It’s an insult to the game. Is every year. If they (ISU) didn’t lose the coach they’d be in. But the black is one of a hundred.
do we teach our kids to quit, be cowards ?
KSU also lost its coach but to retirement.
Perhaps they lose money on a secondary bowl. Still it’s bs. It’s a slap to the integrity of the game.
The easy way to fix it from year to year is to not announce the coaching changes until after the bowl season. Put it into the coaching contracts and the NIL contracts that they coach/play through the last game, whatever that game may be.
ISU losing their coach was just part of it. Matt Campbell is leaving ISU for personal, family issues. He is getting more money at Penn State, but he could have gotten a lot more money last year when the Bears wanted him and decided to stay. ISU announced his replacement roughly 12 hours after they announced his resignation. These talks have been going on for quite awhile and it was deemed necessary for him to take care of his family at this time.
Yes both ISU and KSU lost coaches and had plans.
Ole Miss and Tulane still plaY.
Yes, you are correct, the system needs an overhaul
I wouldn’t want Marcus Freeman now the NFL wants him. If I was an owner - nope Quitter !!!
Changes coming next year that help Notre Dame and the big conferences.
from ESPN
As part of a memorandum of understanding signed last year that guarantees that the field will have at least 12 teams in 2026 and beyond, Notre Dame would be guaranteed a spot if it finishes in the top 12 starting next year.
By not making it this year, Notre Dame lost out on a $4 million payday for just making the field. All 12 schools that make the CFP receive that amount, but the difference is that the Fighting Irish, as an independent, doesn’t have to split it with conference members.
In addition, under a deal agreed to in March, there will be guaranteed CFP spots for the conference champions from the ACC, Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 and the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion, sources told ESPN. If that had been in place for this season, ACC champion Dukewould have made the field and Sun Belt champ James Madison, a second Group of 5 representative, would have been left out.
My post from 9/13.
I have zero problem with ND blowing off some inconsequential bowl. The "Poulan WeedEater Bowl”? Who gives a “you know what.”
I think that this event (ND, ISU and KSU) bowing out) may speed up the process of forming a CFB conference and disposing of the current conference alignments.
Really? There is no point to the game except an opportunity to get your players hurt. Not sure I agree with your assessment. It used to be included in the determination of playoffs, no longer so why chance an injury? I doubt they would fill a stadium with those teams for a game that won’t matter.
It’s about the kids getting a chance to play. We have bowls for a reason. Notre Dame flat out quit. Zero respect. Yes, I stand by that.
It’s not about money. It’s about pride.
Ok, they see it a lot money 
that’s why we have this to begin with but it’s supposed to be about pride and love of the game.
Sidebar- is there any remote chance Tulane could beat Ole Miss, since Ole Miss recently lost their coach? Then again, if they won, Tulane would have to play Georgia and that would probably be painful to watch.
Not much, but as the saying goes, that’s why we play the game. You never know what might happen.
Ole Miss didn’t just lose its head coach; he took the whole offensive staff with him. I think it could have a rallying effect for the rest of the team and they come out en fuego. Lane Kiffin is not a popular guy right now.
Also, some Ole Miss players who might be turning out for the draft may forgo the game, increasing Tulane’s odds. But Ole Miss beat Tulane earlier this year, 45-10, so I wouldn’t hold my breath.
ETA: Betting line has Ole Miss as a 16.5-point favorite.
I’m kind of excited by our bowl game. You know why?
Because I woke up feeling the cheesiest, Coach!
I totally understand why ND won’t play in a meaningless bowl. They felt screwed. No reason to play in a meaningless bowl game so the NCAA could potentially have higher viewership for a game that has no real value. Also many seniors and juniors planning to go out in the n̈ext draft would likely and understandably opt out of a meaninglees bowl.game to avoid any potential injury (remember Jaylon Smith) so the team competiting would not be nearly at full strength.
Just sucks for ND IMO.
I’d love to see college football abandon the quest to crown a national champion. Instead, I’d like to see it revert back to conference champions meeting in a handful of traditional New Year’s bowl games, and then have student-athletes return to campus for the second academic term alongside their classmates. It will never happen, though, because it’s all about the money.
But given where we are, I see it differently. It seems Notre Dame wants to have it both ways. They want independence when it suits them and special treatment when it doesn’t. If they don’t want to be held to the same standards as everyone else, they should step aside from postseason play altogether. In my view they shouldn’t get to stand apart from the system and still demand access to its rewards. That’s not the tradition and refusing to play a bowl game because they didn’t get the playoff spot is bad sportsmanship.
All these playoff games are bowl games. While we no longer have a Pac 10, you knew the Rose was Big 10 vs. Pac 10. The Sugar, Orange - all had meanings.
Now they are part of the playoffs - and how is the Peach the bowl of all bowls.
And who is playing in the College Confidential Bowl? Lamar vs. Central Arkansas. yes, we need a sponsorship.
I remember when the Fiesta Bowl was a minor bowl game. It wasn’t until they got a corporate sponsor (Tostitos) that they were elevated to major bowl status.
We will have to agree to disagree on this.
ND (or any college) need not be part of a conference.(though ND is alligned with the ACC).Under the current agreement ND must play a first round game (regardless of ranking) since they do not play a conference final.
BTW there teams which did not make it to their confrence final or had a bad loss in the conference final which made the playoff (ex Alabama jumped ND after a big loss to GA which makes no sense to me. YMMV.
Anyway we’re all free to have our own opinions.
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Ole Miss’ OC returned to coach the team during the CFP so they have better than than I thought. I hope Ole Miss does well and moves forward in the playoffs.
BOOOOHHHHH!!!
ROLL WAVE!!!
Yes, but the Ole Miss OC also stated that he is still open to joining Lane Kiffen at LSU (might be a pressure tactic to get Ole Miss to offer him the HC job).
100% correct.
However, with respect to Notre Dame’s decision to forego participation in any non-CFP bowl game this season, we should assume that Notre Dame followed the appropriate protocol and asked WWJD.
Assuming the same for BYU, apparently different schools received different answers.