How much is say #4 Alabama missing out on by sitting home the first round vs hosting 100K in BDS with tickets costing ~$200? a piece? Gate revenue, concessions, merch, etc, it all adds up.
Yep. The entire logistics around how they decided to schedule makes absolutely zero sense. - Way too long of a layoff, leading to games going until the end of Jan - An insistence on NYE and NYD games, which makes for a really funky schedule where games are played on different days of the week and teams having vastly different layoffs between that round and the next I understand there are complexities scheduling around the NFL, but they seemingly made it even more difficult on themselves here
with those numbers, 20m in ticket sales alone, another few in concessions and merch. not to mention how much the city would make from hotel costs, food, etc.
See? I enjoy this kind of "witty" banter that goes with being a passionate fan of a CFB team. And I will never doxx any of you to your employers over it, or eviscerate your dogs or fuck any of your mothers. Now if your mothers want to fuck me voluntarily, I can't promise anything. And I will sing the Victory March throughout.
There are fewer games they have to schedule around the NFL the earlier they go, but for some reason they're scared to. If they can sell out a national title game in Houston between Michigan and Washington with less than one week's notice, there is absolutely zero reason to wait 2+ weeks between the end of the regular season and the first round of the playoff with these home sites. Especially in a year where everyone in the country gets two regular season byes, if I'm not mistaken.
Exactly. And quite honestly, while a lot of ND fans worry about missing out on the chance of a first round bye, I'm looking forward to the first team from Florida or elsewhere in the deep south that makes it as an at large who has to play in South Bend in late December or early January. That's sicko committee stuff at its best.
This is key, imo. These games are TV money grabs but with this expanded playoff model they just become a way to screw your conference’s best team out of a good seed. Also, all the highest seeds should get to play their post bye week game at their home field. Also also, get rid of the rest of the NY6 bowls and adjust the schedule so that the Rose Bowl is just always the college championship game. Play it on New Year’s Day. Enjoy the hell out of the sunsets, and call it a season.
If we are being forced to keep the bowls a part of everything, just make one the title game on NYD, 2 of them can be the semi’s a week earlier or Christmas Eve. Rest can be the qtrs a week before that or kill them off and have those on campus ideally. conference champ games need to go away.
Didn't think about that! ESPN is cheesy as fuck, but their production value vs NBC's CFB product is still better. I'd like to see a game from ND stadium on another network.
Should change the format. Just spit ballin here. So the top teams are based on their record from the season and eliminate the need for a conference championship. The lower end, lower tear teams have to play each other for better bowl games (and possibly future scheduling). Just not sure how you add the west coast team logistically. It seems best there’s an east and west. Maybe rotate some of the east through the west division? Shits nuts.
This sums up my thoughts perfectly. They deserve to be in, but they shouldn’t have preferential seeding.
What would be the point of winning your conference without any impact on seeding ? nitpicks. Presumably you’re gettin the best teams from each conference - I think that’s deserving enough for top 4 seeding.
It adds to your resume. I don't think if an undefeated Alabama plays an undefeated Georgia in a classic in the SEC title game, the loser should be seeded lower than a 2 or 3 loss Big 12 team that wins the conference.
I get the Sickos will have a field day with this, but seems kinda mean spirited. not sure why any university would accept an invite
OSU better win the title next year with this level of guys coming back. Michigan got like round 4-7 udfa guys to run it back for this year. They convinced top 3 round players, impressive.
I think there’s a better chance of me getting elected president in 2024 than this happening. And to the board’s disappointment I won’t be old enough to even run
adding Howard, Judkins, and maybe a returning Henderson surely puts them right next to Georgia as the teams to beat next year, it seems.
"title or bust" is something that is generally stupid in college sports, but I don't see how that isn't the expectation for OSU. That team is going to be insane unless Howard is a complete dud at QB.
Bringing this team back together + the portal + the start to the 25 class for OSU already is incredible. And while OSU is basically idiot proof as a job that is guaranteed to win 9-10 games every year, I'm not sure how many coaches are getting you this level of talent and keeping them around like this.
There's a little sand bagging/reverse jinx attempt involved, but it's also true. As is my Day post. That team losing to Michigan and/or not at least playing for a national championship would be a massive disappointment if not failure, no?
It would but it's not the gimme a lot think it will be with Harbaugh much more likely to stay than people think and JJ probably coming back
If JJ comes back, hopefully UM develops enough around him on offense to have a legitimate shot going into that game. But UM is losing 15+ starters from this year's team regardless and OSU is bringing back 5 multi-year starting seniors (assuming Henderson is also returning) who could have potentially gone in the top 50 this year. The talent/experience difference on the two rosters at the moment is pretty crazy.
On the other hand, you’re assuming a degree of competence that the powers running college football have never exhibited.
6 + 6 would be a comically bad result for the sport that you really can’t put it past the NCAA for going forward with it