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College Football’s Power Grab Won’t Stop at the G5 Level
The Orange Bowl isn’t just Texas Tech vs. Oregon – it’s a referendum on whether the Big 12 belongs in college football’s future or joins the G5 on the outside.
Coaches and fans in the Big 12 and the ACC that want the G5 excluded from future renditions of the College Football Playoff should be careful what they wish for. Once the SEC and Big Ten discard half of the FBS, they’ll turn attention towards the two other P4 conferences because I have news for you – they see SMU and TCU as closer to UTSA and North Texas than Texas and Texas A&M.
The ACC champion was left out and a BYU team that went 11-1 in the regular season and only lost to the No. 4 team in the country wasn’t even included in the national discussion for the final at-large bid. The same voices on national podcasts and in the back rooms of conference meetings don’t view the Big 12 or the ACC as true peers and when the Super League forms, more than just the G5 will be on the chopping block.
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