For a sport that has forever said “we can’t” or “it’s too complicated” whenever big ideas are brought to the table, college football has sure figured out ways to be nimble over the last six months. If you can figure out how to play in the middle of a pandemic while throwing out pretty much every norm and literally scheduling games the week of, maybe that’s a sign that college football can think a bit bigger than its leaders are normally willing to allow.
So it was puzzling, and a little disheartening, when Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said Thursday there was “no serious momentum or discussion” about expanding the College Football Playoff during this, the most unusual of seasons.