Texas Longhorns’ Mack Brown Pitches Restructured College Football Playoff FormatRecent Examples Provide Evidence for Mack Brown’s Argument
Texas Longhorns’ Mack Brown Pitches Restructured College Football Playoff FormatRecent Examples Provide Evidence for Mack Brown’s Argument
The College Football Playoff has always been a hot topic of discussion since its inception, from the debates during the four-team playoff era to its expansion to a 12-team playoff last season, and the challenges that have arisen from the expansion and ongoing talks to continue expanding in the near future.
One of the biggest issues surrounding the playoff structure is that Group of Five schools, which, compared to Power 4 programs, struggle on the football field in head-to-head matchups, and even more in the NIL landscape of college football. Recently, on the Triple Option podcast, legendary Texas Longhorns head coach Mack Brown proposed an idea to help out the Group of Five programs, laying out a split between the Power 4 and the Group of Five.
They’ve got to separate divisions and have a ruling body for each division,” Brown said. “I even think that the Group of Five should have their own national championship, have a playoff, just like FCS. Their teams are not going to win the national championship. They’re not going to be able to pay $20 million to these kids.
Brown doubled down on his take, saying that with college football being split into two divisions would be great for all parties, especially the Group of Five teams, who will be able to compete for national championships and even allow the players to garner national notoriety.
