Ryan Day’s Dream Turned Into Drama as Analyst Calls His CFB Playoffs Push a Political Gimmick RJ Young slams Ryan Day’s 4-team Big Ten playoff pitch as a 'political gimmick', exposing deep rifts over

For a minute, it looked like Ryan Day finally cracked the code. The man walked into the brand-new 12-team College Football Playoff last year, snatched a natty, and planted the Big Ten flag right in the middle of the college football map. And now? He’s standing on the soapbox talking about automatic qualifiers like he’s running for office. But not everyone’s buying what Ryan Day’s selling. Some are straight up calling it what it is—a political stunt with a Buckeye twist. And just like that, the playoff dream? Kinda smelling like drama.

The smoke started when Day pitched that the Big Ten deserves four auto-bids in the upcoming expanded playoff. Not two. Not three. Four. Why? “We have 18 teams and some of the best programs in the country,” he told ESPN. “It only makes sense.” But hold