Big 12's Yormark brings up hard choices for fans before sparsely attended title game
College football fans are facing some hard choices in the expanded playoff system with some teams set to play away from home multiple times
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A little more than an hour before the Big 12 championship game kicked off in front of thousands of empty seats at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, Commissioner Brett Yormark brought up the conundrum faced by fans with the expanded postseason format.
“Fans now have to decide what games they want to go to,” Yormark said before No. 12 Arizona State beat 16th-ranked Iowa State 45-19 on Saturday before an announced crowd of 55,889 that appeared far smaller.
The winner will make the first 12-team College Football Playoff, possibly as the 12th seed and almost certainly as one of four teams that will play at their opponent's stadium in the first round.
“If you host that first-round game, you’re going to four games to get to the finals and to win the championship,” Yormark said. “And that’s something that’s new, plus the conference championship. On the fans, I think it’s kind of challenging right now.”
