Yahoo Sports· 1h ago· 1 min read
Credit: "The Dan Patrick Show' Why is the Big Ten commissioner so gung-ho on pushing for a 24-team format that his own league’s fans don’t want and the sport’s other major conference won’t accept?
That’s the question Paul Finebaum set out to answer during a recent appearance on The Dan Patrick Show .
ESPN holds the CFP exclusively up to a certain field size, though not even the “Mouth of the South” can say with certainty exactly where that line sits, whether it’s 12, 14, or 16. Push the bracket past it — whatever it turns out to be — and the format spills into an open market, one where Fox, the Big Ten’s own broadcast partner, finally gets a shot at inventory it lost out on the last time it came up for bid. That’s the leverage Finebaum thinks Tony Petitti, a former MLB Network and CBS Sports executive, is chasing on his conference’s behalf.
“Tony Petitti wants it. Now why does Tony…
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