Tim Brando lobbies for CFP expansion: ‘This greatest regular season crap has been a myth’
Syndication: Shreveport Times/The Times Tim Brando has been saying college football’s regular season is overrated since before it was useful for Fox Sports to say so. “I’ve been saying this since I worked at ESPN and CBS Sports,” Brando posted on X Tuesday. “This greatest regular season crap has been a myth for years!
” Damned straight they are on the right track and all the bitching,moaning and gnashing of teeth won’t stop it from becoming reality. What do we know tho @ClayTravis we’re both “house boys” from @FOXSports in the minds of the propagandists on this platform. I’ve been saying this… https://t.
co/n4a0KrttVh — Tim Brando (@TimBrando) May 6, 2026 The post came in response to news that the American Football Coaches Association voted last week to support a 24-team playoff format that would eliminate conference championship games. Brando also called himself and Clay Travis “house boys” for Fox Sports in the minds of critics — an acknowledgment, however sardonic, that the network’s fingerprints are all over this push. The fingerprints are not hard to find.
Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks publicly endorsed the 24-team format in April during a Sports Business Journal conference. Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti has been floating the idea of expanding to 24 or 28 teams since last summer. Fox’s lead analyst, Joel Klatt, has spent the better part of this playoff cycle criticizing ESPN’s exclusive CFP deal , calling it bad for the sport, and has said he would “do anything” to call a playoff game .
The financial stakes explain a lot. ESPN’s current deal gives it exclusive broadcast rights to every CFP game, in any format, for up to 14 teams. Every team added beyond that threshold means new inventory that has to go to market, and Fox would seemingly be among the first in line to bid on it.
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