Mandel’s Mailbag: Bowl game storylines, Florida’s real issue, Michigan recruiting problems?
2 years ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Bowl game storylines, Florida’s real issue, Michigan recruiting problems?

New York Times  

I’ve noticed a significant change in my mid-December college football consumption thus far. And going back to last offseason, the bump one might have expected from Michigan’s 2021 season got blunted by Jim Harbaugh’s very public attempt to get the Minnesota Vikings job, combined with the program’s losing both coordinators from that team, Josh Gattis and Mike Macdonald. — Robert M. I have rarely seen such a massive overreaction to a coach’s first season than I’m seeing from Florida fans right now. Then Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi told a Pittsburgh radio show he heard two schools offered Maye $5 million — but won’t say who. Unless it’s fans like Kansas’ this season, who are thrilled to be going to any bowl, I can’t imagine fans will ever again travel in large numbers to what are effectively NIT games.

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Letters to Sports: ‘Tis the season for meaningless bowl games
3 days, 13 hours ago

Letters to Sports: ‘Tis the season for meaningless bowl games

LA Times  

Once revered as college football showcases, bowl games are becoming meaningless. Last year Florida State went 13-0 in the regular season, but then hordes of their players opted for the “portal” and FSU was embarrassed by Georgia in their bowl game 63-3. Several bowl games were impacted by this last year and many expected the NCAA to move the portal …

Bowl games miss out on 4 CFP teams, the latest twist and turn for college football’s postseason
1 week, 5 days ago

Bowl games miss out on 4 CFP teams, the latest twist and turn for college football’s postseason

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “The stress of it is just the fact that the CFP takes that opening weekend,” Las Vegas Bowl executive director John Saccenti said. “There’s a natural appetite around the holidays for football and bowl games,” Kurt Dargis, ESPN’s senior director of programming and acquisitions, said at …

The college football season is packed with mouthwatering games from coast to coast
4 months ago

The college football season is packed with mouthwatering games from coast to coast

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 9 Michigan, Sept. 7 Perhaps the nation’s most significant non-conference game matches powerhouse programs from the SEC and Big Ten. 5 Alabama, Sept. 28 An early measuring stick game for Alabama and a chance for new coach Kalen DeBoer to grab a signature win following Nick …

Mandel’s Mailbag: Why a Michigan national championship would be an undisputed achievement
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Why a Michigan national championship would be an undisputed achievement

New York Times  

Well, folks — have we recovered? So while the Committee on Infractions could come back a year or two from now and decree that Michigan has to vacate past victories, it can’t order a championship banner be taken down. What would’ve been your reaction if somebody said after 2020 that Michigan would play in this year’s title game, or after …

Changes on horizon for bowls as CFP expands to 12 teams
1 year, 11 months ago

Changes on horizon for bowls as CFP expands to 12 teams

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We talk to the commissioners, the athletic directors, head football coaches on a regular basis, and there is no indication whatsoever that they want to decrease the number of opportunities for teams to play in bowl games,” said Nick Carparelli, the executive director of Bowl Season. …

College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season
2 years ago

College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Over the past 25 years, college football’s postseason format for crowning a national champion has grown from two teams to four and now, starting in 2024, to 12. “The BCS for the first time gave an opportunity to decide a national champion on the field every …

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