Would love to see a team from So Calf, Texas, or the south actually have to travel for a bowl game..

[DHajekRC84]

that's the one thing the NFL brings...make em play some of the big games in the elements some times instead of a bus ride to their local favorite hotel.

I know what it is about but I also wonder what the difference would be if these kids had to travel like UM and Wash did (not to mention PSU) .

 

[Abro1975]

New Mexico was here this past season. We had Fresno St here a few years ago. Alabama at Giants Stadium (I was there) many years ago.

 

[RUich]

More about fans wanting to sit in bad weather than anything else I think. Look how many empty seats there are in better weather venues.

 

[RUfromSoCal?]

correction............

.....any game.


As the saying goes.... Why doesn't the SEC play in the North after November?

Because, they don't have to.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

How about this: be the better team.

 

[czxqa]

Still, just once I'd love to see the CFP final at Lambeau Field in the snow...

 

[IvyLeagueFootball]

Still, just once I'd love to see the CFP final at Lambeau Field in the snow...

The B1G plays their championship game in a dome. If they don't want to play outside in December why should we make other teams do it?

 

[Mr_Twister]

How about this: be the better team.

Would love to see Alabama play a cold weather, windy, maybe wet on-campus game late in the season, just from an interest standpoint. Punting, place kicking, turnovers, sure-handedness, taking a lick play a larger role. They would still be the better team and show it at an unfamiliar venue.

 

[djrc89]

Essentially Home games for most of these schools too. I think it does matter

 

[DHajekRC84]

New Mexico was here this past season. We had Fresno St here a few years ago. Alabama at Giants Stadium (I was there) many years ago.

wasn't talking about RU games .. Championship/Top Tier Bowl games.

Do you not think it would be interesting to see Fla State @ UM last night or Bama travel cross country at Washington outside today?

All I am saying is I would to see the results if it were played more this way (of course bama earned the home field with the ranking) . I do believe it makes a difference those teams staying close to home, their fans being close by, and often prepping for game in the same places they have before. (Mack Brown said Texas stayed in the exact same hotel and used the exact same practice fields). Va Tech had to play their bowl game in high temp /high humid Miami weather against guess who..Miami.

If you don't think it puts additional pressure on a team to travel cross country to play in another team's home environment then I don't know what to say further. I would just love to see those team's play north late season. That's all. it is what it is otherwise.

 

[huskersalways]

Isn't it Florida that hasn't played an OOC game outside the state of Florida in like 25 years?

 

[RU85inFla]

Listen the Southern fans in this country built and supported the bowl system for decades. No reason other than sour grapes to play an important college bowl game outdoors in the north. Maybe if the Boise bowl or Pinstripe bowl catch on you will have an argument in a few decades.

 

[PaKnight]

Clemson traveled

 

[IvyLeagueFootball]

All I am saying is I would to see the results if it were played more this way (of course bama earned the home field with the ranking) . I do believe it makes a difference those teams staying close to home, their fans being close by, and often prepping for game in the same places they have before. (Mack Brown said Texas stayed in the exact same hotel and used the exact same practice fields). Va Tech had to play their bowl game in high temp /high humid Miami weather against guess who..Miami.
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Mack Brown was talking about the Rose Bowl and they played USC in the game he was referring to.

Your 2nd point makes no sense. West Virginia (not Virginia Tech) played Miami in Orlando. It was 82 degrees and 65% humidity. That sounds like perfect weather to me.

 

[Southern Gentleman]

If Arkansas ever gets invited to the North Dakota bowl, I promise we would accept.

But otherwise, you would need to change the location of the bowls. And, it really serves no purpose to chastise the Southern teams about playing up North, we play most OOC games in September and early October, conference games take up the rest of the calendar.

This thread is a moot point year after year

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

New Mexico was here this past season. We had Fresno St here a few years ago. Alabama at Giants Stadium (I was there) many years ago.

The point is those teams never have to deal with cold weather. Well, not New Mexico.. they do... but the general idea of the OP is sound. These hothouse flowers get to play the big bowl games indoors or in warm weather.

They can formulate their teams to play in those conditions all year. When they play OOC early season, its warm where they go if they bother to go north. Meanwhile the northern teams have players adjusted to freezing temps go jump on a plane and play in warm weather.

It is a disadvantage. But even that size disadvantage cannot account for getting shutout by CLEMSON.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Mack Brown was talking about the Rose Bowl and they played USC in the game he was referring to.

Your 2nd point makes no sense. West Virginia (not Virginia Tech) played Miami in Orlando. It was 82 degrees and 65% humidity. That sounds like perfect weather to me.

correct on the WVU vs. Va Tech. but still the same point. and it was the announcer who was referring to the high humidity levels and conditions game time.

and for the love of God...didn't I say (folks) it would be interesting "to see" and not advocating for a re-structure of the bowl system. Can't some of you just do a little "what if" thinking without getting your panties in a bunch lol.

Your right. No big deal to travel and Rutgers is announcing a 12 game home schedule in 2021 as no other schools thought it made any difference. [cheers]