r/CFB • u/CrashB111 Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl • 20h ago

News [Matt Hayes] The SEC willingly flushed its conference championship game that last year had better ratings than all eight first round CFP games of the brief, 12-team era.

https://x.com/MattHayesCFB/status/2111056779366785054
1.3k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

404 comments sorted by

View all comments

661

u/i_run_from_problems Boise State • Christian Brothe… 19h ago edited 19h ago

We're not just doing this for money

We're doing it for a shitload of money!

156

u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 19h ago

No, we're not. Net $155M is fucking peanuts when you really think about it. Not even $3M on average per P4 school.

And that's only accounting for the CCGs.

Still need to deduct the bowl game losses. And I wouldn't be the least bit shocked if late season matchups lose some juice.

And I also think that ESPN is vastly overestimating the interest level in these first round matchups. I don't think Georgia Tech vs BYU is really pulling much national audience when everyone is expecting the winner to get clobbered on the road by Georgia.

7

u/CheaterSaysWhat Ohio State Buckeyes 8h ago

I love how people bash 1st round games like GT vs BYU then in the same breath defend that same matchup when it’s the poptart bowl, which is just a glorified ad. 

It’s the same game, but it’s played on campus and the winner gets a playoff spot instead of their coach getting covered in sponsored goop. I see this as an absolute win. 

5

u/joshlymansbagel Alabama Crimson Tide • Samford Bulldogs 8h ago

You nailed it. I agree with you completely. I said a couple of days ago that I didn’t really care for bowls and got flak for it. I think what this all is further revealing is the conservative nature of college football fans. By conservative I mean aversion to change, liking the status quo.

2

u/marionsunshine Iowa Hawkeyes • Big Ten 7h ago

I don't hate your perspective here. It does add more games that mean something other than an advertisement.

1

u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 8h ago

Yes, people are less interested in underwhelming teams playing to decide who gets executed then playing for their final game ever.

Also need to consider the "when." Ain't nobody got shit better to do on Dec 29th. But in conflict with the NFL? Good luck.

1

u/CheaterSaysWhat Ohio State Buckeyes 7h ago

So why are people whining about the bowl games, then? 

2

u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 7h ago

Don't understand your question.

If youre asking why people are "whining" about the loss of them, I just explained it.

If you're asking about the people who say "the bowls are dead," they're just objectively wrong. When some bowls are pulling more viewers than playoff games, they aren't dead.

1

u/CheaterSaysWhat Ohio State Buckeyes 7h ago

Maybe this is just goomba fallacy but I see people complaining about G5 teams not being included yet they don’t even believe the winner of GT vs BYU has a chance to get past the 2nd round 

They lambast 9-3 Iowa being the 5th B1G team to get in but push for 8-5 Toledo just because they won the MAC 

It doesn’t make any sense 

2

u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 7h ago

Yes, that's largely a goomba fallacy. I couldn't care less about securing sports for every G6 school. Autobid for the top team is sufficient, if other teams are good they'll prove it and get into the T12. (Or T24)

1

u/CheaterSaysWhat Ohio State Buckeyes 2h ago

Ok hell yeah I 100% agree