(02-20-2020 01:19 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(02-20-2020 12:47 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  The pushback of the NFL season means that 1 or 2 Saturdays that are at least one week after New Year's Day will be open for the CFP semifinals without NFL conflicts (as the Saturday NFL playoff games will be later in the month). The proposed expanded NFL schedule would actually be perfect for setting up a "January Madness" for the CFP.

The Saturday NFL playoff games will be later in January if the Super Bowl is pushed back to late February -- but there is nothing preventing the NFL from playing regular season games on Saturdays in January. Based on recent NFL scheduling, the only late-season Saturday that is almost certain to be free of NFL games is the one on the last weekend of the regular season, because the NFL now wants all last week games on Sunday.

don't think it'll be moved to late February.

take the 2019 season-
Last Sunday for NFL- 1/12
Wild Card weekend 1/18-19
Divisional round 1/25-26
Conf. Championship games 2/2
Super Bowl 2/16

Would expect the 1/5 weekend to be pretty much normal, with a Thursday night game on 1/2, and then quite possibly Saturday games on the 4th.

The only Saturday in January with no NFL would be 1/11.