# Why College Football Playoff Will NOT Be Expanding -- Despite Contrary Rumors: Matt Hayes Interview

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-sec-football-podcast-328091/why-college-football-playoff-will-not-be-expanding-despite-contrary-rumors-matt-hayes-interview
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-sec-football-podcast-328091/why-college-football-playoff-will-not-be-expanding-despite-contrary-rumors-matt-hayes-interview.md
Podcast: [That SEC Football Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-sec-football-podcast-328091)
Published: 2026-05-16T23:47:50+00:00
Episode link: www.thatsecpodcast.com
Audio file: https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/752b4651-4a47-4214-8fbc-202421f815e0/episodes/e7af683a-1062-4ef5-ae08-30ebcc01437c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=752b4651-4a47-4214-8fbc-202421f815e0&awEpisodeId=e7af683a-1062-4ef5-ae08-30ebcc01437c&feed=c2XRrPVA
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-sec-football-podcast-328091/episodes/why-college-football-playoff-will-not-be-expanding-despite-contrary-rumors-matt-hayes-interview
Duration seconds: 1512

## Resource

Matt Hayes of USA TODAY Sports and 1010XL joins That SEC Podcast to talk all things SEC Football, Lane Kiffin & why expansion of the College Football Playoff will NOT be happening Lane Kiffin the CFB chameleon (1:00), LSU positioned to meet immediate expectations? (4:30), Playoff committee in over its head? (7:00), why Steve Sarkisian spoke out (9:30), Sark on Ole Miss basket weaving (11:00), Ole Miss-Clemson tampering saga (12:00), NIL bidding wars: who is paying for this? (13:45), Lies being sold for 24-team Playoff (15:30), No. 1 topic at SEC Spring Meetings? (19:45), most pressure to make the Playoff? (21:30) Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-sec-football-podcast-328091/episodes/why-college-football-playoff-will-not-be-expanding-despite-contrary-rumors-matt-hayes-interview/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-sec-football-podcast-328091/why-college-football-playoff-will-not-be-expanding-despite-contrary-rumors-matt-hayes-interview.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.