Illinois HC Bret Bielema shares CFP expansion verdict with exact number of teams included
Illinois coach Bret Bielema remains a massive supporter of College Football Playoff expansion. Should it come to fruition, Bielema is adamant that there is a correct way it needs to be done.
Illinois HC Bret Bielema shares CFP expansion verdict with exact number of teams included originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Illinois Fighting Illini coach Bret Bielema isn't one to stay silent about the current state of college football.
This is especially the case when it comes to the College Football Playoff , as a potential expansion could be on the horizon in the near future. Bielema said in a new interview with On3 that he'd be fully supportive of it. “Personally, I would love to see as many teams included as humanly possible,” Bielema said.
“It can’t go to 64 — I’m not talking about that. I think somebody floated 32 last year or something like that. " Bielema said that with how close his team has come to making the College Football Playoff over the last few seasons, the more teams that have an opportunity to try to extend their season, the better.
"I do feel that if you give somebody with a pretty good football team two weeks to prepare," Bielema said. "I really learned that when I was in the NFL. When you had that two-week lead-in to the Super Bowl, it’s just a different preparation.