Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson, like thousands of others, watched Saturday’s rousing upsets and field-stormings that dominated college football.
TCU mounted a comeback to beat Oklahoma State, Utah stunned USC and Tennessee shocked Alabama. This trio of wild affairs had something in common: raucous celebrations at vibrant on-campus venues.
“Maybe we need to have more Playoff games on campus,” Thompson says.
Thompson sits on the CFP Management Committee, the group of conference commissioners who are charged with finalizing details of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. Under the expansion model adopted Sept.