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B10 commissioner comments on CFP structure following Ohio State’s snub
By Cody McClure
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Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany doesn’t seem to be too upset by Ohio State not getting into the College Football Playoff.
Well, he’s not advocating for change, at least.
Surely, Delany would have preferred that the Buckeyes — after beating undefeated Wisconsin for a conference title on Saturday — were chosen over Alabama.
The Crimson Tide wasn’t able to even win its own division, however it also only had one loss on the season — to a pretty good Auburn team. Ohio State, on the other hand, had two ugly losses to Oklahoma and Iowa.
Still, Delany apparently prefers the current postseason structure in college football, according to a tweet from Barrett Sallee of CBS Sports:
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany says Ohio State’s snub doesn’t change his opinion of the CFB postseason structure.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 3, 2017
As has been the case in recent seasons, many people are advocating for college football to move to an eight-team playoff.
The most common model, which many agree could work — each Power Five conference champion gets in, along with three at-large teams.
While that could certainly happen in the future, for now, everyone will have to settle with four teams getting in.
Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.
