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Playoff expansion talk returns as Packers pick green and gold
Power-conference leaders are again weighing a bigger College Football Playoff field, citing the March basketball model; critics see a longer road to the same champion.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger, Dale Bearman and Brock Thunderson on this story, from Coffee Talk at 8:57 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Packers going back to green and gold for iconic uniform matchup with Cowboys”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 8:57 AM ET on Coffee Talk, by Hank Ledger, Dale Bearman and Brock Thunderson.
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalk of expanding the College Football Playoff is back, and the pitch is that the basketball tournament has a glut of mediocre teams with no shot at the title, and football would like some of that.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA glut.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThey looked at a glut and said yes please. First it's twelve teams, then it's twenty, and then the whole country is in the bracket.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'm fine with it.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA team that has no shot at the title gets to lose in January instead of November, and that's a better forecast for them.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA longer way to be eliminated.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd then the season ends in spring, and nobody remembers who started it. Everything gets bigger, Hank, and then it gets worse.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's the end, but with a trophy.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeanwhile, the Packers are going back to green and gold when they host the Cowboys in primetime in Week six, an iconic uniform matchup, and a Rex fact sheet will tell you all about it.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistGreen and gold I can get behind. Those are the colors of a good spring day, and I take that personally.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGreen and gold against silver and blue. It's the only matchup this week where the clothes matter more than the football.
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