The CFPs vs. the regular bowl games

[kingofnerf]

Covid threw a wrench into things from a scheduling standpoint last year and it seems like some programs knee-jerked by wanting to come into the SEC.

If you add more games to the CFPs, it's still going to come down to at least two SEC teams in the semi-finals, at least until Saban retires.

It has seemed like the other bowl games don't matter that much anymore, but I think things will normalize back to the regular bowl games being important once again.

JMO

 

[FeatheredCock]

Covid threw a wrench into things from a scheduling standpoint last year and it seems like some programs knee-jerked by wanting to come into the SEC.

If you add more games to the CFPs, it's still going to come down to at least two SEC teams in the semi-finals, at least until Saban retires.

It has seemed like the other bowl games don't matter that much anymore, but I think things will normalize back to the regular bowl games being important once again.

JMO

If they expand the play-offs to 12, I do not have a good feeling about the bowl games future.  

 

[kingofnerf]

If they expand the play-offs to 12, I do not have a good feeling about the bowl games future.  

I think we have so many bowl games that they have lost their value anyway because just about anybody can go to a bowl these days.

Realistically, there are only so many sponsors for the bowl games every year.

I believe we would retain the overall number of bowl games if there is CFP expansion, including those that are part of the CFPs, but the participating teams in the regular bowl games may include more of those teams that didn't make the CFPs rather than lesser teams that are fairly close to the bowl location.  The prestige would maybe return to regular bowl game invitations in that sense.

The same thing would probably play out with bowl sponsors as well.  No creepy, overpaid redneck CEO is going to give Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, Jim Harbaugh, or Bryan Kelly a mayo bath, either.  Stupid publicity stunts would not likely be permitted in expanded CFP bowl games.  In that sense, CFP expansion would definitely be a good thing.

 

[Spur's Addiction]

Bowl games will become the NIT tournament of Football. It is what it is.

But they were heading that way even in the BCS days, and before. You always had your top 4-5 New Years Day bowls that really mattered on a national basis. , and then all the rest of the bowls nobody cared about unless your team was playing in them. 

 

[Gamerooster]

I expect that there will be more of the neutral site games on Labor day weekend as the playoff expands like the Oregon-Georgia game in Atlanta September 3. With an expanded playoff an opening loss will be more acceptable and there are lots of NFL stadiums to host them besides Atlanta, Charlotte and Dallas. An example is the Music City bowl. They could find a good matchup to play Labor day weekend instead of being a third rate bowl played in cold weather.

 

[Homebrewcock]

I wish the Power 5 conferences would ditch the cream puff games.  I know that's how those schools make money, but they could funnel some money to those schools in other ways.  I would rather see Power 5 and the other conferences play more interesting match ups.  It's OK if a 1-2 loss team makes the playoffs, especially if they are playing a tougher schedules.