Cinderellas and SEC/Big Ten greed collide in the College Football Playoff | The Jenni & Berry Show

SEC and Big Ten greed can get in the way of a good thing, but Cinderellas could make the College Football Playoff something quite special.

By Berry Tramel

| Feb 29, 2024, 8:00am CST

By Berry Tramel

Feb 29, 2024, 8:00am CST

The College Football Playoff jumps to 12 teams next fall, but there’s already talk of expansion. Yes, expanding the expanded playoff before we even get to see what a 12-team playoff looks like. It could happen even if the inaugural version is spectacular. Jenni Carlson and Berry Tramel discuss all that and more on The Jenni & Berry Show.

Episode highlights:

2:12:How the 12-team playoff checks every box.

3:18: How Cinderellas will charm the playoff

5:45: On Boise State playing at Notre Dame in mid-December

6:37: On NIL and the transfer portal creating parity in the new College Football Playoff

8:57: Big Ten expansion is creating Big Ten concern about the College Football Playoff

13:43: A little patience with the 12-team format?

15:53: Why the combination of date (mid-December) and site (campus) makes for an exciting first round of the College Football Playoff

Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove

Creative director: Michael Lane

Social media: Bobby Howard

Director of Content: Mike Sherman

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Berry Tramel is a 45-year veteran of Oklahoma journalism, having spent 13 years at the Norman Transcript and 32 years at The Oklahoman. He has been named Oklahoma Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Born and raised in Norman, Tramel grew up reading four newspapers a day and began his career at age 17. His first assignment was the Lexington-Elmore City high school football game, and he’s enjoyed the journey ever since, having covered NBA Finals and Rose Bowls and everything in between. Tramel and his wife, Tricia, were married in 1980 and live in Norman near their daughter, son-in-law and three granddaughters. Tramel can be reached at 405-760-8080 or at [email protected].