CFP semi-final start times changed … In the wake of some very disappointing ratings for this year’s national college football semi-finals, the powers that be that run the college game have decided that the answer to the problem is to move the start times up an hour or so. The issue revolves around the fact that the semi-finals this year were scheduled for New Year’s Eve, when many fans have other plans or family obligations, rather than January 1st which has long been traditionally the preserve for big college bowl games. The popular response is to accuse the CFP folks as being either stupid or tone deaf. However, we suspect it may be more crazy like a fox. Bottom line is that the CFP folks (and that would be pretty much the people who run the power-5 conferences) are abjectly opposed to expanding the playoffs and may be concerned that if the ratings for the national semi-finals go through the roof it will just provide more ammunition for those who want to expand the playoff system. So lets keep ’em when many people just aren’t going to watch. cl
