“When the decision was made by the league to go to nine games, in my opinion, I thought we have to go to 24. We're going to play these nine conference games, we're going to have seasons with a lot of nine win teams that may be really good teams. So you go to 24 or else you're just going to knock out teams that might be really good.”
Said the SEC's move to nine conference games made a 24-team playoff necessary so strong nine-win teams aren't left out.