Michael Wilbon has a problem with the expanded College Football Playoff, even attacking his employer, claiming it's a money grab by everyone involved, including ESPN.
Pardon the Interruption co-organizers believe this year's expansion of the format from four to 12 teams was too much.
“They're not going to go from 12 to eight (teams) because this is a greedy play,” Wilbon said on PTI on Friday. “This is a moneymaker for everyone involved, including this network.”
Wilbon and co-host Tony Kornheiser had no problem with the four semifinalists still alive in the tournament: Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and Texas, but Wilbon , pointed out that teams that received first-round byes, such as Oregon and Georgia, may have been eliminated. Quarterfinals with additional break.
“If you have eight (teams), you don't have byes. You don't need byes. The teams that had byes lost, and the teams were rusty,” Wilbon said. “We seed them 1 through 8, put those eight teams in, and say, 'Here we go.'”
Kornheiser's anger was directed at ESPN's announcers and pundits, whom he claimed were biased against the SEC.
ESPN's lead college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit has been outspoken in claiming that SMU doesn't deserve a bid against a three-loss Alabama team that lost to Michigan in the Reliaquest Bowl. They lost with 9 wins and 4 losses.
Georgia also lost to Notre Dame, and Tennessee lost to Ohio State.
“One of the things we've seen is that the fact that the SEC is by far the best conference is a lie. That's not true,” Kornheiser said. “I don't want to hear any more about how they were pursued by the committee.”
