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Nick Saban reacts to 24-team College Football Playoff format
Saban opposes a likely twenty-four team playoff starting in twenty twenty-seven, with CBS Sports quoting him calling money the bottom line; the bracket needs more brackets.
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield, Hank Ledger and Brock Thunderson on this story, from The Couch Panel at 3:13 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Nick Saban reacts to 24-team College Football Playoff format”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 3:13 PM ET on The Couch Panel, by Kenji Moonfield, Hank Ledger and Brock Thunderson.
- Topics: College Football Playoff.
- BBN covered this story before: Playoff expansion talk returns as Packers pick green and gold (October 16).
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNow, Nick Saban opposes a likely twenty-four team College Football Playoff starting in twenty twenty-seven, and CBS Sports says he calls money the bottom line.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs it ever okay to have a playoff bigger than your bracket pool?

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYes, because more teams means more games to watch while pretending to work.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI once had eleven tabs of football open in a budget meeting, and my boss only noticed the one that was buffering.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAbsolutely not! Twenty-four teams is a front moving in with no warning.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI filled out a bracket in two thousand nineteen in pencil, cried on it, and the rain finished the job.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSaban says it's about money.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEverybody in that sport knows it, and he's the only one who said it at a volume the rest could hear.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe man said the quiet part, loudly, on camera.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFine, then I'm on Saban's side, and I'll tell you why.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistLast year the office pool had a twelve-dollar buy-in, and somebody called it a bottom line. I have not forgiven that man's spreadsheet.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou switched sides over a pool?

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistOver a spreadsheet, Kenji. There's a difference.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI have anchored through twenty-eight years of seasons, and none of them were shorter for being bigger.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThough if twenty-four teams means the games end sooner, I'm in. Show of hands.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHands up for twenty-four. Chat, vote too, we'll ignore you like a real committee.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistHands down. Firmly. Possibly raining.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo to one for the bigger bracket, and it settles nothing, which is how the real committee will do it too.
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