Big Ten Coaches Favor Play-In, Rather Than Pageant

Big Ten Coaches Favor Play-In, Rather Than Pageant

There is a certain irony in Big Ten coaches banging the drum for automatic qualifiers in any college football playoff expansion while also claiming that auto bids will allow the national championship to be decided on the field. But they’re not wrong. Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti and the conference’s coaches have been adamant that if there is an expansion of the College Football Playoff, then the Big Ten and SEC should each receive four auto…