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P5 conference commisioners dish on first year of playoffs.
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Q: How do you think the playoff performed overall in its first season in 2014?
Greg Sankey, SEC commissioner: “There was more interest created in the regular season. All of a sudden, the first Tuesday in November is a rallying point around college football in a way that we had not typically seen until last year.”
John Swofford, ACC commissioner: “I thought it was as good a start-up as I’ve ever seen in terms of the first year. Things can always be made better. I couldn’t have been more pleased. … There wasn’t much not to like.”
Jim Delany, Big Ten commissioner: “The bedrock of this [selection] group was reputational equity, integrity, football knowledge and good representation . I thought … we put together a committee that everybody had to respect.”
Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 commissioner: “I thought that the playoff couldn’t have gone any better last year as far as the conducting of it.”
Larry Scott, Pac-12 commissioner: “I thought it was a tremendous success. I was delighted. College football increased the level of interest amongst its fans. College football proved to be a much more national phenomenon.”
Greg Sankey, SEC commissioner: “There was more interest created in the regular season. All of a sudden, the first Tuesday in November is a rallying point around college football in a way that we had not typically seen until last year.”
John Swofford, ACC commissioner: “I thought it was as good a start-up as I’ve ever seen in terms of the first year. Things can always be made better. I couldn’t have been more pleased. … There wasn’t much not to like.”
Jim Delany, Big Ten commissioner: “The bedrock of this [selection] group was reputational equity, integrity, football knowledge and good representation . I thought … we put together a committee that everybody had to respect.”
Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 commissioner: “I thought that the playoff couldn’t have gone any better last year as far as the conducting of it.”
Larry Scott, Pac-12 commissioner: “I thought it was a tremendous success. I was delighted. College football increased the level of interest amongst its fans. College football proved to be a much more national phenomenon.”
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