Playoff Committee in Distress Before Natty

College football’s future is being shaped in two very different rooms. While conference leaders remain locked in a tense standoff over the playoff’s next evolution, a separate push is gaining momentum to protect one of the sport’s most cherished traditions. Together, the developments highlight a sport pulled between expansion, influence, and its oldest values.

Tensions are rising among conference leaders as the direction of the College Football Playoff remains unsettled.

Nick Saban now believes playoff expansion is now the right move, even after long valuing bowl games as college football’s centerpiece.

Miami freshman Malachi Toney earned the nickname “Baby Jesus” from teammates after turning heads in practice, so much so that even fellow Hurricane Francis Mauigoa, a self-described religious person, said Toney kept proving he deserved the name.

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