The College Football Playoff has wrapped up its second season of operation, and year three figures to bring some changes. There may not be much change by way of the playoff field or scheduling in 2016 (so still four teams playing on New Years Eve, you’ve been warned), but the makeup of the selection committee is undergoing a few changes. Mike Tranghese, Pat Haden, Tom Osborne and Mike Gould are all on their way out, which means some seats are being left to be filled to keep the same number of seats (13) on the committee.
Among the leading candidates for receiving a chair at the table is former Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr. According to Heather Dinich of ESPN.com, Carr is one of the six to eight finalists being considered for inclusion on the selection committee. Lloyd would effectively replace Osborne as a Big Ten-slanted voice on the committee. Carr would be a true football voice in the room as well with a 13-year run as head coach of the Wolverines racking up a national championship, five Big Ten titles and a spot in the College Football Hall of Fame. The College Football Playoff expects to finalize the decisions on the new selection committee members later this month.
If selected to be added to the selection committee, Carr’s inclusion on the committee will also be interesting because of his previous comments on the playoff structure. Carr has previously suggested the College Football Playoff will one day be expanded beyond the current four-team structure.
“We’re down that road now, and I think in the future there’s going to continue to be pressure, just like there was in basketball, to continue to raise the number of teams,” Carr said in a radio interview with SiriusXM Sports as far back as 2012, before the first year of the new postseason structure was in operation.
Carr has also previously confirmed his interest in being a part of the selection committee if he was ever asked to participate.
“Absolutely. I don’t think anybody would turn that down, because it’s certainly a way to give back to the game,” Carr said in an interview with ESPN‘s College Football Live around the same time of that satellite radio interview. “It certainly will be no easy task, but I think on the other hand it will be a lot of fun.”
Well, let the fun begin.
