SEC and Big Ten's New Playoff Seeding Sparks Controversy
TL;DR
Stewart Mandel criticizes the proposed 16-team College Football Playoff format backed by Big Ten and SEC leaders, calling it nonsensical and damaging to the sport's integrity, as it favors automatic bids for conferences and could undermine the value of regular season games and traditional conference championships.
- Stewart Mandel unloads on ‘cockamamie’ CFP proposal from Big Ten Awful Announcing
- Big Ten, SEC plans for College Football Playoff are only getting more nonsensical - The Athletic The New York Times
- CFP approves new seeding model next season ESPN
- Explaining Big Ten, SEC 16-team College Football Playoff proposal; how it would look CBS Sports
- College Football Playoff embracing seeding change show SEC, Big Ten are running show USA Today
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