Dan Lanning argues for 24-team College Football Playoff model
Oregon coach Dan Lanning made his stance clear on the potential expansion of the College Football Playoff to 24 teams.
The talk around expansion for the College Football Playoff is peaking. Expansion appears more likely than ever. The Oregon Ducks have become a force in the Big Ten and made the playoff in each of the past two seasons in the 12-team format, so expansion does little to help the Ducks in the future.
In fact, it only serves to add more competition as the program hunts its first national championship. However, Dan Lanning believes the expansion would be great for both the conference and college football as a whole. He made his stance very clear, alongside Ohio State coach Ryan Day , at the Big Ten spring meetings on Monday.
"Is it necessarily best for the programs that have been in to say, 'Hey, let's invite more? ' No, but is it better? " Lanning told ESPN's Adam Rittenberg.
"What's happened because of the College Football Playoff is every bowl game has been devalued, the end of the season looks completely different. You're a failure as a coach if you don't make it to the College Football Playoff. " Oregon stands nothing to gain from expansion, but Lanning's line of thinking aligns with the Big Ten's, which has pitched the 24-team playoff for nearly a year.