Penn State coach James Franklin argues for greater consistency in college football scheduling, suggesting that all teams should be in conferences and play the same number of league games. His comments come ahead of the Nittany Lions' College Football Playoff semifinal matchup against Notre Dame.
Stephen A. and Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo challenge Paul Finebaum on Notre Dame 's relevancy and the impact a Fighting Irish national title would have on college football . (3:02) Franklin then caught himself, realizing Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman was sitting just to his right. Penn State will be representing the Big Ten against FBS independent Notre Dame in the the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl on Thursday night at Hard Rock Stadium.
The Nittany Lions reached the Big Ten championship game before earning a No. 6 seed in the first 12-team CFP, while the Fighting Irish made the playoff as an at-large and earned the No. 7 seed despite playing in one fewer game. Franklin thinks a larger CFP ultimately requires more uniformity around college football, including every team to be part of a conference and playing the same number of league games. Notre Dame, one of three remaining FBS independents, sees its status as central to the school's identity and has resisted chances to join the Big Ten and other conferences over the years. The Fighting Irish compete in the ACC for most of their other major sports, and have a scheduling agreement with the ACC in football. 'It should be consistent across college football,' Franklin said.'This is no knock at or Notre Dame, but I think everybody should be in a conference. I think everybody should play a conference championship game, or nobody should play a conference championship game. I think everybody should play the same number of conference games.' Penn State reached the CFP by playing nine conference games as well as the Big Ten championship against No. 1, which defeated the Nittany Lions 45-37 on Dec. 7. The Big 12 also has maintained a nine-game league slate, while the SEC and ACC have stayed at eight conference games.before Penn State, praised the SEC for remaining at eight league games, which the league's coaches wante
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