The Year College Football Ate Itself ...

[HoustonCajun]

The bowl reward system is unique however becoming less relevant with each passing year. If in a G5 playoff bracket, I'd vote for hosting a home playoff game at OLOL Cajun Field instead of going play in a bowl in first or second round. Maybe the finals you advance to NOLA bowl or Gator Bowl, etc. There could still be a several useful bowls alive and kicking.

You are right. For the G5 playoff, play at the home of the highest rated team. More cost effective and a better reward for a great season. 16 out of 67 teams playing.

#1 vs. #16 at #1
#2 vs. #15 at #2
#3 vs. #14 at #3
#4 vs. #13 at #4
#5 vs. #12 at #5
#6 vs. #11 at #6
#7 vs. #10 at #7
#8 vs. #9 at #8

8 winners play 4 games the following week at the home of the highest rated remaining team.

4 winners play 2 semi-final games the following week at the home of the highest rated team.

2 winners play for the G5 National Championship at (neutral stadium to be selected).

Remaining 51 G5 schools can play in bowl games if they meet new criteria and if selected.

[Turbine]

11 regular season games and the playoffs.

Winning record or stay home.

If there arent enough teams for your matchup that year, you get a bye.

[RaginCajun77]

They(SEC/B10) are consolidating media value. Every time they want to add someone, they ask the networks for permission. As long as the numbers work, they get the go ahead. They are nearing the end of that track. Right now they are fighting over a few ACC schools. After that, the numbers don't work for anymore additions. In order to get to their super league, they are going to have to either expel members or form another league by invite only.

The problem is this house of cards is built on funny money called streaming. This is a repeat of the dotcom bubble. Currently, projected revenues are nowhere near where they need to be in all streaming platforms. Hollywood/Disney has bet big on this, and the money is simply not there. The money will not be there either for an NFL lite.

It will all collapse.

The super league concept will fall apart, there simply won't be enough money to go around to keep this house of cards going. Salaries, facilities, scholarships, and NIL will be too much to fund, and the networks/streaming services won't keep paying more. Furthermore, the networks/streaming services will expect the super league teams to play each other, when these teams beat each other, and you have a bunch of .500 teams the super league won't be so super.

[Turbine]

The super league concept will fall apart, there simply won't be enough money to go around to keep this house of cards going. Salaries, facilities, scholarships, and NIL will be too much to fund, and the networks/streaming services won't keep paying more. Furthermore, the networks/streaming services will expect the super league teams to play each other, when these teams beat each other, and you have a bunch of .500 teams the super league won't be so super.

Playing each other: Super League Kryptonite.

[Duckster]

Since the NOLA Bowl was created in 2001 mainly for the SBC champ, another 21 bowl games were added. 21!!! Doubling the number of bowl games. Almost one new bowl per year, mainly ESPN driven. Yet WAC and Big East football disappeared during this time and PAC 12 is biting the dust. It could be argued college football, with big assist from media conglomerates, began eating itself 20 years ago.

[R1Letterman]

Since the NOLA Bowl was created in 2001 mainly for the SBC champ, another 21 bowl games were added. 21!!! Doubling the number of bowl games. Almost one new bowl per year, mainly ESPN driven. Yet WAC and Big East football disappeared during this time and PAC 12 is biting the dust. It could be argued college football, with big assist from media conglomerates, began eating itself 20 years ago.

Great post.... so when the powers that be whine and complain that there are too many bowls and the teams in the bowls dont deserve to be there, shouldnt NOLA bowl be exempt from that critiscism since it was on the scene before the over saturation

[HoustonCajun]

Great post.... so when the powers that be whine and complain that there are too many bowls and the teams in the bowls dont deserve to be there, shouldnt NOLA bowl be exempt from that critiscism since it was on the scene before the over saturation

The NOLA Bowl would be a great G5 National Championship game. What's better than the Superdome and New Orleans?

[R1Letterman]

The NOLA Bowl would be a great G5 National Championship game. What's better than the Superdome and New Orleans?

Sounds great! Heard it hear first!

[cajun4life]

The NOLA Bowl would be a great G5 National Championship game. What's better than the Superdome and New Orleans?

Vegas

[R1Letterman]

Vegas

Ironically the vegas bowl had very low attendance until the time that we are told too many bowls came on the scene, then the attendance skyrocketed