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Argument: 4-team college football playoffs open slippery slope to bigger playoffs

Issue Report: College football playoffs

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Playoff Smayoff, we don’t need it.” ESPN. April 30, 2008: “The idea of a ‘Plus One’ playoff was voted down by the conference commissioners (plus Notre Dame’s athletic director) in their Hollywood, Fla. meeting. […] I’m OK with that, although I have never been totally against a ‘Plus One’ format. […] Trouble is, once we get ‘Plus One’ format the college football brain trusts won’t stop until they’ve got 16, then 32, then 64.”