16 day layoff is way too long
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I am on fence to watch it as I loathe Sweeney the Weenie. I am all in for LSU to make this game a laugher. It does not reduce the Peach Bowl sting, but we’ll see what the mighty ACC conqueror can muster.
This game should have been played on Jan. 6. Just flat out stupid that they waited until tonight to play it.
I had the same thought as frou when I saw the layoff was 16 days.
The NFL is in full swing with their final four being determined this past weekend and Conference Championships being played this upcoming weekend.
I felt they would lose the casual fans with such a long delay.
They need to tell the Rose Bowl, the Semis are going to be played on New Year's Day going forward.
If the RB doesn't want to have to compete with the playoffs, they need to find a new time slot for their exhibition game.
The Rose Bowl is the only bowl that has not changed and adapted to the 21st Century.
After playing on New Year's Day, the Championship game should be played on an appropriate Monday night - minimum 7 days and maximum 13 days after the semis.
EDIT - I think 13 Days is still too long. If the Semis are on a Monday or Tuesday, the Finals should be played the following week on Wed/Thurs night, maybe.
Maybe the time frame should be 7-10 days.
The NFL is in full swing with their final four being determined this past weekend and Conference Championships being played this upcoming weekend.
I felt they would lose the casual fans with such a long delay.
They need to tell the Rose Bowl, the Semis are going to be played on New Year's Day going forward.
If the RB doesn't want to have to compete with the playoffs, they need to find a new time slot for their exhibition game.
The Rose Bowl is the only bowl that has not changed and adapted to the 21st Century.
After playing on New Year's Day, the Championship game should be played on an appropriate Monday night - minimum 7 days and maximum 13 days after the semis.
EDIT - I think 13 Days is still too long. If the Semis are on a Monday or Tuesday, the Finals should be played the following week on Wed/Thurs night, maybe.
Maybe the time frame should be 7-10 days.
I agree with all that has been said on this topic. A 16-day layoff is too long. I know it helps guys who are banged up, but 7-10 days should be the maximum from the end of the first round of the playoffs to the finals.
And yes, the Rose Bowl needs to take the stick out of their *** and get on board with the CFP playoff dates. The Rose needs to be flexible once every four years and change their date from New Years Day to the date the other CFP game is scheduled. If not, then remove them from the playoff rotation and have the Cotton, Peach, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange Bowls host the playoff games. But, this will never happen since money talks and the Rose Bowl has the most of any bowl game.
And yes, the Rose Bowl needs to take the stick out of their *** and get on board with the CFP playoff dates. The Rose needs to be flexible once every four years and change their date from New Years Day to the date the other CFP game is scheduled. If not, then remove them from the playoff rotation and have the Cotton, Peach, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange Bowls host the playoff games. But, this will never happen since money talks and the Rose Bowl has the most of any bowl game.
If you were a player who had played 14 games this year, you might have a different point of view.
Agree, and the coaches like the extra practices to keep the teams sharp and to develop younger players....and getting some players healthy or healthier.
We'll find out tomorrow. But, this whole deal (Playoffs) is centered around television money, which is based on viewership.
Very curious to see what the ratings are for the game, compared to the past.
Hate to say it but the ACC conqueror will probably fare better against lsux than the big12 conqueror did. We shall see I guess.
True. Seems like season already is over is and then the biggest game of the year pops up. Weird deal.
Part of the reason they did this was to avoid competing with the NFL. The pros take two weeks for 9 of 10 Super Bowl. And their best players have played considerably fewer snaps than college teams. This is two days longer than two weeks.
I think it is much better for the players.
Not really that much better even with several All American defenders. Long and short of it is LSU was a team of destiny and earned it.
I think LSU had unfair advantages. They were a great team.
But they had huge crowd advantages at both games. Especially getting a home game in the finals, skews the intended neutrality of any NC game.
Clemson had challenges communicating on offense all night. It is a profound difference. And they had multiple false starts as a result. When an SEC team gets a repeat game at the site of the SEC title game, and then the final an hour's drive from their campus, it is an unfair advantage.
I'd love to have seen them play Clemson or Ohio State without those advantages.
I don't disagree with that. But OU would be hard to beat by anybody if we got to play two home games in the playoffs.
Yup. And we had Derland trying to play, but really hurting, and it caused us to rearrange OUr front, which was then one guy short in OUr front four.
I still say the old way was better (AP/UPI National Champions) and wrap everything up on January 1. I'm still not seeing the God-awful tragedy that results from a split championship.
Clemson in the orange, tOSU in the rose, LSU in the sugar says differently... the old system would leave us three undefeated teams
So what? Again, I'm not seeing the God-awful tragedy in having a split championship. Nobody cares that OU split one of its NCs with USC.
BTW, Sugar Bowl likely would have ponied up to get Clemson vs. LSU. I don't think the ACC had a specific bowl affiliation prior to the BCS.
ACC champion went to the Citrus Bowl prior to the coalition, alliance, bcs, and cfp systems. So none of the three would have been matched up in a bowl. Georgia Tech split the NC after beating Nebraska while one loss Colorado got the AP title. Miami finished third with 2 losses, yet still received first place votes in both polls.
So if you want to go back to that system with the same bowl tie ins, Oklahoma would have been in the Orange, LSU in the Sugar, etc. Mythical NC's all around...