Agree.

by KGB, Belly o. the Beast, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 11:19 (14 days ago) @ Jay
edited by KGB, Thursday, May 14, 2026, 11:33

But that's lower-hanging stuff than the number of playoff teams or how those things are divvied up. Very important to us but not impactful for the sport itself.

The question for me is how much juice NBC actually has here. In reality, even the whales like Sankey and Petitti are probably just puppets for ESPN and Fox now. Has NBC made enough of a commitment to CFB to have actual input? And if so, do Pete's connections there give ND a voice? Dunno.

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Has it been posted that ND supports the 24-team playoff? - BPH, 2026-05-14, 08:21
- Its so funny to watch - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2026-05-15, 08:43
- Pete is not Jack + Picking Your Battles - NDJuban, 2026-05-15, 08:11
  - Most of this makes sense to me - KGB, 2026-05-15, 10:01
    - I have accepted that we will never get universal support. - San Pedro, 2026-05-15, 10:13
- Minority view - Dallasdomer, 2026-05-15, 02:30
  - garbage 7-5 teams getting into a playoff - Jay, 2026-05-15, 07:22
    - I haven’t done a mock playoff - Dallasdomer, 2026-05-15, 11:33
      - 5-loss Duke would have been in this year - Jay, 2026-05-15, 11:42
        
        So, yes, more teams will get in - Dallasdomer, 2026-05-15, 19:06
        
        Would that be true with no conference game? - Tim, 2026-05-15, 14:13
    - Yep. The only silver lining is that the likelihood of - Jack, 2026-05-15, 10:25
  - My opposition isn't because of traditionalism - Domer99, 2026-05-15, 07:05
    - I think it will still be very high stakes. - MattG, 2026-05-15, 08:03
      - not sure I follow - there will be lots of 3-loss teams - Jay, 2026-05-15, 08:41
    - It will also surely lead to some "load management" bullshit. - KGB, 2026-05-15, 07:21
    - I agree. - San Pedro, 2026-05-15, 07:12
      - it's going to suck - Jay, 2026-05-15, 07:24
        
        As compared to what? - Mike (bart), 2026-05-15, 09:45
        
        honestly what's the difference - Jay, 2026-05-15, 10:31
  - If it wipes out the CCGs, I'm for it - Jeff (BGS), 2026-05-15, 07:01
  - Same... - nedhead, 2026-05-15, 02:42
    - Agreed, I'm all for it - Mike (bart), 2026-05-15, 06:10
- Disappointing for our AD to support this - beattherush, 2026-05-14, 09:48
  - You may be proven correct - KGB, 2026-05-14, 10:33
    - I think we still have leverage vs the ACC - Jay, 2026-05-14, 10:53
      - Agree. - KGB, 2026-05-14, 11:19
- Wonder if 24 also might stave off superconference - LaFortune Teller, 2026-05-14, 09:41
- I quote the great Bill Murray: - Greg, 2026-05-14, 09:16
  - Underrated movie. - beattherush, 2026-05-14, 09:47
- I am hoping we traded it for something. - Tim, 2026-05-14, 08:44
  - future B10 home and homes, hopefully - Jay, 2026-05-14, 08:56
    - SEC doesn't want 24, they wouldn't make that trade. - Tim, 2026-05-14, 10:28
      - brainfart, was thinking B10 - Jay, 2026-05-14, 10:36
- disappointing for the sport - Jay, 2026-05-14, 08:30
- 24 teams is stupid. But our motivation might be that it will - BillyGoat, 2026-05-14, 08:23
  - Good point - BPH, 2026-05-14, 08:41
  - It would also theoretically make scheduling easier - KGB, 2026-05-14, 08:32
    - I think you will see bifurcated scheduling philosophies - Jeff (BGS), 2026-05-14, 12:57
    - 8 would be an adequate number in an ideal world without - BillyGoat, 2026-05-14, 09:20
      - cosine - Joe I, 2026-05-15, 09:17
    - Yeah, I think it's an unfortunate compromise. - Joe I, 2026-05-14, 09:00
    - We need to protect 8-4 teams and a potential 7-5 Bama team. - Chris, 2026-05-14, 08:38
      - Most 8-4 B1G and SEC teams will make the playoff - Aaron (Shakespeare), 2026-05-14, 11:00

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Agree.