South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp stepped into college football’s hottest debate of the week – whether it’s time for the sport to expand the current four-team playoff into an eight-game format.
“We all say it’s about the student-athlete, but a lot of the decisions that are made are not about the student-athlete,” Muschamp said Tuesday. “Let’s just cut to the chase.”
Muschamp’s main concern is protecting the current bowl system, and he fears an eight-game system would do that, he said.
“I just don’t know how you’re going to structure it if you get into an eight-game playoff.