“So I think if you create more access, and I've always said the word equitable, I don't necessarily agree with having a selection committee. I think there should be a way to earn it, but neither here nor there. You have 24 teams. You're going to have more teams now with this nine-game conference schedule, still willing to go play that big out-of-conference game because they know if they lose it, a la Texas-Ohio State last year, they're not all of a sudden behind the eight ball. They still have a chance to play their way in, and I think that's the only way we're going to keep those kinds of games around.”
Backed a 24-team playoff as the only way to keep big nonconference games alive, saying the 12-team selection model pushes teams to avoid them, and questioned using a selection committee at all.