Why College Football Playoff Will NOT Be Expanding -- Despite Contrary Rumors: Matt Hayes Interview

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

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🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Matt Hayes of USA TODAY Sports and 1010XL joins That SEC Podcast to talk all things SEC Football, Lane Kiffin & why expansion of the College Football Playoff will NOT be happening Lane Kiffin the CFB chameleon (1:00), LSU positioned to meet immediate expectations? (4:30), Playoff committee in over its head? (7:00), why Steve Sarkisian spoke out (9:30), Sark on Ole Miss basket weaving (11:00), Ole Miss-Clemson tampering saga (12:00), NIL bidding wars: who is paying for this? (13:45), Lies being sold for 24-team Playoff (15:30), No. 1 topic at SEC Spring Meetings? (19:45), most pressure to make the Playoff? (21:30) Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug

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0:00.0	It's always a pleasure when we get to catch up with Matt Hayes,
0:13.0	senior national college football writer for USA Today Sports,
0:17.6	and of course, 1010XL radio in Jacksonville.
0:21.1	Matt, thank you so much for making the time.
0:23.0	Sure, Michael.
0:23.7	My pleasure, always.
0:25.0	I think of all the people we have on, I think you might be the biggest cousin Shane
0:29.5	fan, so we appreciate it.
0:32.6	I do love Shane.
0:34.5	Well, we also love Lane Kiffin for the drama that he's always providing us.
0:39.5	And, of course, he made waves again.
0:41.8	And for USA Today recently, you called him a chameleon.
0:46.2	Could you kind of explain that description?
0:49.1	Because I think it was pretty apt.
0:51.0	Yeah, I think Lane just has a history of adapting to the environment around him.
0:55.8	I mean, if you really look at him throughout his career, that's what he's done.
0:59.2	And I don't think this issue or this kerfuffle or whatever you want to call it with Vanity
1:03.6	Fair was anything different.
1:05.3	I think he realized what Vanity Fair was, what kind of magazine it is.
1:09.7	It's a pop culture slash trending politics, big name
1:15.6	people magazine. And he, they wanted to do a profile on him. He gets hundreds of interview requests
1:20.8	a month. And you know, the LSU publicity people who are fantastic, by the way, they sift through all
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