You have to secure stadiums and sites for August, and somehow rely on fans wanting to travel to outdoor games in Miami, Tampa, etc in the sweltering heat? You’re going to try to cram every game into a prime time slot. People don’t have luxury of holiday travel time to attend. Coaches and ADs will undoubtedly bitch about having to play a team worth a shite in Week 0 if it screws up their CFP chances.

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Posted by rollthatback

Member since Jun 2008

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Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:23 am to TexasTiger08

No, the bowls are dead, they just don’t realize it yet

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Posted by dirtsandwich

Member since May 2016

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Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:47 am to TexasTiger08

No.

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Posted by red sox fan 13

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Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:58 am to TexasTiger08

Instead of that they should just raise the bowl threshold to 8 or 9 wins, cut a majority of bowls, and just have 10 or 12 higher level games kind of like the old days, in addition to the playoffs. Make a bowls a thing for actual good teams again.

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Posted by TexasTiger08

Member since Oct 2006

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Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:10 pm to rollthatback

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No, the bowls are dead, they just don’t realize it yet

That’s kind of my point. This idea that preseason bowls will work based on previous year’s performance and thinking fans will travel to southern destinations in August…naw.

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Posted by Yeti_Chaser

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Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:26 pm to TexasTiger08

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thinking fans will travel to southern destinations in August

Is there any reason they can't change the location?

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Posted by Geauxgurt

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:06 pm to TexasTiger08

Teams would refuse to play them seeing as UT was bitching how their tough game cost them playoff spot.

It's all garbage now because of what ESPN has done to the sport.

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