🏈 How The CFP Transformed The Sport

The College Football Playoff has changed the sport for the better, even as it evolves. [View in browser]( [FOX SPORTS INSIDER WITH MARTIN ROGERS] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with Martin Rogers: The CFP has delivered for fans and with more teams set to be added, an even better event could be around the corner … With one third of the MLB season over which players are in prime position to capture the major awards? … and more! You can imagine a time, years from now, when the expanded system for the College Football Playoff is such a part of the furniture that these past years — when only four squads got the chance to vie for supremacy — will be seen as a quirky little interlude. Maybe the CFP will feature even more teams by then, who knows? Perhaps — but probably not — there will be a December Madness and a 32-team bracket to find the best team in the country. Anyway, enough crystal ball gazing. The point is, that while the current and expiring four-team method used to determine a champion has become an entrenched part of our sports consumption, it will take next to no time before it is forgotten, and the new order just becomes what we expect, and what we set our calendars to. Once the present path is gone it won't be deeply lamented. We're not nostalgic enough for that. Yes, history stirs our soul on some level, but in sports we rock out harder for the future than for the present, whatever the memorabilia merchants want you to believe. By the time 2023's postseason fray is complete, there will have been 10 four-team CFPs, and that number will remain etched in time, for athletics doesn't really do the whole looking-over-its-shoulder thing. The days of four, with the sum total of the national title hostilities being two semifinals and a final, will essentially have formulated just a tiny fraction of college football history. That said, this decade-long stretch, and the push to even get a playoff to begin with, should not be sent to the recesses of our minds entirely, for it took a long time to get to and has set up everything that's still to come. For the rest of the story, [click here.]( [STORY IMAGE 1] [IN OTHER WORDS] - Rowan Kavner and Jordan Shusterman run through [MLB's top contenders for MVP]( Cy Young and Rookie of the Year in both leagues through the season’s first trimester. - Two franchises that were often overlooked this season have [used those slights to fuel themselves]( into the NBA Finals, writes Melissa Rohlin. - FOX Sports announced the biggest games for its upcoming 2023 college football slate, and RJ Young breaks down [five key matchups]( fans should look forward to. - Boilermakers [must find more balance]( to take advantage of big man's presence and rebound from last season's NCAA Tournament flop, John Fanta writes. For the latest news and updates, [click here.]( [VIEWER'S GUIDE] Los Angeles Angels at Houston Astros (FS1, 8:10 p.m. ET) Shohei Ohtani and the Angels collide with Yordan Álvarez and the division rival Astros in Houston. Miami Heat at Denver Nuggets (ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET) Jimmy Butler and the Heat clash with Nikola Jokić and the Nuggets in the first game of the NBA Finals. For all of today's games and scores, [click here](. [BET OF THE DAY] Odds provided by [FOX Bet]( Adley Rutschman to win 2023 AL MVP (+3000) From FOX Sports MLB Analysts: Rowan Kavner and Jordan Shusterman We all know how dramatically the Orioles' fortunes have shifted for the better since Rutschman arrived last year. The unfortunate injury to fellow candidate Cedric Mullins will further put the 25-year-old catcher at the forefront of their push for the playoffs, but it still feels unlikely that his offensive production will jump off the page the way some other candidates’ numbers will. For the latest betting odds, [click here](. [FOLLOW FOX SPORTS] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( Download FOX Sports App: [Fire TV]( [Roku]( [Google Play]( [App Store]( [Fire TV]( [Roku]( [App Store]( [Google Play]( Also available on these devices: [fireTV | AppleTV | ROKU | Google Chromecast | XBOX ONE | SAMSUNG Smart TV | Vizio | LG Smart TV] [fireTV | AppleTV | ROKU | Google Chromecast | XBOX ONE | SAMSUNG Smart TV | Vizio | LG Smart TV] Trademark & Copyright Notice: ™ and © 2023 Fox Media LLC and FOX Sports Interactive Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Please do not reply to this message. If you do not wish to receive emails like this in the future, please [unsubscribe](. FOX Sports respects your privacy. Click [here]( to view our Privacy Policy. Fox.com Business & Legal Affairs - Manager Digital Media P.O. Box 900 Beverly Hills, California 90213-0900