Is 2025 when College Bowls Die?

[1983]

Its all heading to the elimination of most of college football. When they go to a ridiculous 16 playoff format, there will more more attrition from invites to the fringe bowls leading to less opportunities. Its going to a 25 team pool of teams that compete for 16 spots. Much of the BIG, SEC and others will never participate with any regularity in that pool. Only the big money programs will be there and could it get anymore boring? The Indiana story is a once in a lifetime thing.

 

[GopherTheJugular]

My problem is that this is not different than the NFL where a team might just have a bad day or match-up in a big game.

That is what set the college football season apart from every other regular season out there. Those were the AWESOME games that would happen at least 2 Saturdays every month, if not 3 or 4.

I get that not all people care about that, but there are a lot of us that do.

 

[GopherTheJugular]

Its all heading to the elimination of most of college football.

Or at least sending it back to what it was in the 80's when you kinda knew which few teams actually had a chance, and your team was most likely gonna be an also-ran.

Then party started happening and the popularity took off. And now the opposite of parity is happening.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Oh, I'll watch them all. But, good point. It's just that it seems so watered down compared to what it was back in my "good ol days".

love your cape

But you are right. I imagine the market will take care of itself.

 

[50PoundHead]

Draft King’s Bowl will be a thing in the next few years; they’ll takeover for some sponsor who departs.

Swag bag will include $100 of free bets.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Swag bag will include $100 of free bets.

Perfect

 

[btowngopher]

They’ll only die if they stop being profitable.