What happens to the bowl games? Will some be included or all of them? I still like the bowl games reward for fans. Get to go some place warm like NYC.
12 team playoff and bowl games
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The majors will be the playoffs. The lesser bowls will remain the lesser bowls. It’s all been explained.
Bowls are a thing of the past basically. Nobody cares, nobody goes unless vacation in warm city. Meaningless at this point. I certainly watch Iowa, but that's about it.
“Under the 12-team playoff format that begins this fall, the four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded one through four and each will receive a first-round bye, while teams seeded five through 12 will play each other in the first round on the home field of the higher-ranked team,” the release read.
“(The team ranked #5 will host #12; team #6 will meet team #11; team #7 will play team #10; and team #8 will meet #9.) The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in the New Year’s Six bowl games, the national championship game will continue to be at a neutral site. No conference will qualify automatically and there will be no limit on the number of participants from a conference.”
“(The team ranked #5 will host #12; team #6 will meet team #11; team #7 will play team #10; and team #8 will meet #9.) The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in the New Year’s Six bowl games, the national championship game will continue to be at a neutral site. No conference will qualify automatically and there will be no limit on the number of participants from a conference.”
It's basically an end of the season scrimmage. Nobody draftable plays, good practice for freshman.
They have been that way the last few years. And people still got wound up about them. They are basically scrimmages for the younger guys. Like spring ball with a game playing against someone else at the end.
I dare you to walk in Kirk's office and tell him bowl games are "basically scrimmages"
There was at least one team that thought it was a scrimmage. Actually, Tennessee probably thought it was easier than a scrimmage.
I dare Kirk to walk into my office and say they aren't
Lesser bowls for teams that don’t make playoffs, transfers, and getting ready for draft = very, very few I would consider watching.
Tennessee was a much more talented team than Iowa. Iowa had several key players out but Tennessee had a large amount of their defense and offensive key players out as well. Top to bottom, the talent disparity was obvious.
It wasn't that bad. It was still a 2-score game with about a minute left in the 3rd quarter. Deacon's turnovers cost Iowa any chance to make the game close, but the first drive SHOULD have resulted in points, and two of Tennessee's touchdowns came off a Deacon pick 6, and own goal line fumble. The final score was lopsided and Iowa's offense was BAD... but 3/4's of the game was closer than the final score would indicate.
Bowl games, even the bottom of the barrel ones, still draw more viewers than any other sports' typical game. For example, the Duke's Mayo Bowl draws more viewers than a primetime Duke/UNC basketball matchup does.....by a lot.
Plus, it's football. Who the hell complains about being able to watch more football?!
Plus, it's football. Who the hell complains about being able to watch more football?!
I don’t want to hear the 13th ranked team complain they didn’t get in. Never once had I thought the 13th ranked team should have a shot at the National Championship.
It wasn’t that bad……How good was it? Deacon throwing a TD there wasn’t as probable as him throwing an INT or fumbling the ball. Look at his TD to turnover ratio.
I already said the offense was bad... and as bad as it was, iowa hung around for 3 quarters
In other words, 4 conference champions, the sec champion and the next 7 sec teams?
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Would have been interesting if Lainez got more PT. He had issues but it would have been something Tennessee had not prepared for.
The good news is Notre Dame will not get a bye, even if 12-0 and #1 in country. Join a conference already.
Not really. You'll still have the #13-#25 teams playing in bowl games....not really the same as two .500 basketball teams playing each other.
And again, why would anyone want FEWER football games?! There's only 12-13 of them. I'll take all the football I can.
And, if its 2:30 on Tuesday, December 27th, which would you prefer to watch:
Northern Illinois vs Troy in the Destin Florida, we couldn't find a sponsor Bowl; or
Days of our Lives (or worse yet, two random guys making up arguments on some stupid ESPN talk show)?
I'll take the crappy bowl over no college football every time.Probably choose to read a book or go outside.
By the way, the 1968 tourney had 23 teams. 1980 was 4. Those other games will be about as interesting as the NIT or even worse as players opt out. I suspect that sooner than later there will be far less than 130 D1 teams left. Even without much decline, 24 playoff teams would be more than enough to keep the quality of play up. No more Pin Stripe is probably not a bad thing.
Now they go to 12 teams since Iowa won't be good enough anymore since the expansion. Still no playoff.
They are already talking about going to 14 teams in 2026. Everyone knows this will end up with a 16 team playoff so just quit dicking around and get to it.
www.espn.com
CFP officials discussing 14-team playoff in 2026
CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in 2026 was discussed at Wednesday's meeting in Dallas but added, "There's work still to be done."
Agreed. Everybody knows regular bowls are worthless going forward. Nobody wants to watch, go, or play on them.They are already talking about going to 14 teams in 2026. Everyone knows this will end up with a 16 team playoff so just quit dicking around and get to it.
CFP officials discussing 14-team playoff in 2026
CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in 2026 was discussed at Wednesday's meeting in Dallas but added, "There's work still to be done."
Well, people still watch them on TV evidently otherwise ESPN would quit funding them but how long will that last when the teams playing bear very little resemblance to the team that played the regular season? I guess for midmajors and smaller schools not many would notice, but for bowls like The Citrus Bowl or whatever the bowl in Tampa happens to be called that year, the teams that are there are missing half the team.
Agree. Makes absolutely no sense to go to 14.They are already talking about going to 14 teams in 2026. Everyone knows this will end up with a 16 team playoff so just quit dicking around and get to it.
CFP officials discussing 14-team playoff in 2026
CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in 2026 was discussed at Wednesday's meeting in Dallas but added, "There's work still to be done."
Amazon is purchasing the rights to 1 NFL playoff game next season. The price is said to be for $150 million for the one game and it won't be the conference championships, more like what Peacock did with the wild card game. Peacock had paid $110 million for that 1 game.
