Teams opting out of Bowl Season

Notre Dame, Kansas St and Iowa St have opted out.

Great optics in bowl season that we get to see 5-7 teams be rewarded with bowl games.

bowl games are going the way of the dinosaurs i'm afraid. larger playoff bracket is our future. maybe even a group of 5 bracket also with some kind of entry into the big dance at stake. just a guess.

Personally I feel that you should need to win 8 games to be bowl eligible. At this point everyone gets a shot. Rice and Mississippi state are playing and they didn't even win 6 games. But its all about $$$ no matter how or what is on the field.

Let the bowl games die! Using the final AP rankings, take the top 16 teams (no fucking exceptions) and have the playoffs. Draw the pairings out of a hat. The present system is corrupted. Conferences or individual teams should have absolutely no influence in the process. It's pretty damn simple which is why people wouldn't want it.

would you rather have a game between two 5-7 teams on a Tuesday night that you could bet on or no game at all on that Tuesday night?

I get what your saying. We all look at betting a game even if the 2 teams are 0-11.

My issue with it is having teams with losing records possibly lifting a trophy. Like are we at that point?

We have Georgia Southern vs App State.

both in the same conference and played eachother this year

App state was 5-7

this is what is wrong with bowl season.

Get rid of bowl season and take the top 16.

@lazzybum

 totally agree...........................pick balls like the draft does and thats how the pairings go. Top 16 in the  AP

System is broken and there will never be any one team satisifed.

Instead of opting out I’d would have love the committee to match Michigan and Notre Dame.  Oh well maybe one day. 

Just look at your TV. During most of these bowl games many more empty seats every year. Iowa State and Kansas state use the head coach is gone move. Notre Dame just gave the CFP notice. They would win right now against half or more of these magic 12. Give Marcus a month to prepare well alot of people including the CFP do not remember Notre Dame played in the final game last year. 

The NIT used to be the big deal. Now it is the NCAA 68. Things change and college football has to catch up. Although bowl season does present a good way to make some end of year money!

Just look at your TV. During most of these bowl games many more empty seats every year. Iowa State and Kansas state use the head coach is gone move. Notre Dame just gave the CFP notice. They would win right now against half or more of these magic 12. Give Marcus a month to prepare well alot of people including the CFP do not remember Notre Dame played in the final game last year. 

The NIT used to be the big deal. Now it is the NCAA 68. Things change and college football has to catch up. Although bowl season does present a good way to make some end of year money!

ND opted out because all the bowls require you to buy a certain amount of tickets and make you stay at a hotel of their choice, the bowls essentially make a huge profit and ND would have lost money. Nobody would pay to see ND vs BYU. Shoulda made it ND vs Texas.

@ccbulldog

 exactly

@hoopsvader

 BYU and ND both represent well.  That game would be sold out. 

you would think they would look at a bowl game vs a fellow playoff contender as an opportunity to show that they belonged in the playoff over bama or miami. they have played only 1 semi legit team in the last 4 months. i say semi legit because sc is not on the same level as the top 10 playoff teams. that is coming from a huge sc fan...me. to opt out makes them look weak imo. join a power 4 conference and play some meaningful games after mid september...or don't schedule teams like miami and a&m at all if you can't beat them. just my opinion.

No matter what they do,there will always be questions . Back in the 70s when we had 11 ,12 ,13 bowls and they chose a national champion after that to the BCS days to what we have now,there's always the question who deserved to be in or out. I agree that we shouldn't have teams with losing records in the mix,but with I think it's 41 bowls now that's what we get. $$$ controls it . The best thing it does is it gives everyone something to chat about. I'm not sure there will ever be a perfect scenario but I have always said a 16 team playoff,but there will always be the question who is #16, 17. It will be interesting again . Even in college basketball with the 64 team bracket and 4 playin teams,there's always questions about last 4 in,and last 4 out. Gives us all something to chat about. 

ND backed out because the committee lied about the process.

Neither they nor Miami played on the weekend, and were told the weekend would have no affect on rankings.

Well, the ACC didn't have a team make it, so magically Miami leaped ahead of ND.

ND didn’t want to play a good team and get their ass kicked

sick and tired of this ND shit

next year if there 12 or better they automatically go to the cfb. If there 12 that means number 11 is booted out because of the smaller conference champ.  Bullshit. I think they need to suck it up and join a conference or suffer the consequences 

@AJ86

 Everyone gets a trophy in this new woke world.

@ccbulldog

 None. 

I believe if you opt out the rolling year you should not qualify for the playoffs!

@bfodor

 Opt out of a bowl game not rolling

@bfodor

 I agree. Pissy pants should not be able to play.