Bowls are dead

[ucfjosh2000]

After seeing some of these matchups for teams just outside the playoffs, bowls are officially dead. You’re gonna have opt outs on another level this year I’m guessing and it will only get worse in future years. Football is a violent sport with a high risk of injury. Can’t blame these kids for not wanting to play in a meaningless money grab game. So long bowls.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

It’s been that way. I’m this year is over. It’s about getting next year’s team some extra practice.

 

[KnightMatt8]

I say expand the playoff to include all FBS conference champions. Maybe a minimum number of wins against FBS competition should be set, like, say, 9 wins. That way, you don't have a conference champion getting in that has 4 or more losses. But I think if you do that, if you make the playoff open to those "G5" conference champions, like Army who is sitting here with one loss so far, it gives the regular season and the playoffs more meaning for everyone and helps FBS football overall.

Also, maybe there should be a second playoff, similar to the NIT in men's college basketball, that includes the best of the rest. Maybe some of the players who otherwise would be avoiding playing in meaningless bowl games might be more likely to play. It's not a perfect solution, but if we're going to continue having bowl games that look more like exhibitions than actual games, then maybe we should look at ways to make them more meaningful.

 

[lawknight]

 

[CFFan1971]

Bowls were dead before the playoff. Transfer portal killed them. Extra practice was the only benefit. Give every team the extra practice time.

 

[ucfjosh2000]

Really wish Army had a shot. They got hardly any love and it’s ARMY. It’s a shame.

 

[Poolside Knight]

Bowls were dead before the playoff. Transfer portal killed them. Extra practice was the only benefit. Give every team the extra practice time.

Been pro playoff and anti bowl for a while

Also 6 win teams shouldn’t make a Bowl. Minimum should be 7.

 

[ucfjosh2000]

They should have 2023 FSU’ed Georgia with a hurt QB and slid them down, maybe bump out Indiana due to not being a conference champ and put Army in as a 12 seed for winning their conference and only losing to Notre Dame. Kinda kidding, but that looked a lot like the Brock Purdy injury in the playoffs so I doubt he’ll be able to play or be effective.

 

[SurfaceWarrior]

I really like that NIT idea, it would produce some really intriguing games. I also like the 7 win min. for bowls. Remove conference tie ins, reduce the amount of bowls. Have the bowl schedule fill in the gaps between CFP and NIT games each week and it could be like 21 straight days of football games on between the NFL and College.

 

[80'sKnight]

Bowl games died when they started having 100 of them. I like it, but if you've ever seen the attendance you'd know interest died when every 6 win and some with losing records got a bowl game.

 

[KnightMatt8]

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That's not bad, but I'm wondering if the champions of C-USA (Jacksonville State), Sun Belt (Marshall), and MAC (Ohio) might deserve spots in that NIT more than some of those others. Thoughts?

By the way, Army should be in the CFP.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

Get rid of bowls and just have sponsors for multiple tournaments. Main, NIT, CIB etc. All conference Champs should get in. Just make G5 play each other first in first round so the big boys don’t complain.

 

[KnightMatt8]

Get rid of bowls and just have sponsors for multiple tournaments. Main, NIT, CIB etc. All conference Champs should get in. Just make G5 play each other first in first round so the big boys don’t complain.

I disagree with the last sentence. If "power" schools can play "small" schools in the first round of an NCAA basketball tournament and not complain, they can do it in a football tournament, too.

 

[KnightNite]

Bowl games died when they started having 100 of them. I like it, but if you've ever seen the attendance you'd know interest died when every 6 win and some with losing records got a bowl game.

When you have bowls in the afternoon on a weekday before Christmas Eve there are too many bowls.

 

[oldskoolknight]

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I'll say it, NO

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

After seeing some of these matchups for teams just outside the playoffs, bowls are officially dead. You’re gonna have opt outs on another level this year I’m guessing and it will only get worse in future years. Football is a violent sport with a high risk of injury. Can’t blame these kids for not wanting to play in a meaningless money grab game. So long bowls.

Many fan bases like the bowl games; especially the ones in MICKEY TOWN!

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

Get rid of bowls and just have sponsors for multiple tournaments. Main, NIT, CIB etc. All conference Champs should get in. Just make G5 play each other first in first round so the big boys don’t complain.

Yes! Tournaments!

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

I disagree with the last sentence. If "power" schools can play "small" schools in the first round of an NCAA basketball tournament and not complain, they can do it in a football tournament, too.

SEC and Big 10 don’t want Big 12 and ACC in the CFP. You have to bend a little or they break off and create their own CFP.

 

[KnightMatt8]

SEC and Big 10 don’t want Big 12 and ACC in the CFP. You have to bend a little or they break off and create their own CFP.

When I said "small," I was referring to the schools in the American, MAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West, and (I guess now) in the PAC-12. Yeah, I'm sure the SEC and Big 10 would love to get the Big XII and ACC lumped in as "small" conferences, too. The SEC and Big 10 are holding most of the cards, I agree with you on that, but I'm wondering: Do they really care if they play a "small" school in the first round of a playoff or if they play each other? I guess you can use the "nothing to gain" argument for that, but that doesn't seem to hold water to me because they're going to get their money and the TV viewership and all that regardless of whether they win or lose those games. I'm not sure what difference it makes who they play in the first round games of any tournament.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

When I said "small," I was referring to the schools in the American, MAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West, and (I guess now) in the PAC-12. Yeah, I'm sure the SEC and Big 10 would love to get the Big XII and ACC lumped in as "small" conferences, too. The SEC and Big 10 are holding most of the cards, I agree with you on that, but I'm wondering: Do they really care if they play a "small" school in the first round of a playoff or if they play each other? I guess you can use the "nothing to gain" argument for that, but that doesn't seem to hold water to me because they're going to get their money and the TV viewership and all that regardless of whether they win or lose those games. I'm not sure what difference it makes who they play in the first round games of any tournament.

They only want to play each other. That’s it.

 

[knight_tracker]

Navy is hanging with SEC Oki 2.0 version lost several players in the portal. With Arnold and Oklahoma’s most important receivers gone, Brent Venables has his work cut out for him in the portal.

 

[The Knightman Cometh]

Yeah one of the first years I've completely tuned out the bowl games. I will start watching the playoff games.

 

[Asphalt.Jungle]

if the Big XII and ACC want to fall for that nonsense about the B1G and SEC breaking off and playing their own playoffs against each other then they deserve scraps. There would be no point to a playoffs without the illusion of fairness (throwing a bone at the lesser conferences). What is the point of that? After the conference championships you play SEC champ vs B1G champ because the regular season games and conference championships would be the early rounds of the playoffs.

They will always need "others" to show how much better they are.

 

[connerito]

One of the problems is the players are starting to opt out of these bowl games. They should make the NIL money conditioned upon whether the kids complete the entire year bowls included when healthy

 

[knight_tracker]

One of the problems is the players are starting to opt out of these bowl games. They should make the NIL money conditioned upon whether the kids complete the entire year bowls included.

They need to hurry up and set one portal opening in the spring. December portal is bad for bowls.

 

[PositYourself]

Yo mama's dead.

 

[CBlackwellRN]

One of the problems is the players are starting to opt out of these bowl games. They should make the NIL money conditioned upon whether the kids complete the entire year bowls included when healthy

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[Willie Knightime]

Yo mama's dead.

Watch your f'n mouth dude. I suddenly lost a parent last year. As far as you know, his mom really could be.