David Pollack Explains Why CFB Playoff Expansion Is A Bad Idea

More than ever before, there seems to be real momentum for the College Football Playoff to expand. The tournament has been at a very exclusive four teams since it replace the BCS in 2014.

There is plenty of support to go up to six, or even eight teams. That would allow each Power Five league to land a team, plus at-large programs, or even a Group of Five representative. It would be a game changer for leagues like the AAC and Mountain West, and might even be welcomed by leagues like the Big Ten, Big 12, and Pac-12, which have missed playoffs.

Only the ACC and SEC have made the College Football Playoff field every year. Having the likes of Alabama and the modern Clemson dynasty has its perks.

Not everyone is excited about the possibility, though.

ESPN's David Pollack went on Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski's radio show to discuss the potential expansion, and he isn't a huge fan of the idea. He thinks it would dilute the product and lead to some poor games. Via Saturday Down South:

“If you look at this year, just right now, would you really want to see an 8-team Playoff?” Pollack asked. “I know I wouldn’t. There wouldn’t be very many competitive games at all. It would just be beatdown after beatdown.”

A clip from Coach K's interview with Pollack:

There would certainly be some blowouts, but that is already the case, see: Clemson-Ohio State, Alabama-Michigan State, Clemson-Notre Dame, etc, etc.

Some years, you could make the case that we'd be better off just going with No. 1 vs. No. 2, like the BCS would give us. And yet, we've had a pair of four-seeds win the national title, and the Alabama-Clemson games have been the only ones between the top two seeds.

Adding two or four more teams won't end all of the debates, but it does seem like one more round of games, and a field more inclusive of the entire college football world including top G5 teams, would be a positive.