David Pollack explains why Playoff shouldn’t expand: ‘It would just be beatdown after beatdown’

There’s a debate about whether the College Football Playoff should expand to 8 teams or remain at 4, and it is heating up.

However, not everyone thinks the Playoff should expand, and ESPN analyst David Pollack is in that group.

During a radio appearance with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, Pollack said an 8-team Playoff this year would have hardly any competitive games:

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“If you look at this year, just right now, would you really want to see an 8-team Playoff?” Pollack asked. “I know I wouldn’t. There wouldn’t be very many competitive games at all. It would just be beatdown after beatdown.”

There seems to be lots of momentum going toward an 8-team Playoff, but nothing has been established yet. We’ll see what happens over the next couple of years.

Adam Spencer

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