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[QUOTE="Stern, post: 4488838, member: 527"]
Move ALL bowl games to opening two weekends in late August/early September. For fans they are an "end of summer" vacation to travel to a neutral site before school starts in most states. For teams you will have your full roster play in these "BOWL GAMES" which are now essentially "kickoff classics"

The ONLY bowl games played after the end of the season and after the conference championship games are the playoff games in this new model.

Problem solved.

-Schools get to go to Bowls and get the Bowl payouts (just in August/Sep)
-Fans still get to travel to Bowl games
-Players aren't sitting out "week 1" of the season worried about their draft status
-Bowls will have filled stands with fans filled with optimism about their team that upcoming year, instead of playing in half empty stadiums on a Wed at 2pm in late December
-NO transfer portal issue or coaches leaving prior to the bowl game

WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN

The Bowls don't matter like they did in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Time to adjust the entire format.
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