Bowl games are all about inter conference play but the larger the conferences get the the less potential inter conference play there is and it will get boring real fast. We have TONS of potential Big Ten vs SEC bowl matchups to look forward to in the future. YAWN.

Depending on scheduling format I wonder if a bowl could take advantage of that and intentionally schedule a intra-conference game that hadn't taken place in the regular season.

For instance, my TN Vols could play say Texas, Auburn, or Ole Miss and I think that would get a lot of viewers. The SEC would love getting to double dip on the money.

Actually I think they could get more interesting, for instance the SEC for years has had no or very few bowl ties to the PAC. Now there's a decent chance of getting to play a West coast team with one of our multitude of B1G & ACC bowl ties instead of the same old Midwestern and North Carolina teams.

(12-28-2023 02:46 PM)darkdragon99 Wrote:  Bowl games are all about inter conference play but the larger the conferences get the the less potential inter conference play there is and it will get boring real fast. We have TONS of potential Big Ten vs SEC bowl matchups to look forward to in the future. YAWN.

Not boring if that is the only time the two words collide

The networks need to lean into the BIG vs SEC, Fox vs ESPN, north vs south angle

My vote is to get the G5 champs + ranked teams all not in the CFP into a group of 8 or 9 bowls playing between Christmas and New Years Eve, and from there, have your P4 vs. P4 bowls and G5 vs. G5 bowls, no bowl tie-ins.

The more you add schools to the P2, a lot less teams from those 2 conferences will make it into the playoffs. Same with the Big 12. You may find the left behind schools getting in more often.

(12-28-2023 02:58 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Depending on scheduling format I wonder if a bowl could take advantage of that and intentionally schedule a intra-conference game that hadn't taken place in the regular season.

For instance, my TN Vols could play say Texas, Auburn, or Ole Miss and I think that would get a lot of viewers. The SEC would love getting to double dip on the money.

I mentioned this on another site when the SEC went to 14, but they didn't go for it.

The schools will figure this out - once there is a 12 team playoff the bowl games become the NIT and are about as interesting - I'm a huge KU fan, and watched the bowl game against UNLV, but I had a lot more interest in the B12 games during the year -

They really need to figure out a way to make these bowl games mean something again

I must be old. When did bowls become about inter-conference scheduling. OK, yes the opponent is usually from another conference, but the interesting part was that your team was actually playing in a bowl.

(12-28-2023 02:58 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Depending on scheduling format I wonder if a bowl could take advantage of that and intentionally schedule a intra-conference game that hadn't taken place in the regular season.

For instance, my TN Vols could play say Texas, Auburn, or Ole Miss and I think that would get a lot of viewers. The SEC would love getting to double dip on the money.

I totally believe that will happen and of course it will make things even less interesting from a neutral perspective.

(12-28-2023 05:39 PM)Porcine Wrote:  

(12-28-2023 02:58 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Depending on scheduling format I wonder if a bowl could take advantage of that and intentionally schedule a intra-conference game that hadn't taken place in the regular season.

For instance, my TN Vols could play say Texas, Auburn, or Ole Miss and I think that would get a lot of viewers. The SEC would love getting to double dip on the money.

I mentioned this on another site when the SEC went to 14, but they didn't go for it.

SEC vs SEC and SEC vs Big Ten bowl matchups will just bore the piss out of neutrals anyway.

(12-28-2023 06:42 PM)darkdragon99 Wrote:  

(12-28-2023 05:39 PM)Porcine Wrote:  

(12-28-2023 02:58 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  Depending on scheduling format I wonder if a bowl could take advantage of that and intentionally schedule a intra-conference game that hadn't taken place in the regular season.

For instance, my TN Vols could play say Texas, Auburn, or Ole Miss and I think that would get a lot of viewers. The SEC would love getting to double dip on the money.

I mentioned this on another site when the SEC went to 14, but they didn't go for it.

SEC vs SEC and SEC vs Big Ten bowl matchups will just bore the piss out of neutrals anyway.

I was mostly pointing out that they just wanted to whine about the SEC club getting bigger.

Fretting over bowl matchups is about to be (if it ain't already) the equivalent of losing sleep over the format for NIT brackets

Non-playoff Bowls will be dead in 10+ years unless players are bribed via NIL to play in them, so there's no reason to worry about them.

(12-28-2023 07:15 PM)bronconick Wrote:  Non-playoff Bowls will be dead in 10+ years unless players are bribed via NIL to play in them, so there's no reason to worry about them.

As others have said, they have become pre-spring games as much as post-season games. At least it has coaches and players that want to be there even if fans don't.

Well, so many players and coaches aren't even playing/coaching in bowls this year.. Not sure how many bowls we have, high 60's? I think there were 12 or so in the 70s. At some point, the only bowl games will involve the CFP and little else..

(12-28-2023 08:03 PM)Aztecgolfer Wrote:  Well, so many players and coaches aren't even playing/coaching in bowls this year.. Not sure how many bowls we have, high 60's? I think there were 12 or so in the 70s. At some point, the only bowl games will involve the CFP and little else..

42, goes up to 46 postseason games with 12 team-CFP next season.