Olin Buchanan

There is currently a push being made to expand the College Football Playoff field to 24 teams, with Greg Sankey and the SEC pushing back on doubling the size of the bracket. An expansion to 24 participants would dilute the field and lessen the importance of the regular season.

Beginning on Tuesday in Sandestin, Fla., the Southeastern Conference Spring Meetings will commence as athletic directors and head coaches discuss the biggest topics and issues facing college athletics. Chief among them is the possible expansion of the College Football Playoff.

During Tuesday's sessions at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla., Texas A&M's Mike Elko might have asked the best questions. The Aggie head man discussed the need for unified leadership and why it's OK to make it difficult to make the CFP, among other topics.

Dollars and cents will ultimately make the decision, but it makes sense, given the constraints of the calendar, that an expanded playoff could spell the demise of conference championship games. It'll likely boil down to the guaranteed revenue of conference title games vs. additional CFP contests.

On Wednesday, Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) introduced the "Protect College Sports Act," an 111-page bill that would grant the NCAA an antitrust exemption. Though the Texas A&M AD has yet to read the bill, Trev Alberts sees it as a "positive" step.

As Greg Sankey predicted entering the week, the SEC did not vote or officially change its stance on possible College Football Playoff expansion. As the summer begins, the league will continue to monitor the interest in possibly moving away from a 12-team bracket.

Late in the 2025 season, Marcel Reed was a legitimate Heisman contender, but untimely interceptions unraveled his case to be invited to New York. Further, many are omitting Reed from their preseason lists of top signal callers as if the Aggie QB can't improve ahead of 2026.

Texas A&M's 2027 recruiting haul includes 18 verbal commitments, and with four five-stars, Mike Elko & Co. currently hold the nation's top class. Of course, the Aggies inked the No. 1 class in 2022, but with Elko running the ship, there is reason to believe the 2027 group will pan out differently.

Whether one-handed, spinning or in dramatic moments, there have been plenty of memorable receptions in Texas A&M's football history, but what are the best catches in Aggie games that Olin Buchanan has covered? The "Prince of Scribes" shares his list of the 12 best he has seen with his own eyes.

Last week was an impressive one for Texas A&M Athletics, and everybody is currently supposed to be in an "off" season. Without any games played, there were still plenty of wins for the Aggies on the recruiting trails, awards and coaching additions.