Clemson's Dabo Swinney said Tuesday he anticipates the shift to an expanded playoff could lead to frequent in-season opt-outs from players or teams sitting their stars if a playoff berth is already locked up.
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Dabo Swinney used to say he'd be in favor of college football returning to the BCS era for the postseason, and while he's changed his tune a bit as the sport heads into its first season with a 12-team playoff, he said he's wary of potential"unintended consequences" he foresees as a result of the increased emphasis on the playoff.
"Maybe you're 11-0 and have a rivalry game," Swinney said,"but you have your biggest foe the next week in a conference championship and if you win that game, you're going to get a bye. Those are things that you'll see play out all through college football." "From our standpoint, the psyche hasn't changed; We're all in trying to win every single game," Swinney said."But as coaches, you have perspective. Big win, tough loss, you've got to move on because you want to have a great season. ... When you play the best of the best, you're not going to just walk in and win every time. That's not the real world."
The SEC and Big Ten are already getting a larger slice of playoff revenue based on the expectations those leagues will put more teams into the postseason, but Swinney said he's not concerned about arguments that a three-loss SEC team, for example, would have a better case than a one- or two-loss ACC team because Clemson routinely schedules challenging non-conference games against the SEC and
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