As a former bowl director, I'd like to agree with Schipper, but in all likelihood, the early round playoffs are going to be played in campus stadiums. So, unfortunately, the conference realignment and expansion of the College Football Playoff are both likely to hurt bowls more than help them. The damage done to the Rose Bowl by last week…
As a former bowl director, I'd like to agree with Schipper, but in all likelihood, the early round playoffs are going to be played in campus stadiums. So, unfortunately, the conference realignment and expansion of the College Football Playoff are both likely to hurt bowls more than help them. The damage done to the Rose Bowl by last week's defection of USC and UCLA, for example, was a major blow to the Granddaddy of Them All, and the other Pac-12 partner bowls (Alamo, Holiday, Las Vegas and Sun) can't be very happy right now with the league's two most attractive teams going away.
As a former bowl director, I'd like to agree with Schipper, but in all likelihood, the early round playoffs are going to be played in campus stadiums. So, unfortunately, the conference realignment and expansion of the College Football Playoff are both likely to hurt bowls more than help them. The damage done to the Rose Bowl by last week's defection of USC and UCLA, for example, was a major blow to the Granddaddy of Them All, and the other Pac-12 partner bowls (Alamo, Holiday, Las Vegas and Sun) can't be very happy right now with the league's two most attractive teams going away.
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