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Bowlsby spoke highly of the CFP and agreed that
four teams is an appropriate number |
Big 12 Commissioner
Bob Bowlsby said the CFP has room for improvement as it begins its third year in determining the sport’s national champion. “There’s a lot of magic in it, there isn’t any doubt about it,” Bowlsby said on Day 2 of the '16 Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. “But I think we’re still finding our way in some ways.” Bowlsby earlier this week asked the CFP for
clarification on its selection process, which for the second time in three years did not name a Big 12 school to the four-team playoff. “I don’t take any issue with the teams that are in the playoff,” he said. “I’m not challenging the outcome of it.” However, he said some aspects of the way the system was supposed to work seem to be at "odds with the way these four were put together."
Despite his comments, Bowlsby and the rest of the panel spoke highly of the CFP and the positive impact it has had on college football. NCAA Exec VP/Regulatory Affairs Oliver Luck said, “We’re seeing the strengthening of schedules in September, and I think that’s only going to help our cause. That’s been undervalued a bit.” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said he believes four teams is an appropriate number for the CFP. Added Bowlsby, “I don’t think there’s any way you expand without doing away with, or damaging, the conference championship games.”
