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2016-17 College Football Bowl-a-Rama thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Steak Snabler, Dec 16, 2016.

  1. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    The rose bowl always takes forever.

    Also, CFB really needs to think about the gamblers. If all of their money is tied up into USC-Penn State, they can't take their winnings and then let it ride on Oklahoma-Auburn. They need to be more considerate.
     
  2. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Four hour games will eventually kill this sport. People don't have the time or attention span to devote to four hours. And there's no reason for it anyways.
     
  3. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    It kind of is on Saturdays during the season.

    I get serious about watching games during the 1:30-2:30 and 5-6 pm Central hours. I don't care about the first 2.5 hours after kickoff.

    I still don't know why people commit 10 hours to one game to see it in person unless it's a historic place or somewhere that holds nostalgia. Eight years ago, I took our son to a game at Notre Dame. We had seats at the 50. That was special for the experience but not really the game.

    Now, I can't imagine sitting through, oh, Wisconsin-Purdue for four hours. You already know the end result and it's a slog.
     
  4. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    If Bama was the only team that could beat USC and Penn St is up two scores on the Trojans, a Penn St Bama title game would have been the best game in the history of the game.
     
  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Rose Bowl is always a long affair -- even without having a dumb-ass Orange Bowl-esque halftime. Still, no one gives a crap about the Sugar Bowl. It's why it needs to give up its coveted last game on New Year's spot and put the two playoff games on New Year's Day, sandwiched around the Granddaddy in the years Pasadena doesn't have a semi.
     
  6. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Every time some kid like Adoree Jackson gets carted off in a bowl game, it's going to lead one more player to go the Fournette/McCaffrey route in the future.
     
  7. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    And then we'd have a playoff game starting at 9:30 p.m. Eastern because the Rose Bowl isn't going to budge off 2 p.m. PST.
     
  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    As well it shouldn't budge. Been that way for more than 60 years and it's the most tradition-laden game in the sport.

    Playoff No. 1: 1 p.m. EST
    Rose Bowl: 5 p.m. EST
    Playoff No. 2: 9 p.m. EST

    What's the problem?
     
  9. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Longest replay review ever.
     
  10. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Aside from two time zones tuning out to go to work the next day? Nothing. A 9 pm kick on a playoff would be as disastrous as this New Year's Eve bullshit.

    And fuck the obstructionist assed Rose Bowl, which has been mucking up progress in this sport for decades.
     
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  11. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Ridiculous overturn on the fumble.
     
  12. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Rose Bowl needs to worry about the quality of the turf instead of their little bowl game and their parade that no one under 87 cares about.
     
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