NCAA Football 2013 Off season discussion thread

[mccoyrj]

I think it looks pretty cool.

Ditto

 

[mccoyrj]

...no one can say you are a bad fan Always keeping the faith...

Makes the game enjoyable. DVR is an optimist for sure. :up

 

[dvrexpander]

I always give you the most crap of anyone on this forum but no one can say you are a bad fan Always keeping the faith, no matter how bad the odds.

If VTs history the last many years of big games first of the year are any indication, Bama can put in its 4th stringers and still win without a sweat.

The odds are certainly stacked against VT, the good thing is VT will bring a top 5 defense to the playing field in that game with just about everyone returning and Foster can reload any missing spots quickly. The offense turn arounds with new staff is what interests me and how they can toss in some trick plays and adjusting plays to help throw off Bama's defense which I believe will happen. Vt has really struggled in the last few years in big games but you have a staff change up and new ideas - it is time for change and that can happen this year for sure.

Watching some spring games today, A&M right now is looking pretty good.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

They've announced the name of the new college football playoff: College Football Playoff

 

[Jimbo]

They've announced the name of the new college football playoff: College Football Playoff

SHOCKING !

 

[osu1991]

They've announced the name of the new college football playoff: College Football Playoff

Genius!! Wonder how much it cost to come up with that?

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Go vote for the new logo:

http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/

 

[dvrexpander]

That has got to be the most ignorant name for it and just so plain that it sounds as if a 5year old thought it up and now they have 8 year olds designing logos for it.

 

[Derwin0]

[h=3]Playoff Rotation[/h]

	Sugar Bowl	Rose Bowl	Orange Bowl	Host Bowl Central	Host Bowl East	Host Bowl West	National Championship
2015	SEMIFINAL (Jan. 1)	SEMIFINAL (Jan. 1)	ORANGE BOWL (Dec. 31)	HOST (Jan. 1)	HOST (Dec. 31)	HOST (Dec. 31)	Monday, Jan. 12
2016	SUGAR BOWL (Jan. 1)	ROSE BOWL (Jan. 1)	SEMIFINAL (Dec. 31)	SEMIFINAL (Dec. 31)	HOST (Dec. 31)	HOST (Jan. 1)	Monday, Jan. 11
2017	SUGAR BOWL (Jan. 2)	ROSE BOWL (Jan. 2)	ORANGE BOWL (Dec. 31)	HOST (Jan. 2)	SEMIFINAL (Dec. 31)	SEMIFINAL (Dec. 31)	Monday, Jan. 9

So who will be Host Bowl East, Central, & West?

My guesses are the ChickfilA, Cotton, & Fiesta Bowls.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

So who will be Host Bowl East, Central, & West?

My guesses are the ChickfilA, Cotton, & Fiesta Bowls.

Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will be awarded the college football playoff's first national championship, to be held Jan. 12, 2015, sources told ESPN.

Also, the Fiesta, Cotton and Chick-fil-A bowls will join the Rose, Sugar and Orange bowls in the six-bowl semifinal rotation for the new playoff, sources said.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9204021/football-playoff-name-site

 

[The Insider]

Im not sure about the new name. I much prefer they call it the SEC National Championship Showcase. I mean after all it is basically a exhibition for the SEC team involved right?

 

[Ronnie-]

Im not sure about the new name. I much prefer they call it the SEC National Championship Showcase. I mean after all it is basically a exhibition for the SEC team involved right?

Well, it would have been kind of redundant as this is played after the National Champ Game, otherwise known as the SEC Champ Game.

 

[Ronnie-]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9204021/football-playoff-name-site

Thanks for the link. I had been confused as to how this was all going to go, but this clarified it nicely.

 

[The Insider]

Well, it would have been kind of redundant as this is played after the National Champ Game, otherwise known as the SEC Champ Game.

Thats why I said Champion Showcase (I meant champion not championship i see my mistake now) As it is a showcase of our National Champion

 

[Derwin0]

The new home for the followon to the SEC National Championship has been officially announced.
http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/story?id=9209410

First National Championship Game of College Football Playoff will be held in Arlington, TX

4/24/13

Bill Hancock, the Executive Director of the College Football Playoff, announced today that the first National Championship Game of the playoff era will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. The game will be January 12, 2015.

Hancock also announced that the Fiesta Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Chick-fil-A Bowl have been selected to be part of the six-bowl rotation that will host the College Football Playoff. Under the arrangement, each bowl will host a national semifinal once every three years. The national championship game will be held in a different U.S. city each year.

The College Football Playoff will begin with the 2014-2015 season and will feature the four top teams as selected by a yet-to-be-named selection committee. The Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl have previously been chosen to host the first national semifinals, which will pit No. 1 versus No. 4 and No. 2 versus No. 3 on January 1, 2015. The winners of those two games will face off in the first championship game two weeks later in Texas. The Orange Bowl and the Cotton Bowl will host the semifinals in the second year of the playoff. The Chick-fil-A Bowl and Fiesta Bowl will host semifinals in the third year.

"The first championship game of the College Football Playoff era is going to be very special, and Cowboys Stadium is a wonderful place to host the first game," said Hancock. "We're also pleased to announce the three other bowls that will be part of the College Football Playoff, because rotating the event means more fans in more cities can experience it in person. Each day that passes by is one day closer to the College Football Playoff era," Hancock said.

Be something if that first year we get an SEC team seeded #1 and another either #2 or #3, and have both teams playing in JerryWorld. Will be hilarious watching the other conferences whine.

 

[osu1991]

Chick-fil-A Bowl name to change

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9208306/chick-fil-bowl-become-chick-fil-peach-bowl

The Chick-fil-A Bowl will become the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl as part of the new College Football Playoff semifinal bowl rotation. BCS commissioners discussed Wednesday whether the bowl could only go by a corporation name as part of the six semifinal bowl rotation.

"They (the commissioners) want (the bowl names) to be parallel," College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said.

 

[Ramy]

Chick-fil-A Bowl name to change

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9208306/chick-fil-bowl-become-chick-fil-peach-bowl

The Chick-fil-A Bowl will become the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl as part of the new College Football Playoff semifinal bowl rotation. BCS commissioners discussed Wednesday whether the bowl could only go by a corporation name as part of the six semifinal bowl rotation.

"They (the commissioners) want (the bowl names) to be parallel," College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said.

Back to the Peach Bowl. Good!

 

[Jimbo]

Back to the Peach Bowl. Good!

Is the Tangerine next ?

 

[Ramy]

Is the Tangerine next ?

Nah. Apricot.

 

[Derwin0]

Back to the Peach Bowl. Good!

Great, I missed that name, it was a staple here for so long, before the bowl's go commercialized names.

My guess is the Playoff people forced them to bring back the name.