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Whether or not Aresco remains unhappy about the pace of the CFP committee's deliberations on a potential expansion of the CFB playoffs, it's now clear that AAC football fans who were hoping for a CFP expansion before 2026 have every reason to be very frustrated, indeed:


from espn.com:

Heather Dinich - ESPN Senior Writer
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"There will not be a new (expanded CFP) format this season or next season ... even if the board decides to alter the format, it may well not occur until after the current agreement has expired, which isn't until after the 2025 season."

-Bill Hancock, CFP executive director.

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https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...y-16-teams

Its a poker game between the CFP commitee and Aresco (G5). No one will show their hand until they are forced to do so. Both are having poker table talk between the players. Most of the talk at the poker table between hands is BS!!!

Doesn't seem like Aresco's very pessimistic here...

https://theathletic.com/2581584/2021/05/...ed_article

USFFan

(05-12-2021 11:24 AM)DeeHee33 Wrote:  Its a poker game between the CFP commitee and Aresco (G5). No one will show their hand until they are forced to do so. Both are having poker table talk between the players. Most of the talk at the poker table between hands is BS!!!

With an insightful statement like that, it sounds like you might be a fairly good poker player, yourself.

...or perhaps, if you're like me, most of what you've learned about poker came from watching Star Trek episodes like this one (time stamp: 1:14 in the video):





Mike Aresco as Captain Kirk? Possibly. Either way, it's probably a good way for us to interpret what's really going on behind the scenes.

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Just to remind everybody of what Captain Kirk (oops, I meant Mike Aresco) is really up against, consider his nemesis in this battle:






"There will not be a new (expanded CFP) format this season or next season ... even if the board decides to alter the format, it may well not occur until after the current agreement has expired, which isn't until after the 2025 season."

Translation:

"Escape is impossible, since you are being taken under our power to your destination!"



Notice the resemblance?

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