The public furor over relatively light NCAA penalties in Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal was barely 24 hours old Saturday when the Big Ten interrupted the news cycle with a leaked proposal to supersize the College Football Playoff. What better way to change a negative narrative — to end the outrage — than with something utterly outrageous?

The Big Ten conference is considering a College Football Playoff model that would include 24 or 28 teams according to a r eport from ESPN's Pete Thamel. In this format, conference championship games would be eliminated and conferences would receive an automatic number of bids.

According to Thamel, the new model proposed by the Big Ten suggests eliminating conference title games and awarding more auto bids for the four power conferences. In a 28-team playoff, the Big Ten and SEC would receive seven auto bids each, while the ACC and Big 12 would get five auto bids each, per Thamel.