The transfer portal, NIL and the 12 team playoff seem to be having a major impact on the 'other' bowl games. It's next to impossible to know who is going to show up and play hard, let alone who is even on the team.
We discuss the impact of the new college football landscape and what it is doing to all of the non playoff bowl games. How does Vegas set the lines? How do the account for desire to play or lack thereof? Some players are in the portal but still playing, others are in the portal and state they will not play. Some teams have non of their coaches left.
The uncertainty of what to expect from the non playoff bowl games has reached an all time high this year. At some point in the very near future there needs to be some sanity brought to this system, otherwise the TV ratings are almost assuredly going to fall and when that happens all bets are off.
We try our best to pick some of these games even though it's next to impossible to know what exactly who will be starting and what kind of effort to expect. One thing is for certain, we are in an entirely new world with college football.
Games we try to pick & cover:
Iowa State vs Miami
BYU vs Colorado
Alabama vs Michigan
Georgia Tech vs Vanderbuilt
Unconn vs UNC
