As is well-known now, the shortsighted powers-that-be in college football are soon to announce a 12-team college football playoff. The only hold up to the agreement up until now has been the Rose Bowl, and its desire to maintain its brilliantly earned and very valuable 5 pm et slot on New Year’s Day. The Grandaddy of ‘Em All sadly forfeited what it had made great, thus paving the way for the NFL-ization of college football. It won’t be immediate, but in time 2022 will be seen as the beginning of the end of college football’s extraordinary popularity. There will be still great games and great athletes, but fan excitement will slowly decline.
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