‘Smoldering Dumpster Fire,’ ‘A Downward Spiral’ — Central Michigan HC Matt Drinkal…
Central MichiganBefore he answered, he had a question of his own: “How long would you like me to answer?” By Mitten Football's count, he spent the next 10 minutes tearing into the expansion, the people driving it and nearly every major change college football has made since COVID.
Both the Big Ten and SEC, the two leagues that control the format, are on board, and he wrote that the contract should be signed soon. J.H. Jimenez of By The Belt asked the question.
From there Drinkall widened the lens well past the playoff. By The Belt, a credentialed outlet covering the MAC, posted this part of the answer Tuesday:
"All everything since COVID has just 100 percent been reaction. No one has ever said 'OK, well if we do this, what does it look like 15 years from now?'
KEY POINTS
- ‘Smoldering Dumpster Fire,’ ‘A Downward Spiral’ — Central Michigan HC Matt Drinkall Rips CFB Leaders Over 24-Team Playoff.
- Central Michigan head coach Matt Drinkall was asked on his weekly media Zoom for his take on the 24-team College Football Playoff.
- Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger reported Monday that ESPN and the CFP have reached agreement on a 24-team field that would begin next season.
- According to the full transcript Mitten Football published, Drinkall laid out a forecast: "If they move to this, it will separate Power 4 football into its own separate thing of Division I football."