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Outside the box solution to the bowls.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:21 am
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:21 am
A way to keep a lot of the bowls and intact. Move the bowls to August before the regular season. There would be tons of interest because we would have been without football all year. People would be more likely to travel to games because it’s not the holidays. Test them like NFL preseason, gives coaches a chance to look at young players. TV ratings would be high because again months without football. The bigger bowls would still be held at the end of the season and incorporated into the playoffs except for games that are on campus. This would also free up weeks in December for the playoff games with no bowl conflict. Just turn the bowls into kickoff games. Would this work?
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Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:24 am to Ponchy Tiger
F the bowls. What should happen is expand the playoffs to 16. Eliminate the conference championship games, and start the playoffs this week (Dec 12-13). leave the bowls to the Tulane, Boise State, James Madison’s of the world . If your a power 4 and you don’t make the 16 team playoff, your season ends.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:28 am to Ponchy Tiger
Raise the bar to 9 wins and bowls will be fixed.
Several will be eliminated.
Several will be eliminated.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:32 am to Ponchy Tiger
I like it. Week 1 bowls would be awesome. Every team would start out with a decent matchup and then rankings come out after that. Then 12-16 team playoff at the end of the season going to campus stadiums. NC still rotates between the big 4 bowls.
I like the tradition of the bowls but it can’t coexist with playoffs. Also you wouldn’t see the opt outs.
I like the tradition of the bowls but it can’t coexist with playoffs. Also you wouldn’t see the opt outs.
This post was edited on 12/9/25 at 7:34 am
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:49 am to Ponchy Tiger
It’s probably the only way to save the bowls. No one cares about bowls at the end of the season because there are so many opt outs.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:56 am to Ponchy Tiger
So if I'm hearing you correctly, this would not count toward their regular season record correct?
If not why the frick would a coach play their starters and risk injury against quality competition in a game that doesn't count? You'd have more opt outs than you have already.
Also, these games are played in warm weather stadiums in December for a reason. Anybody want to play in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in fricking August?
If not why the frick would a coach play their starters and risk injury against quality competition in a game that doesn't count? You'd have more opt outs than you have already.
Also, these games are played in warm weather stadiums in December for a reason. Anybody want to play in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in fricking August?
This post was edited on 12/9/25 at 7:58 am
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:01 am to Tarpon08
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So if I'm hearing you correctly, this would not count toward their regular season record correct?
They would have to count towards records for them to have any relevance. Otherwise no one will watch or care.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:02 am to Ponchy Tiger
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Test them like NFL preseason,
nope. make them count.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:34 am to Ponchy Tiger
frick Bowls I just want to gamble.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:38 am to Ponchy Tiger
toss out these shitty bowl tie ins....it seems like LSU is always playing in Orlando or Houston against some dull arse opponent.
Cash prizes for players on the winning teams. Let the bowls compete amongst themselves, the better your purse, the more teams will want to be in your bowl game. If your bowl can't compete then maybe it's time for it to go away.
Cash prizes for players on the winning teams. Let the bowls compete amongst themselves, the better your purse, the more teams will want to be in your bowl game. If your bowl can't compete then maybe it's time for it to go away.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:41 am to BilJ
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Cash prizes for players on the winning teams. Let the bowls compete amongst themselves, the better your purse, the more teams will want to be in your bowl game. If your bowl can't compete then maybe it's time for it to go away.
If that regular season basketball tournament in Vegas can hand out cash for winning, why couldn't the bowls?
And I agree with the bowl tie in thing.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 9:03 am to Ponchy Tiger
Would they be a preseason exhibition game or would they actually count toward a team’s regular season record?
If they don’t count and are just an exhibition game, then a lot of teams will just opt out. A lot of teams no longer value the bowl game and the extra practices that come with it, so I don’t see why they would value a preseason game that doesn’t offer any extra practices and interferes with fall camp.
If they don’t count and are just an exhibition game, then a lot of teams will just opt out. A lot of teams no longer value the bowl game and the extra practices that come with it, so I don’t see why they would value a preseason game that doesn’t offer any extra practices and interferes with fall camp.
This post was edited on 12/9/25 at 9:04 am
Posted on 12/9/25 at 9:08 am to Ponchy Tiger
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Would this work?
I don’t think so. Kickoff games count toward your record. It’s been established, even in pro sports, that if the game doesn’t count toward a title, the athletes don’t care.
Holiday season is travel time. Sitting outside in southern cities in December can be quite comfortable. I don’t think stands in Orlando, Jax, Tampa, etc will fill up in August when your kid is in school and you are in the middle of the work grind.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 9:21 am to Ponchy Tiger
I’ve always thought we use bowls to replace Spring games. The weather is more moderate that time of year, and the bowl could be a scrimmage between teams. Fans are pretty starved for football in the offseason and with the new portal window, you at least know who will be on the roster going into the next season. Some teams have proven starters they may sit, which isn’t too big of a deal
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:50 am to TexasTiger08
even if they don't count, I would bet committees still factor them into their process since they seem to rely heavily on the eyeball test and you can't unsee whatever transpires within these "exhibitions " Plus who's going to want to risk injury to a starter just before the season in a game that doesn't count?
Tying them into spring ball maybe? Spring ball seems to be something of a relic in recent years
Tying them into spring ball maybe? Spring ball seems to be something of a relic in recent years
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:51 am to Ponchy Tiger
Just play the bowls with all of the eligible teams before the playoff brackets are created then create the playoffs after bowl season and hold them then. It'll make the bowls matter.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:53 am to Ponchy Tiger
Make it a raffle for fans. Buy a ticket that gives you a winner and score. All the raffle money is split between ticket winners.
People WILL watch.
People WILL watch.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 12:58 pm to Ponchy Tiger
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A way to keep a lot of the bowls and intact. Move the bowls to August before the regular season.
So get rid of them?
No one actually cares about preserving specific bowl games like the Texas Bowl.
The reason people cared about preserving the bowl system is because any realistic fan knows the vast majority of teams don’t have a shot at a national title and fans like to have football content around Christmas and New Year’s.
Playing an August neutral site game with the next year’s roster does nothing to preserve that. Just because you call it a bowl game, doesn’t mean it is one.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:26 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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If they don’t count and are just an exhibition game, then a lot of teams will just opt out. A lot of teams no longer value the bowl game and the extra practices that come with it, so I don’t see why they would value a preseason game that doesn’t offer any extra practices and interferes with fall camp.
You could play a lot of freshmen. It's an opportunity for them to earn playing time. And then only the really good players who have their starting position locked down in preseason camp would opt out.
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I don’t see why they would value a preseason game that doesn’t offer any extra practices and interferes with fall camp.
Add a week to fall camp. Or reduce the regular season by 1 game. You don't really need 3 games against Southeastern, La Tech, and Western Kentucky
This post was edited on 12/9/25 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 12/9/25 at 10:28 pm to Tarpon08
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these games are played in warm weather stadiums in December for a reason. Anybody want to play in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in fricking August?
Is there a reason they can't relocate them to somewhere with better weather in august?
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