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64 team tournament where the lesser bowls are the early rounds
64 team tournament where the lesser bowls are the early rounds
I agree- but the system has created what's in it for me -not the team scenario. The bowl games are a joke now.....lots of players opting out. Everything changes - not always for the better.
I really hate the idea of any player opting out before the season concludes but that is just commonplace now.Bowl games were a waste before but now they are a complete joke. In the bigger bowls, you probably don't even have your starters playing because half opted out And the other half are in the portal
More coaches out than players. The joy has been sucked out of the game.I really hate the idea of any player opting out before the season concludes but that is just commonplace now.
What is really bad is the Florida State QB Tate Rodemaker opting out less than a week before the Orange Bowl game against Georgia. Some teammate.
Some staff - they’ve made it clear they’re going to the portal for a starting qb. It’s a 2-way street.I really hate the idea of any player opting out before the season concludes but that is just commonplace now.
What is really bad is the Florida State QB Tate Rodemaker opting out less than a week before the Orange Bowl game against Georgia. Some teammate.
More coaches out than players. The joy has been sucked out of the game.
I didn't realize that more staff is out than players. Not good.Some staff - they’ve made it clear they’re going to the portal for a starting qb. It’s a 2-way street.
FSU is playing this game with a practice squad. The portal truly is ruining college sports. It’s just a matter of when it becomes clear to everyone that it isn’t sustainable.I didn't realize that more staff is out than players. Not good.
But it does seem as if Rodemaker is missing a great opportunity to show his future school what he good do by playing well against Georgia. He has ever right to enter the portal but he is not doing his teammates any favor by entering the portal 6 days before the game. Couldn't he have entered the portal earlier?
Orange Bowl is as meaningless as all the other bowls. I wouldnt risk injury for this.FSU is playing this game with a practice squad. The portal truly is ruining college sports. It’s just a matter of when it becomes clear to everyone that it isn’t sustainable.
I have no interest in watching the Orange Bowl because FSU has no players. This will become normal without changes. It renders bowl season even more irrelevant than it was before, which seemed impossible. Now the only games worth watching are the playoff, which only served to strengthen the most powerful. Its ridiculous.
FSU is playing this game with a practice squad. The portal truly is ruining college sports. It’s just a matter of when it becomes clear to everyone that it isn’t sustainable.
I have no interest in watching the Orange Bowl because FSU has no players. This will become normal without changes. It renders bowl season even more irrelevant than it was before, which seemed impossible. Now the only games worth watching are the playoff, which only served to strengthen the most powerful. Its ridiculous.
I have similar thoughts in regard to bowl payouts. If the game payout was variable, it might impact NIL as well. And tighten the transfer portal window.I honestly think FSU admin, football team and fans want the Orange Bowl to tank this year. They have no interest in playing in it other than to collect a pay check.
It would be interesting if bowl game payouts became variable based on coaching staff and player participation.
Personally, I'd like to see the transfer portal be locked from the beginning of first game at end of August until championship game. Same for coaches leaving one school to go to another.
I still watch the bowl games even though they have no importance. I’m not glued to the TV but it is something to watch if no MBB games are being played. But I’m probably an outlier and I’m on vacation this week. Kansas was of some interest last night.A series of bad decisions fas created a free for all. The Bowl system has imploded and I haven't watched a single Bowl game this season. The only ones that matter are the semi-finals and the final. If lifelong consumers like me aren't watching I'd be shocked if ratings aren't cratering for the lower tier games.
NCAA could stop must of this. Penalize coaches who bail on their schools before their season is over, and don’t open up the portal to anyone whose season isn’t over. You know why they won’t do that. Because when ’Bama or MIchigan wants a new coach or new QB, they don’t want to have to wait.FSU is playing this game with a practice squad. The portal truly is ruining college sports. It’s just a matter of when it becomes clear to everyone that it isn’t sustainable.
I have no interest in watching the Orange Bowl because FSU has no players. This will become normal without changes. It renders bowl season even more irrelevant than it was before, which seemed impossible. Now the only games worth watching are the playoff, which only served to strengthen the most powerful. Its ridiculous.
I have similar thoughts in regard to bowl payouts. If the game payout was variable, it might impact NIL as well. And tighten the transfer portal window.
A series of bad decisions fas created a free for all. The Bowl system has imploded and I haven't watched a single Bowl game this season. The only ones that matter are the semi-finals and the final. If lifelong consumers like me aren't watching I'd be shocked if ratings aren't cratering for the lower tier games.
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NCAA could stop must of this. Penalize coaches who bail on their schools before their season is over, and don’t open up the portal to anyone whose season isn’t over. You know why they won’t do that. Because when ’Bama or MIchigan wants a new coach or new QB, they don’t want to have to wait.
NCAA could stop must of this. Penalize coaches who bail on their schools before their season is over, and don’t open up the portal to anyone whose season isn’t over. You know why they won’t do that. Because when ’Bama or MIchigan wants a new coach or new QB, they don’t want to have to wait.
I don’t disagree that the transfer portal is negatively effecting every bowl except playoffs but when you really look at it, bowls during the BCS era have been meaningless.The four-team CFP and the transfer portal have really peeled back the curtain on the scam many of these bowl games are. Used to be the team got in another 2-4 weeks of practice, the fans got a nice place to visit for a few days over the holidays, some cities got some extra tourism money and publicity and we got some great bowl game names (Poulan Weedeater Bowl anyone?).
Scam may be too harsh but fans inherently know these games played with make-shift coaching staffs and seemingly half the regular season roster are meaningless going forward.
Yeah except for losing revenue due to the on campus games having no sponsorsThere is literally no reason why they can’t implement a 24 team playoff like FCS with BYEs for the top seeds.
No need to take 3-4 weeks off before bowls are played.
Next season when they have playoff games on campus they will truly see how much more valuable playoffs are.
At some point a playoff team will lose its quarterback to the portal. That will force a change.FSU is playing this game with a practice squad. The portal truly is ruining college sports. It’s just a matter of when it becomes clear to everyone that it isn’t sustainable.
I have no interest in watching the Orange Bowl because FSU has no players. This will become normal without changes. It renders bowl season even more irrelevant than it was before, which seemed impossible. Now the only games worth watching are the playoff, which only served to strengthen the most powerful. Its ridiculous.
Yeah except for losing revenue due to the on campus games having no sponsors
It's already announced they wont have sponsors for the on campus games.They will have plenty of sponsors and full stadiums. And they will probably earn credits like March Madness.
It's already announced they wont have sponsors for the on campus games.
I remember when they announced they wouldn’t ever expand beyond 4 teams, too. Don’t bet on the no sponsor thing being permanent.It's already announced they wont have sponsors for the on campus games.