Who will be the first 12 team CFP era team to decline a non playoff bowl bid?

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volfanhill said:
Universities lose their ass participating
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Bowl exposure for recruiting in trade, I suppose. If your school hasn't been to a bowl or played post season in a decade, you're not easily getting good recruits.

I suppose NIL money could make it up for getting recruits and that's donor not school money, I guess.

There's also the career aspirations of the AD and admins to say the school went to a bowl, especially if they're trying to move up to a better school.
 
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Teams won't opt-out but more players will opt-out for draft
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Bowl exposure for recruiting in trade, I suppose. If your school hasn't been to a bowl or played post season in a decade, you're not easily getting good recruits.

I suppose NIL money could make it up for getting recruits and that's donor not school money, I guess.

There's also the career aspirations of the AD and admins to say the school went to a bowl, especially if they're trying to move up to a better school.
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the extra practices can't be ignored either. Its another 15 practices, even if all don't get used. its basically another spring camp, just in the winter...

you get to play some young guys, try to get new things schemed, see how the new QB looks who will start the next year, maybe you get some guys back healthy.

yeah there are opt outs, but usually that means those guys aren't coming back the next year regardless, and this gives you a just start on finding their replacement.
 
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I don't know but there are 2 ways to handle not being in the playoff and having a Bowl game. The Florida State approach and take your ball and go home and give voters and committee members alike proof they made a good decision. Or Georgia's approach of just try and make carnage and lay waste to whoever they put in front of you. Oddly enough those two mentalities collided and it played out as we expected. I wish teams had more pride and just not say the heck with it and opt out of a bowl.
 
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SpookyAction said:
Conferences would have to punish any program that refused a bowl. The program would be on the hook for the payout.
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In a way, teams are punishing themselves by refusing a bowl bid. That's an extra several weeks of practice and player development than the "non-bowl" get.
 
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loservol said:
The music city, taxpayers and Belk bowls can't die quick enough.
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Why do you care if they still exist or not? If you don't like those games, why not just ignore them? I have never watched an Alamo Bowl. I couldn't tell you the winner of even one of those games .... but it doesn't bother me that it is still played every year.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
In a way, teams are punishing themselves by refusing a bowl bid. That's an extra several weeks of practice and player development that the "non-bowl" get.
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I think we'll see more of what we used to call "they didn't want to be there" bowl performances.

Take the bid, use the practices, blow off the game.
 
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loservol said:
Not everyone has the luxury to waste on monthly cable bills and streaming services in this economy.
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There is nothing wrong with the economy. Everyone who wants to work is working. Go get a $3 beer and watch any game you want. Yes there are tons of bars where you can get a $3 draft.
 
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Should at least have bowls in warm climate areas. Give the kids on the team somewhere fun to go, a lot of them probably have never experienced some places. Then fans get to take a small vacation to somewhere warm and fun.
 
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UTFanForLife said:
Should at least have bowls in warm climate areas. Give the kids on the team somewhere fun to go, a lot of them probably have never experienced some places. Then fans get to take a small vacation to somewhere warm and fun.
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I'd bet most of those kids would love to play another game and are all for it.
 
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The Tall Gguy said:
So. If you miss the playoffs you can still qualify for a bowl...but there are so many bowls, that last year, 5-7 teams were having to be given a bowl bid. Now we have 8 more bowl eligible spots open due to expanding the playoffs.
Do we start letting in 4-8 teams?
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Declining a bowl game seems dumb
 
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loservol said:
The music city, taxpayers and Belk bowls can't die quick enough.
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Why? You don't have to go or even watch. If the VOLS wind up there at some point, I expect you will watch the newest Lifetime Christmas movie instead.

You know.. because... meaningless.

Oh, and screen name checks out.
 
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The Tall Gguy said:
So. If you miss the playoffs you can still qualify for a bowl...but there are so many bowls, that last year, 5-7 teams were having to be given a bowl bid. Now we have 8 more bowl eligible spots open due to expanding the playoffs.
Do we start letting in 4-8 teams?
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They also took away 4 Bowl games, They will only be played by playoff teams
 
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The weedeater bowls need to die yesterday. If you want a place for so-so teams to play in December, then have a football NIT.
 
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