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Saturday morning, before a full slate of college football games, including two Top-10 matchups (Ohio State vs Indiana and Notre Dame vs BYU), many media personalities got the chance to make their opinions known about the expansion of the College Football Playoff from 12 teams to 24.
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opinions → include → 24
Saban, sitting down with his fellow hosts on ESPN's "College GameDay" on the campus of BYU, made a very definitive statement.
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Saban → sit → statement
"People want to see the best teams in the Playoffs.
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People → want → Playoffs
There's not 24 teams in the country that deserve to be in the playoffs," he started.
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he → be → playoffs
"I don't think there's 24 teams in the country that can win the championship."
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that → think → championship
Saban went on to say: "Bowl games are gonna be a thing of the past."
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games → go → past
In my opinion, bowl games were on life support once the NCAA introduced the 12-team College Football Playoff and NIL deals.
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NCAA → introduce → Playoff
They were instantly devalued and there wasn't nearly enough incentive for players to participate in the Mom & Pop Mortgage Weedwacker Bowl (this is obviously not a real bowl, but you get the point).
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you → devalue → point
That's the way most players and teams view bowl games now.
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players → view → games
Saban also mentioned, "We're gaining something but we're also giving something up.
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we → mention → something
While Saban and the "College GameDay" crew acknowledged there are pros and cons in the expanded Playoff, it did seem like the cons outweighed the pros in Saban's mind.
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cons → acknowledge → mind
As for Tebow, he made his voice heard on the SEC Network.
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voice → make → Network
"We changed the goal posts.
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We → change → posts
Now it's can you just get in and get hot at the right time?," Tebow stated.
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Tebow → get → time
"It takes away the consistency.
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It → take → consistency
Before you had to focus every single week and you had to show up and you had to bring your best.
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you → have → best
Now, you have weeks where you don't have to show up."
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you → have → weeks
"One of the biggest reasons why I don't like it, is because when you're looking at this game (college football), there's a few things that separate us: It's the regular season," Tebow added.
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Tebow → like → us
Now you're diluting something that was so special and it was one of the biggest differentiators from the rest of the country, and all of these other sports (college and pro)."
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it → dilute → sports
Tebow acknowledged that there will no doubt be some good things that come out of this, but in his opinion, there are some glaring issues that make college too similar to the NFL.
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college → acknowledge → NFL
The proposal for expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams is nearly locked in, which would give teams seeded 1 through 8 a first-round bye, followed by a home game.
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which → expand → game
The Playoff including home games for the highest seeded teams is a nice touch that many personalities seemed to agree was a positive.
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personalities → include → that
Other personalities, like Josh Pate said on Friday, while speaking on ESPN's 'Bussin' & Pate On Campus,' "The public overwhelmingly hates this."
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public → say → this
He went as far as calling it an "embarrassment for the sport."
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He → go → sport
Is this setting up the sport for a positive future?
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this → set → future
That'll be debated this weekend and beyond.
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That → debate → ?
The Aporia
