CFP Playoffs on New Year's Eve This Year

[silverscreenselect]

I'm kind of scratching my head about this one.

The CFP playoffs will begin at 4:00 on New Year's Eve (which is a Thursday this year). The first game will begin at 4:00 and the nightcap at 8:00. The games will be in the Cotton and Orange Bowls this year, but the order of the games will not be determined until the pairings are announced in early December.

The other prime bowl game on December 31 will be the Peach Bowl at noon. On January 1, the Fiesta Bowl will be held at 1, the Rose Bowl at 5, and the Sugar Bowl at 8:30. There will also be about a half dozen other New Years day bowl games in the early afternoon as well.

I understand they want to keep the traditional New Years slot for the Rose Bowl. But this seems to be a dumb move on the CFP's part. I don't know how much interest there will be in bowl games, even the Rose and Sugar Bowl, when people are discussing what happened in the playoff games and what's going to happen in the championship.

In addition, to be blunt, New Years Eve is a night people go out to party and not a night a lot of people watch football.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... w-year-eve

[BackInTex]

I'm kind of scratching my head about this one.

The CFP playoffs will begin at 4:00 on New Year's Eve (which is a Thursday this year). The first game will begin at 4:00 and the nightcap at 8:00. The games will be in the Cotton and Orange Bowls this year, but the order of the games will not be determined until the pairings are announced in early December.

The other prime bowl game on December 31 will be the Peach Bowl at noon. On January 1, the Fiesta Bowl will be held at 1, the Rose Bowl at 5, and the Sugar Bowl at 8:30. There will also be about a half dozen other New Years day bowl games in the early afternoon as well.

I understand they want to keep the traditional New Years slot for the Rose Bowl. But this seems to be a dumb move on the CFP's part. I don't know how much interest there will be in bowl games, even the Rose and Sugar Bowl, when people are discussing what happened in the playoff games and what's going to happen in the championship.

In addition, to be blunt, New Years Eve is a night people go out to party and not a night a lot of people watch football.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... w-year-eve

As long as there is enough time between the games to go out and shoot our guns straight up in the air I'm fine with the schedule.