# College Football Playoff scenarios, evaluating assistant coaching hires and more

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Podcast: [The Independent: A Notre Dame Football Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930)
Published: 2026-02-19T05:30:11+00:00
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## Resource

Matt Fortuna and Pete Sampson are back for another episode of The Independent. The guys talk about the Big Ten's proposed 24-team College Football Playoff format and how that would have affected Notre Dame this past season (and in seasons to come).

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