41:30) - Early Signing Day - does moving it to early Dec. solve the issues? (54:00) - UMass, future of independents & hard non-cons (1:00:00) Subscribe to the Until Saturday newletter: https://theathletic.com/newsletters/until-saturday Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for a future mailbag and/or Sunday Sound-Off podcast: (316) 462-9852 Subscribe to Until Saturday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhfrD1COvG40Mk7vvgaHIQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.9	I'm Nicole Hourback. I am joined by two of my favorite people and two of the most hilarious
1:11.5	people that we have on staff. Audrey Snyder and Grace. and
1:14.1	the most hilarious people that we have on staff. Audrey Snyder and Grace Rayner.
1:15.4	Audrey covers Penn. Grace covers a little bit of everything.
1:20.9	National recruiting used to cover Clemson for us but ladies
1:24.9	welcome to the show glad to have you on yeah at the end of the week seriously
1:31.4	we would really like to be Saturday. We do this show until Saturday and it's not quite there yet.
1:37.7	But you might be listening on a Saturday. Hope everyone is enjoying the off season, which by the way has not really slowed down.
1:44.0	There's been a ton of news, as you know, by listening to this feed,
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