Awful Announcing
An expanded CFP looks likely to see either games going head-to-head with the NFL or midweek games, and it looks like the CFP execs are considering at least some head-to-head games, but not without complaining about the NFL in the process.
Great games and big names led to a huge weekend for NFL ratings.
The five-year deal comes after ESPN added a Divisional Round game starting in 2023 in the last rights change.
The change might make it possible for Monday's winner to play on very short rest by Saturday.
Amazon might wind up with a playoff game if their Thursday Night Football broadcasts draw well enough.
CBS and NBC would both air two games on Wild Card Weekend, leaving ESPN and Fox with one game.
Wild-card games drew from 26.4 million to 35.8 million viewers in 2019-20, so there could be a lot of TV benefits from this plan.
The AFC Championship, in particular, was a low point for the NFL's otherwise solid season in the ratings book.
It could be a bit bittersweet for CBS executives, but they're certainly at least happy with the Saturday night numbers.
The Texans are back in the playoffs, and once again back in the Saturday afternoon wild-card slot.
Divisional playoff games on Sunday will now start at 3 p.m. Eastern and 6:30 p.m. Eastern, the same times as the conference championship games.
Philip Rivers is a demonstrative player on the field even when things are going well, so when a...
