r/CFB • u/CrashB111 Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl • 1d 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
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u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 12h 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.

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u/CheaterSaysWhat Ohio State Buckeyes 12h ago

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

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u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 12h 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.

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u/CheaterSaysWhat Ohio State Buckeyes 11h 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 

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u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 11h 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)

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u/CheaterSaysWhat Ohio State Buckeyes 6h ago

Ok hell yeah I 100% agree