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Been thinking about how this latest realignment will affect the bowls.

PAC-12 could dissolve if the Big 12 poaches teams. What happens to the Rose Bowl?

If it eventually goes to two super conferences and an NFL type playoff (such as 6-8 teams per conference), what happens to the future of bowls? Are they incorporated into the new playoff structure? Do non-playoff teams play bowl games like now? Or do teams left out of the super conferences play them?

Curious on everyone’s thoughts.
 
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My guess is that the Major Bowl Games will probably be a part of whatever tournament they decide to do once all the dust settles. So that would save ten bowl games or so if it is the 12- team tournament everyone seems to be floating around.

The rest of the Bowls may have to reinvent themselves. Maybe an NIT style of tournament for the best of the rest or something.
 
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I could see it going to each of the two or three conferences having there own 4 team playoff, maybe they could make those “bowl” games and then having the standard country wide 4 team final playoff.

But yeah the traditional rose bowl of pac 12 vs big 10 is dead
 
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My guess is that the Major Bowl Games will probably be a part of whatever tournament they decide to do once all the dust settles. So that would save ten bowl games or so if it is the 12- team tournament everyone seems to be floating around.

The rest of the Bowls may have to reinvent themselves. Maybe an NIT style of tournament for the best of the rest or something.
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Agreed and there probably are only 10 Bowls (at most) that deserve permanent preservation based upon location and historical significance.

The market, local corporate sponsors and the tourism boards of places like Birmingham, Alabama and Boise, Idaho can determine if they'd like to continue to host the other bowls. That's already kind of the system that exists anyway.
 
I suspect if we end up with two 20-24+ team super conferences we’ll have an expanded regular season, maybe to 14 games, and use some of the bowl games as part of an expanded CFP.

Fox, ESPN, and who knows, maybe Amazon, are going to want more product for the $Bs they’re going to pay out.

Just a thought.

We’ll see.
 
I’d like to see the bowls become regionalized for larger format conference playoffs and the more important bowls do the same as we work our way through the college football playoffs. I’d love them to be a part of a playoff format that included 32 or even 64 teams, two or three conferences and came together for a final four. Instead of the finalists being chosen by a committee, they’d earn their way there through season play and conference playoffs. Lose the OOC games and silly throwaways. Make them all count. There’s plenty of time with an 11 game regular season schedule and the breaks between the end of the season and the championship game.
 
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The Rose Bow started l dying when USC and UCLA decided to go to the Big 10.

The doctors will officially pull the plug on it when they are gone
 
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I personally think it’ll be a power three. And like 75-85 fbs schools with like 8 bowl games as playoff sites
 
Since this new college football is all about revenue - let the bowls bid for teams - they offer selected teams - the teams can take the best offer.

Bowl will want teams to pack the stadium - offering top dollar for top teams - and teams in turn, can select top dollars for playing, or going for a preferred bowl regardless of dollars offered.

Tradition is out the door - few have realized it yet.
 
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