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Your new favorite college football show. The Athletic senior reporters Chris Vannini and David Ubben take you inside the biggest stories in the game in a fun and engaging show. With exclusive insight, interviews and banter, you'll learn to appreciate the most important and the dumbest parts of America's true favorite sport.

The Real Problems With A 24-Team Playoff

It's the one-year anniversary of Bunch Formation! Chris Vannini and David Ubben reflect on the first year of the show, then have a deep conversation about the 24-team playoff, coming off the Big Ten's big push from spring meetings. Story on the Big Ten behind a 24-team CFP [https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7293218/2026/05/20/big-ten-meetings-tony-petitti-24-team-cfp/?unlocked_article_code=1.kFA.xKAY.uxVQzHYn_m0d&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta] David's story on which teams would've made a 24-team CFP in the past [https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7295785/2026/05/21/college-football-playoff-24-teams-history-expansion/?unlocked_article_code=1.kFA.9OIf.SZ-FR8BRlBS8&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta] Bill Connelly's ESPN story on the 24-team CFP problems [https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/48797802/24-team-college-football-playoff-shows-bigger-always-better] Stewart Mandel's story on the 24-team CFP TV math [https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7291026/2026/05/20/college-football-playoff-expansion-espn-fox/?unlocked_article_code=1.kFA.rgYm.BOGya_o8T98f&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta] 0:00 One year down! 6:43 The Big Ten pushes a 24-team playoff 7:41 80 teams would've made it in the past 12:40 Does Iowa-Minnesota need to matter more? 20:20 The damage to Rivalry Week 25:00 Would it actually save more coach jobs? 30:23 Would it actually create more big nonconference games? 34:08 Losing the soul of college football? 38:40 Why the Big Ten really wants this 41:45 The scenario that could get the SEC on board 42:19 Does the money math really work? 46:50 Does the playoff need to be the most important thing? 48:50 The punting rule change that is infuriating coaches 52:14 The SCORE Act is almost dead 54:02 SEC/Big Ten breakaway? 58:53 Lane Kiffin hires Ed Orgeron at LSU 1:00:54 Remember Some Guys: Cincinnati, Arkansas, Duke **************************** Follow Bunch Formation: PLEASE LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW! It helps a lot. Email: BunchFormationPod@gmail.com [BunchFormationPod@gmail.com] Twitter [https://x.com/BunchFormationP] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@BunchFormation] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bunchformation] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@bunchformation] LinkTree [https://linktr.ee/bunchformation] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

21 de may de 2026 - 1 h 6 min