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A great annual offseason debate hinges on whether college football would benefit from an overarching commissioner – and whether Nick Saban would be the prime choice for the job, if ever created.
We agree that a college football commissioner could enact some meaningful, widely popular changes within the sport, but we’re not ready to cede this responsibility to Saban, who would foremost look out for coaches. In fact, we’re ready to accept the job ourselves.
On this edition of “SEC Football Unfiltered,” a podcast from the USA TODAY Network, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams share the role of college football commissioner, enacting sweeping change that includes forcing Notre Dame into a conference, expanding the College Football Playoff but stripping away automatic bids and restoring some old rivalries.
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Let’s get to their ideas:
Expanded playoff, but no automatic bids
We’re ditching first-round byes, and we’re also ditching automatic bids. Certainly, we want none of this nonsense being circulated within the Big Ten and SEC about a conference starting the season with four playoff bids. Nope, you’ve gotta earn your way in with your performance. We’ve settled on a 16-team bracket, filled entirely with at-large bids. Build the résumé. Earn the bid. Survive the four-round bracket.
Notre Dame must join a conference
If the Irish want to be considered for our 16-team playoff, here’s the rule: Join a conference. Those in a conference get considered for our playoff. Those not in a conference don’t.
Five years to play five seasons
No more redshirt seasons. No more eighth-year seniors. Athletes, you get five years to play five seasons. Enjoy.
Goodbye, spring practice. Hello, OTAs
Spring practice is outdated. With the season extending longer because of the expanded…
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Author : The Tennessean
Publish date : 2025-02-20 11:07:00
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