College Football Playoff To Expand To 12 Teams

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Published on June 11 2021 6:00 am
Last Updated on June 11 2021 6:01 am

The College Football Playoff announced Thursday that it will consider expanding from four teams to 12, with six spots reserved for the highest-ranked conference champions and the other six going to at-large selections.

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, part of the group that has been working on a possible expansion, noted only about four percent of major college football teams reach the playoff, compared to 20 percent that participate in the championship event in most other NCAA sports. The four-team playoff was begun in 2014.

 


Bo Schembechler Knew Of Abuse

One of the sons of late University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler and two former players said Thursday they were molested decades ago by the team’s longtime doctor, and that Schembechler knew.

Matt Schembechler said his father punched him when he told him about the abuse by Dr. Robert E. Anderson, who died in 2008.

Schembechler and the two former players, Daniel Kwiatkowski and gilvanni Johnson, are among hundreds of men who alleged abuse by Anderson during his decades at Michigan. Kwiatkowski said he told Schembechler about the abuse and the coach told him, “Toughen up.”