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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.

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  1. 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.

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

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

  4. 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.

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

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

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

  8. 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.

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

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

  11. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  18. 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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