Jimbo Fisher explains why he supports the 12-team playoff

With the conclusion of tonight’s national championship, the era of the four-team field in the College Football Playoff. That will bring in the new format with a dozen teams set to compete moving forward which, according to Jimbo Fisher, is going to be so much better off for the sport.

Fisher shared his opinion in the 12-team playoff during an appearance on ‘Pardon My Take’ over last week. He stated that he is a supporter of the new model because it will allow for more teams to be in the hunt and invested further along into the season rather than just having only a handful who can reasonably make it in by the final weeks.

“I definitely am (a fan),” said Fisher. “Think about this – think about November now? At the end of November now, there’s, what, six or eight teams that were really involved in the playoff? And that’s all you’re watching. Now, you’re going to have 25 to 30 teams that are capable of getting in the playoff. So I think there’s excitement in college football.”

Fisher is also of this opinion because of the shortsightedness that comes with a four-team playoff. With five champions out of the Power Five each year, it was already one berth short to begin with. Add in the other contenders left on the outside looking in as well as the constant debates over it and, in his opinion, it just wasn’t as good as it should have been, especially as a follow-up to the BCS.

“I hate to say this but the four-team playoff, to me, wasn’t as good as the BCS. The four-team has been a letdown a little bit,” Fisher continued. “I say that because of how they set it up. You’ve got five conference champions and only four spots? You created controversy off the bat.”

Critics of the four-team playoff won’t have to worry much longer, though. By the end of the night tonight, it will join history as college football moves into a new age when it comes to determining their champion.

Then, in this next generation, the whole system should be more successful, at least in Fisher’s eyes.

“12 is going to clean it up a lot better, in my opinion,” said Fisher. “It’ll be a lot better deal.”

Fisher believes Florida State should have made the College Football Playoff

Florida State is certain in that they should have been one of the four team’s in the College Football Playoff this year. Now, one of their two national-title winning coaches, Jimbo Fisher, has shared his agreement of that opinion.

Fisher joined on for an interview during ‘Pardon My Take’ to end the week. Among the topics they discussed, Fisher wound up on the Seminoles and, as such, came to the defense of their candidacy.

“Florida State should have been in the playoff. I know it didn’t go that way,” said Fisher. “I’m an advocate of they went undefeated? They deserve to be in it.”

“It’s about what you do between the white lines. Every time in sports? It’s about overcoming whatever you’ve got to overcome. They did that. They ‘ought to have got bonus points for it, not taken away,” said Fisher. “We’re not figure skating. This isn’t figure skating, you know what I mean? It’s not judgmental. If you want to judge it? I think Georgia is one.”

“We say, ‘Well, Alabama shouldn’t have gotten in.’ Well, let me ask them. I know Texas beat them but you put two one-loss teams ahead of them – not just one. You put two, one-loss teams ahead an undefeated teams that’s an ACC Champion,” Fisher noted. “Whether they won or not, they deserve the right to be in it. They earned the right to be in it. That’s the thing about sports – it’s what you do between the white lines.”