Those affiliations extend to host communities, venues, vendors, local charities and many others who are preparing for an impact in whatever form it takes come December. And bowl eligibility? A thing of the past, for this year at least after a recent NCAA Division I Council decision.Īs for the bowl schedule? Those affiliated with bowl games are left waiting and hoping for the best possible outcome. By the end of September, every league that had planned for a spring season - most notably the Big Ten and Pac-12 Conferences - will have abbreviated fall seasons planned. Over the past few weeks, uncertainty has exploded in multiple directions. There won’t be enough bowls to go around.” “Those who complain that they get too many bowls will get their wish. “It’s still very uncertain,” said Randy Sparks, whose Team IP company is the official merchandise supplier to nearly half the bowl games, back in August.
Originally, those numbers left dozens of unanswered questions, including what happens to the bowl season and would there even be such a thing as bowl eligibility? One statistic for this most unusual of college football seasons is startling: When the season kicked off on Labor Day, there were 76 FBS programs intending to play this fall, while 54 were not. The end result is a hodgepodge of conferences that will play football, while other conferences have postponed fall sports with an eye toward playing in the spring. The COVID-19 pandemic that forced the cancellation of all NCAA winter championships and collegiate springs sports in their entirety has continued. This year’s season will be perhaps even more historic … and not for celebratory reasons. Last year’s college football season was historic - the 150th anniversary of the sport became a season-long celebration culminating with one of the modern era’s most dominant teams ever, LSU, crushing Clemson to win the College Football Playoff championship game.
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