Usually by this point the bowl picture is quite clear. We know who is eligible and who isn’t and that will fill up all of the bowls right there. In 2020 though, things are quite different. Some teams will still likely opt out of bowls once they see their options on Sunday and surely something will happen and some of these bowl games will not be played. But for the teams eyeing a spot in the playoffs, Championship Week went about as expected. Alabama, Clemson and Ohio ...
The playoff picture was muddled for Florida on Saturday after they lost a heartbreaker to LSU. The Gators face off against Alabama this week in the SEC title game. If they win, Florida will surely be the best of the two loss teams, but that may not be enough to keep their hopes alive. That would likely leave Alabama, Ohio State and the winner of the ACC title game in the playoffs with the loser of the ACC title game and Texas A&M battling it out for the last ...
A few days earlier we did not have Coastal Carolina and BYU on our schedule, but those two teams came together in this weird season and gave everybody one of the best games of the year. The result was a 22-17 victory for the Chanticleers and that puts an end to BYU’s playoff hopes. The impromptu football version of the BracketBusters proved to be very successful and many eyes are now looking at Coastal Carolina’s big game against fellow ranked team Louisiana on December ...
Bowl games are starting to fall. This week the Pinstripe Bowl announced that the game would not be played in 2020. That knocks out one ACC team and one Big Ten team…on paper at least. With many conferences not playing non-conference schedules, the power conferences are having a tougher time than usual reaching a .500 record. The bowls will have a little more leeway this season, so it remains to be seen if they will stick with their bowl affiliation and take a team with a bad ...
