Biggest in college, they are saying...
https://fightingillini.com/news/2026/1/13/illinois-daktronics-install-largest-video-display-in-college-football.aspx
Refs did miss a few pretty obvious travels on the badgers and called a couple ticky tack fouls that are usually just the normal rough and tumble play in the B1G.
And the Cheez-it bowl. Seriously though, those currently used for playoff games will still be premium bowls IMHO. Could end up with some pretty nice matchups since they are not really tied to conferences anymore.
My thought is the first two rounds as home games for higher seed. Rotate the NYD Six yearly for the two semis, which allows the other four to be premium bowls in the years they are not used for semis.
I'm with you. Don't like byes (feel like "play-in" games) either. Been vocal about just going to 16 in a bracket based on an agreed upon ranking system. If you are a G6 or independent, you get in if you are ranked in the top 16.