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The College Football Playoff is reportedly nearing a deal to expand to 24 teams starting with the 2027 season, not necessarily "next year." While the expansion would make the football postseason bracket much larger, college football has not been "killed off," and a 24-team field is still much smaller than the NCAA basketball tournament. This is an opinion post likening college football's playoff expansion to the NCAA basketball tournament format. This is an opinion statement comparing March Madness to college football. This is a promotional post for the author's own Substack article; it does not contain a factual claim that requires checking. This is a joke/opinion post about NBA player Mikal Bridges' slow start to the season. No verifiable factual claim is made. The post states that the N
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The College Football Playoff is reportedly nearing a deal to expand to 24 teams starting with the 2027 season, not necessarily "next year." While the expansion would make the football postseason bracket much larger, college football has not been "killed off," and a 24-team field is still much smaller than the NCAA basketball tournament. This is an opinion post likening college football's playoff expansion to the NCAA basketball tournament format. This is an opinion statement comparing March Madness to college football. This is a promotional post for the author's own Substack article; it does not contain a factual claim that requires checking. This is a joke/opinion post about NBA player Mikal Bridges' slow start to the season. No verifiable factual claim is made. The post states that the N
Well, they basically killed off college football for next year and years to come by allowing 24 teams to compete for the championship as if it's the NCAA basketball brackets for March madness! All the students whom play college football should just boycott and not play! 🤬🖕🤬
LCollege football is reportedly moving toward a much bigger playoff, and the internet is losing its mind.
MTwenty-four teams? That's not a playoff, that's a participation trophy with extra steps.
LHey, I like big brackets. More games, more upsets, more chaos. Sign me up.
MThe deal isn't even signed yet. ESPN is reportedly the one pushing it, because more playoff games means more ad revenue.
LShocking. The sports network wants more sports to broadcast. Call the authorities.
MYou're missing the part where the same network also owns the SEC and ACC rights. So when they argue for more at-larges, follow the money.
LIf you start disqualifying every idea that makes ESPN money, you'd have no college football left.
MI'm not disqualifying it. I'm saying the pitch is 'this helps everyone,' but the people making the pitch already own the product.
LFine. Anyway, some people on X are claiming the expansion starts soon.
MIt doesn't. The deal being discussed is for 2027.
LRight, one account said students should boycott because of the 24-team field. They can hold that boycott for two years, then it might matter.
MAnd to be clear, college football isn't dead. It's just going to get bloated, like everything else that makes money.
LOne more hoops note: Seth Rosenthal over on Bluesky says people need to relax about Mikal Bridges starting slow.
MHe's not wrong. Bridges has started slow before and turned into an NBA champion. But this year, the volume is different because he was the centerpiece of that trade.
LAnd the expectations are higher. When you give up five first-round picks, the fans don't want a slow starter. They want a star.
MBut Rosenthal's point stands. The guy always starts slow, then he's fine. Breathe.
LEasy for you to say. You're not the one who traded for him in fantasy.
MYou picked him first round, didn't you?
LWe're not talking about my fantasy team. We're talking about the playoffs and how I'm right about everything.