Herbie Formally Backs MGoBlog Orthodoxy

I don't think this was an MGoBlog invention. It's just one of those things that's out there.

I also believe that it has a North-South divide. SEC and ACC folk think the Rose Bowl is the most overrated thing in the history of the world.

It's a cool idea.

Without knowing the political / financial details, I'm guessing it's unlikely. But it'd be great to see.

It is the Grandaddy of them all.   Make it so!

I think a lot of people think this

and

It's a good idea

so

It won't happen

And then Screamin A. Smith countered that with saying they should move the Rose Bowl to SoFi Stadium.

It's not just Mgoblog and not just Herbstreit. This has been a common statement in the wake of the Rose Bowl (and has been said before). Seen it in a lot of places on CFP twitter. 

Klatt said the exact same thing when he was on with Colin Cowherd on Monday.  Start the playoffs right after the regular season and end up with the championship game, New Years Day, at the Rose Bowl.

A nice way to hold onto a last bit of tradition yet evolve into the new era of football...

In addition, the transfer portal would not be open until AFTER the Rose bowl and then HS signing would be AFTER the transfer portal.  Pretty much like how the NFL does it.  Play the game... have Free Agency signing (transfer portal)...then have the draft (HS signing).  Yet the NCAA is so FUBAR they can never seem to figure that out.  Too busy investigating cheeseburgers sales to handle such simple stuff...

it's a great idea. 

which means there's absolutely zero chance that it will ever happen.

This isn't that farfetched.  College baseball always plays its championship in Omaha, and softball in Oklahoma City.  

It would be a slight retreat from the increasing NFLization of the college game.

There's a difference between:

• a Rose Bowl at 2 PM local on New Year's Day, kicking off in the California sun, a few hours after the famous parade, and
• a Rose Bowl at 5 PM local on the 3rd or 4th Monday evening of January (which is when the Championship game will be in the 12-team era), possibly depending on the calendar taking place on a workday (which means the usual LA traffic), kicking off when the sunset is already under way.

Much of the Rose Bowl's charm is centered around the NYD kick.  I get the idea of a permanent title game site from a romantic POV, but I don't think it's a good idea at all from a practical POV. 

IMO, it should simply be an annual QF game, always played mid-day on the 1st (or 2nd).

I'm very much in agreement with the spirit of the idea. That setting at that hour on New Year's Day is special, and it should always have a central place in the CFB post-season. I went for the first time this year and I felt that the scenery and the atmosphere inside the bowl were as beautiful and electric as I had always expected they would be from watching on TV. The comments on the round-table that this was a Michigan fan family reunion were on point. That's how I felt inside the stadium, throughout the game. I kept thinking about Keith Jackson and how he might be narrating the experience from the booth.

However, the facility itself needs some massive upgrades. I don't say that as if upgrades would be a good thing that any fan should want. The facility needs to be improved. The crowding on the concourse before the game was absurd, borderline dangerous. It took 50 minutes for my friend and I to get from the concourse outside section 15 into our seats. At least a half hour of that time was spent in a crowd jammed together as tight as can be, bottlenecked outside the tunnel. The ushers at the tunnel would stop the flow for ten minutes at a time so that the crowd would not become stuck in the tunnel. This made sense, except for that the same jam they were fearing inside the tunnel merely happened right outside of it. In theory, the line could have extended backwards further, but there was no space on the concourse for this to happen. People were just stuck. It was nightmarish.

So, this is a special, special venue with old-fashioned quirks that should absolutely be preserved (the limited piped-in music, as Brian has mentioned, was a godsend) but massive upgrades need to be made, really for the sake of safety. The tunnels and aisles and the concourse itself need to be widened, the steps need to be made less arduous, and while they're at it, they might as well expand the bathroom offerings. A+ scenery and vibes from inside the bowl; D- logistical situation.

In order for this to happen the final would have to be played on New Years Day, something I'm not opposed to.  Or as close to it as possible - this century the Rose has been played on the 2nd (3x), and the 3rd & 4th (1x each).

I think part of the allure of the Rose is the entire festivities all day starting with Tournament of Roses parade.  I doubt Pasadena or the organizers would want all of that pushed to a week after Jan 1.

I think Brian and Seth will admit, they stole this idea from the late, great Keith Jackson.

The Rose Bowl is IT 

"That being said, there could certainly be some problems with a solo venue for the National Championship each year like Herbstreit is proposing.

Imagine a year when a team like UCLA or USC ends up in the National Championship against a team like Alabama or Georgia. This scenario would create a pretty drastic competitive advantage for the local California team compared to a team that would have to travel across the country for the game."

Yeah, just imagine such a year where UCLA or USC gets to play a home game at the Rose Bowl against a team which traveled 3/4 of the way across the country...after winning the most Big Ten titles in conference history.

Just imagine that "...PRETTY DRASTIC COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE..."

Inconceivable!

Herbstreets career should have ended after the Les Miles rumors he used to benefit Ohio State in the National Championship matchup.

He's not wrong about the Rose Bowl.  But the people in charge just care about TV $'s.

I love the idea but the SEC would never support such a thing.

100% co-sign this, and I don't know that many that would disagree (other than some of the logistical issues of actually going to the game, which aren't really that bad having experienced it for myself).  Huge stadium, beautiful setting, and a true College Football Fan Mecca.  Let's do it.  I'm out on going to some random city every year, especially since they're all likely to be in the south anyway.  

The guy who just got inducted in the Rose Bowl HOF and has a “Kirk Herbstreit Family” endowed luxury box in the stadium. That guy supports MGoBlog’s idea the game should be held in that stadium?

Klatt I believe has the same sentiment about this.

I *really* think UM can be influenced to make the Big House more like the Rose Bowl. Not completely, but more similar. Make our game experience different than the rest of college football.

Less piped in music. More school band during game. Old school

I believe in SANTA!