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College Football Playoff expansion issues including scheduling models, revenue distribution being debated

September 8, 2022Articles, CFP, College Football, Media, NCAA, Odds and Ends, PressedCBSSports, CFP, College Football Playoff expansion, Dennis Dodd, ESPN, Expansion, NCAA, NCAA Football, revenue distribution, Scheduling model

Stakeholders will decide when will the expanded playoff will begin, what the schedule looks like … and who will be getting paid. Tap below to read the report from Dennis…

Mountain West Schools Could Pay A Buyout of Up To $33 Million

July 22, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed, RealignmentBuyout, Craig Thompson, Expansion, Jeremy Mauss, Mountain West Conference, Mountain West Wire, MWC, Realignment, Yahoo Sports

The Mountain West is pretty static at the moment with no real need or urgency to go after teams to the conference, and there has only been speculation about if…

SDS sources: SEC wants to end expansion race, stay at 16 teams

July 11, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, Realignment, SEC, SEC Softball16 teams, Expansion, Matt Hayes, NCAA, NCAA Football, Saturday Down South, SEC, SEC Football

The preference of the SEC presidents is to not expand beyond 16 teams, multiple industry sources tell Saturday Down South. Tap below to read the latest article by Matt Hayes…

Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12 alliance to combat SEC’s influence expected to be announced Tuesday

August 24, 2021Articles, College Football, News, PressedACC, Alliance, Big Ten, college football, College Football Playoff, Dennis Dodd, Expansion, NCAA Football, SEC

Looks like a steel cage match is setting up in college football. Tap below to read the Dennis Dodd article on CBSSports. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-acc-pac-12-alliance-to-combat-secs-influence-expected-to-be-announced-tuesday/