New @CFBPlayoff Executive Director Rich Clark on the Selection Committee picking the first round home teams
"Weather, Hotel availability, Ticket Sales.."
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Lack of 🏨 🤔
Are we on the 🛣 for the 1st round???
1st round playoff game on the 🛣?
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New @CFBPlayoff Executive Director Rich Clark on the Selection Committee picking the first round home teams
"Weather, Hotel availability, Ticket Sales.."
Bad 🌨 🤔
Lack of 🏨 🤔
Are we on the 🛣 for the 1st round???
If you didn't realize that they've been picking who, where, and when for, well, forever then rethink things.
Wandering Spectator
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That’s crazy! If a team is better and deserves a higher ranking but the weather sux at their home stadium, they will be penalized and put on the road. WTF.
This defeats the whole home playoff game advantage.
Ticket sales is just stupid. Every school in the playoff will sell out and capacities will all be acceptable. The only issues would be if Northwestern and Vanderbilt make it or if they decide to give a Liberty type school a home game.
Weather? That’s life and you adapt. If they start giving SEC and Big 12 teams home games instead of the Big Ten because it can get chilly in December up North, then the whole process is a farce. If you deserve the higher ranking and home game then you should get it- even if you’re playing in Minnesota or Wisconsin.
I can see a lot of home cooking in the rankings as we come to the end of the year to make sure games stay south.
Hotel availability? Are schools supposed to now reserve and block local hotels for weeks in December ‘just in case’?
And who are the hotels for, other than visiting teams and officials? Are they expecting the Beav or the Shoe to reserve 25,000 tickets for the visiting team fans?
Ticket sales is just stupid. Every school in the playoff will sell out and capacities will all be acceptable. The only issues would be if Northwestern and Vanderbilt make it or if they decide to give a Liberty type school a home game.
Weather? That’s life and you adapt. If they start giving SEC and Big 12 teams home games instead of the Big Ten because it can get chilly in December up North, then the whole process is a farce. If you deserve the higher ranking and home game then you should get it- even if you’re playing in Minnesota or Wisconsin.
I can see a lot of home cooking in the rankings as we come to the end of the year to make sure games stay south.
Hotel availability? Are schools supposed to now reserve and block local hotels for weeks in December ‘just in case’?
And who are the hotels for, other than visiting teams and officials? Are they expecting the Beav or the Shoe to reserve 25,000 tickets for the visiting team fans?
Wandering Spectator
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Well, rates for Dec 20 and 21 in State College are $650 a night for the Residence Inn and Courtyard so I guess that’s a yes. 😉
Wait until hotels decide there will be no cancellations allowed. University has to reserve a hotel just in case, but then they fail to make the playoff, (or get sent on the road because it’s chilly up North), the university is on the hook for the rooms.
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It was obvious something like this could happen under this format. The committee has always abandoned logic when necessary to get the teams and matchups they want. Why would it be any different now? This sport is long overdue in ditching the subjectivity that is rife with possibility for favoritism and corruption.
Wandering Spectator
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Not sure but since the first round will be played either Friday or Saturday, it’s in your best interest to book both nights.
When is graduation? I seem to recall it was around the 20th for December.
PSU has moved graduation to Sunday to make way for a possible “major” event.
Think of it the other way. How many people would try and reserve a room at the regular rate months ahead? Someone has already looked into pricing.
Wow, could make things very difficult for family to attend ceremonies if there is a playoff game same weekend.
would be great halftime entertainment. At least the graduates don't have to sit listening to some D-bag pontificate on how smart they are.
Golden opportunity for the hotels to gouge even further and require a 3 night minimum!
