Bowl games don't mean anything anymore. With the upcoming 12 team playoff, they will matter even less.
Why not have a designated Bowl Week during the course of the season that occupies a current non-conference game slot on the schedule?
Example: Bowl Week is week nine.
After week seven, the CFP committee can release their initial CFP rankings, along with their selections for Bowl Week matchups. These games would be hand-picked by the committee to place similarly ranked, non-conference foes against each other in true neutral site games, and the results in those games would actually go into determining the rankings and seedings for the playoffs themselves. The matchups come out two weeks prior so everyone can make travel arrangements. We get compelling matchups that are guaranteed to shake up the rankings and improve everyone's schedule.
Good idea?
Why not have a designated Bowl Week during the course of the season that occupies a current non-conference game slot on the schedule?
Example: Bowl Week is week nine.
After week seven, the CFP committee can release their initial CFP rankings, along with their selections for Bowl Week matchups. These games would be hand-picked by the committee to place similarly ranked, non-conference foes against each other in true neutral site games, and the results in those games would actually go into determining the rankings and seedings for the playoffs themselves. The matchups come out two weeks prior so everyone can make travel arrangements. We get compelling matchups that are guaranteed to shake up the rankings and improve everyone's schedule.
Good idea?
