It’s a big week for CFP expansion. The fate of the Rose Bowl - and thus expansion - is expected to be decided, sources tell @SInow. In its latest proposal, the Rose Bowl wishes to be guaranteed a semifinal in 2 of every 3 yrs of a future expanded playoff bit.ly/3VCNPcR
@RossDellenger @SInow Tell them to take a hike. The game won’t implode without them.
@Gators_Hater @RossDellenger @SInow Just intolerable. If this is the “grandaddy of them all” then it’s time to take the car keys away from Grandad
@DawgStats @Gators_Hater @RossDellenger @SInow You do realize it’s far and away the most highly rated bowl game that would be like telling Augusta national that we’re taking the masters to some generic course in South Carolina.
@jw_mike @DawgStats @Gators_Hater @RossDellenger @SInow It’s unrealistic to expect fans to fill the Rose bowl for a semifinal year after year. It is an expensive city to travel to, and Pasadena has poor infrastructure and not enough hotel options nearby. And in a playoff, the stadium / Bowl name doesn’t matter for TV ratings.
@chriscreel @DawgStats @Gators_Hater @RossDellenger @SInow I guarantee you they will sell it out every single year no matter who is playing. For the other bowls and conference commissioners not to realize the Rose Bowl has 100 year tradition and should be given more weight than the fiesta or peach bowl is crazy
@chriscreel @DawgStats @Gators_Hater @RossDellenger @SInow They’ve earned the right to continue playing the game at 2 PM and the conference commissioner should acquiesce to what they’ve earned over 100 years.
@jw_mike @chriscreel @DawgStats @RossDellenger @SInow Then let’s just keep tradition for tradition’s sake and let the best team from the @Big10 play the best team from the @pac12 at 2 PM PST while the rest of CFB moves on in the 21st century and conducts a playoff. Otherwise, let the Rose Bowl bid on the games like everyone else.
@Gators_Hater @jw_mike @chriscreel @RossDellenger @SInow @Big10 @pac12 This whole fucking sport is infatuated with its past but expects the future’s money. I can completely get behind the significance of the Rose Bowl and it’s history is second to none. But, to hold the whole sport hostage is obnoxious.