Well, the NCAA is doing something that makes sense, for a change.
The FBS Oversight Committee has recommended changes to the football regular season schedule, the NCAA announced Thursday. Under the proposal, the season would be standardized to 14 weeks, beginning with what is currently Week 0 and ending the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
In other words, December 4th would be the start of the playoffs, then December 11th the quarterfinals, and the 18th the semis, with the national championship on New Year’s Day.
That is, given:
- Conferences abandon conference championship games.
- The playoffs don’t expand to a field of 64 or something.
At this point, anything’s possible, but I’d be surprised if something the NCAA is suggesting isn’t blown up by conference override.
Anyway, I don’t see Mickey agreeing with any of this. It is cutting out weeks of additional ad revenue into January, and that isn’t including the proposed vision of expansion that could take this into the week before the Super Bowl or something.
Let’s see if it sticks (note: it won’t).
I don’t know. I think ESPN is ok with controlling December and early January with college football programming. The presidents want football to be a one semester sport, and teams really can only play 1 game in a typical 7-day period.
The SEC championship unfortunately will become meaningless.
ESPN will trade a January weekend competing against the nfl for a week in August that only has meaningless baseball.
I can’t imagine the heat in the Dead Cockroach for a game in August against some cupcake.
Probably can say the same for us, too.
Just so UGA has plenty of ice and his AC working.
Who’s gonna win “Big Balls” or “Big Pockets”? Can’t Elon just buy ES PUKE N and let you run it JP. At least is being discussed.
It’s a trap.
Since conference championship games are usually elimination games now, I guess we’ll go back to having co-champions like we used to when teams are tied for 1st in the conference. This doesn’t bother me since the playoff has effectively made the conference championship games a burden and (sometimes) a disadvantage by having to play the extra game and risk injuries (Carson Beck in 2024). I like the idea of playing games without the long layoff that’s killed every team (except Indiana) the past 2 years. These players aren’t really students anymore, so if the games are played during finals, so what? Of course, if it means less money for the conferences, it will never happen.
December Madness. Promos being produced already. The January slots will be preserved for playoff expansion to 22 teams. Are you a fan who wants to see your team’s journey through the playoffs? Plan on traveling every December weekend at a minimum cost of $2500-$10,000 or more per game to attend (tax, tag and title included). Can’t think of a better way for a typical fan with family of 4 to spend extra thousands during the Holiday season. Going to a single bowl game was a treat…this is just complete destruction of the essence of being a college football fan. FTMF#
Guarantee the NFL will be watching closely to be sure there is no dilution of their product or the Billionaires Boys Club will step in.
$200+ face for a ticket to a home game. No access for an away game. Super Bowl prices for the championship game.
The travel costs associated with every game.