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Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:42 am to The Spleen
It’s weird to me that the Rose Bowl garners so much fealty for being “the granddaddy of them all” having started in 1916 and catering almost exclusively to Pac12 and Big10 teams when the Orange, Sugar, and Sun Bowls all started playing in 1935.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:42 am to BHMKyle
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1. THEY ALMOST GAVE US UTAH IN THE PLAYOFF
Meh, the pretenders come out in the wash.
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2. THE ROSE BOWL IS SO OVERHYPED ITS NEARLY UNWATCHABLE
To be fair, it's the culmination of the Tournament of Roses which goes back further than the Rose Bowl football game.
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3. THE GAME TIMES ARE ATROCIOUS...The Outback Bowl should have kicked at 10:00 AM CT... like it used to
I'm pretty sure that 10 o'clock start time for New Year's Day was reserved for the Cotton Bowl.
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4. THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOULD BE ON A SATURDAY
THIS! Unfortunately, the NFL playoffs won't allow it.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:44 am to Homesick Tiger
It’s pretty hamfisted. Like, I don’t give a shite about Wisconsin or Oregon this year. Why was this such a production?
Meanwhile, the Sugar Bowl got the same level of intro as the Bahamas Bowl, Alamo Bowl, etc with a trophy presentation bisected with SVP’s late night show at 1am.
Meanwhile, the Sugar Bowl got the same level of intro as the Bahamas Bowl, Alamo Bowl, etc with a trophy presentation bisected with SVP’s late night show at 1am.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:44 am to tylerdurden24
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You mean spending New Years morning and afternoon outside in Southern California for midwesterners is more appealing than a third trip for Georgia fans to New Orleans in 18 months to watch a game at 7:45 pm on a Wednesday night?
The Sugar did just fine last year with Georgia and Texas fans. Attendance sucked this year because the bowl tie ins killed the novelty
Your program is not above the sugar bowl and apparently fairly close to Baylor judging by the final. You are lucky to get recurring bids because of playing in the East. Why should they make any special arrangements for an overly entitled fan base who fails with any mild bit of hype behind them and has no true stature in college football?
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:44 am to BHMKyle
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The two best teams in the BIG 12 played horrifically weak out-of-conference schedules, and they should have been penalized for it. If your conference can only produce two Top 25 teams, then those teams better at least test themselves out of conference or else they should be disqualified from the Playoff.
Agreed.
It is a big reason why the 9 conference game argument sucks so much. 8 conference games and better OOC is best for college football.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:45 am to tylerdurden24
I'm probably alone on this on this board, but I love the Rose Bowl and respect them for putting their foot down and not letting the NCAA and ESPN tell them how to run their bowl game.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:46 am to meansonny
This. While I’d enjoy visiting other west division campuses more, I’m really looking forward to the OOC slate UGA has set up for the next decade
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:46 am to BHMKyle
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THE ROSE BOWL IS SO OVERHYPED ITS NEARLY UNWATCHABLE
I love watching it. But it is ridiculous that in 2020, the Rose Bowl will never allow a team outside the Big Ten and PAC12 to participate unless it is forced to when it rotates onto the playoff schedule. And then they bitch about it then too.
Shove the game down our throats and tell us how in awe we should be, but then lock out everyone that’s not in the club. Sorry we beat your arse in the early years and you decided to ban SEC teams from the game after 1946.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:46 am to junkfunky
Aggy is beating the drum loudest to ditch CBS for ESPN. If they're so rich and don't need the money, then why would they do this? I'd tell them to sit down and shut up.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:46 am to texashorn
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Be proactive and tell your school's administration and conference leadership to not prostitute tradition for the sake of money.
Coming from a Texas Longhorn...Nice!
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:47 am to tylerdurden24
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Why was this such a production?
Because at least their fans actually care. What is espn supposed to do? Hype up a sugar bowl that by your own words Georgia fans are apparently too good to show up in? You “weren’t excited by the destination or opponent” but are so entitled that you expect espn to hype the rest of the nation to it
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:47 am to The Spleen
I don’t care how they run the game and I don’t really care if they demand to play on New Year’s Day. But ESPN doesn’t need to devote 2 hours of pre and postgame coverage to an otherwise trivial matchup at the expense of other games.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:48 am to NimbleCat
We decided to keep the Big 12 and Texas schools together while a certain someone bailed for what they perceived as more money.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:49 am to Adam Banks
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Because at least their fans actually care. What is espn supposed to do? Hype up a sugar bowl that by your own words Georgia fans are apparently too good to show up in? You “weren’t excited by the destination or opponent” but are so entitled that you expect espn to hype the rest of the nation to it
Is this why LSU fans didn’t show for the Fiesta? Entitlement?
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:49 am to tylerdurden24
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I don’t care how they run the game and I don’t really care if they demand to play on New Year’s Day. But ESPN doesn’t need to devote 2 hours of pre and postgame coverage to an otherwise trivial matchup at the expense of other games.
That's fair, but I also think the Wisconsin-Oregon match up was more intriguing than the UGA-Baylor game. Judging by attendance, I think most fans felt the same way.
ESPN definitely went overboard with it though.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:50 am to BHMKyle
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4. THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOULD BE ON A SATURDAY
Preach
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:50 am to Oddibe
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There was not any team worthy of the 4 spot
Agreed, which is why I cannot fathom going to more than 4 teams; even then, there's only been two or three semifinal games that have been competitive...
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:51 am to Adam Banks
I never said we were too good for the Sugar Bowl, you and other LSU posters made that claim and I refuted it. Nor did I ever say anything about Baylor not being an exciting opponent.
My gripes about repeat destination aside, the Sugar Bowl shouldn’t be kicking off at 9pm EST just to accommodate overexposure of the Rose Bowl. And I feel that way regardless of UGA’s participation in either of those games
My gripes about repeat destination aside, the Sugar Bowl shouldn’t be kicking off at 9pm EST just to accommodate overexposure of the Rose Bowl. And I feel that way regardless of UGA’s participation in either of those games
Posted on 1/2/20 at 10:52 am to The Spleen
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I'm probably alone on this on this board, but I love the Rose Bowl and respect them for putting their foot down and not letting the NCAA and ESPN tell them how to run their bowl game.
I agree. I also agree that the massive over the top ESPN stuff is kind of a joke, but the Rose Bowl should look out for the Rose Bowl.
This post was edited on 1/2/20 at 10:53 am
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