Josh Pate decries college football ‘leadership’ for using playoff expansion as ‘a bailout’

On Tuesday, Front Office Sports’s Ryan Glasspiegel opened his Tuned In panel with John Fanta and Josh Pate by asking Pate for his thoughts on an expanded College Football Playoff. “Hate it,” Pate, who now hosts a weekly college football show on ESPN, said. “Viscerally hate it.” Let’s back up. Elsewhere Tuesday, Ross Dellenger reported that ESPN and the College Football Playoff are “close” to a deal on an expanded 24-team field. Pate, however, shouted his opposition from the rooftops at the Front Office Sports conference in New York City.