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With the Rose Bowl agreeing to new terms with the CFP, it's looking like the expansion will likely happen in 2024 now.

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw that on ESPN this morning. That'll change the game for the better. I can't wait.

It's official now

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Sigh.

Bowls are dead. It's all about the Playoff now and nothing else.

Honestly bowls have lost most of their luster since players started opting out so they could prep for the draft. Not saying they all did, but enough.

bellsduck wrote:Honestly bowls have lost most of their luster since players started opting out so they could prep for the draft. Not saying they all did, but enough.

This. Unless you're in the playoffs or a big six bowl, it's just an exhibition game at that point.

I’ll miss bowls meaning something but CFB’s postseason has always been a bit absurd. Moving to an expanded playoff is the only fair way to decide a champion.

As a Ducks fan, bowls lost their luster when we started aspiring to go 12-0 instead of 8-4.

StevensTechU wrote:As a Ducks fan, bowls lost their luster when we started aspiring to go 12-0 instead of 8-4.

And when players started sitting out if they weren’t in the CFP. I wish NCAA adjusted NIL packages so players didn’t get paid for going there, but they were allowed to get bonuses for winning postseason games as a motivation for players to play in their bowl games.

RIP, college football bowl season.

I really loved the entire month of awesome college football matchups, and while the CFP is exciting, I don't think it will ever achieve that same month-long high. That said, I'm thrilled that teams like Oregon won't be regularly shut out of the championship hunt and that Big10/SEC bias now has an institutionalized check.

This is also great for the Pac-10 (calling it what it is) and alleviates the stress of joining a "super conference."

pezsez1 wrote:RIP, college football bowl season.

I really loved the entire month of awesome college football matchups, and while the CFP is exciting, I don't think it will ever achieve that same month-long high. That said, I'm thrilled that teams like Oregon won't be regularly shut out of the championship hunt and that Big10/SEC bias now has an institutionalized check.

This is also great for the Pac-10 (calling it what it is) and alleviates the stress of joining a "super conference."

Joining a "super conference" wont be because of bowl games and cfp tho those
will be great its a money move. Going to a super conference would provide a
huge amount of money difference for the athletic departments as a whole.
not a fan of that scenario but todays its all about the money.

I suppose paying them to play in the Game is one way to get them.

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2024 season, or 01/1/24?

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RanDux wrote:2024 season, or 01/1/24?

This is the 2022-23 season, so next season will be the last of the 4 team tourney.

Going to a super conference would provide a
huge amount of money difference for the athletic departments as a whole.

Being on the west coast, a sizable chunk of that extra cash would be absorbed by travel costs, and we'd ultimately still be in competition with more storied programs for top-tier coaching candidates. The more I think about this, the more I don't think the coaching carosel really changes all that much. High-performing assistants (like Dilly) would still get swept up in head coaching gigs elsewhere. (And he left for ASU, not a B1G or SEC school.)

NIL, the transfer portal, and now expanding the playoffs really takes the necessity out of joining a super conference. I'd rather the Ducks have a top-5 NIL operation going forward than a bigger AD budget.