Bowls are over, CFP is over, the Portal is closed, Recruiting for the class of 2025 is done. Now it's winter conditioning and Spring Practice coming up. But we still have NIL money coming in, like this for the Alabama WR, Ryan Williams. Never thought I'd see the day that a football player would be promoting nail polish. But hey they have tats, piercings, and extreme hairdo's....so why not polish.
The SEC/Big 10 are meeting next week in New Orleans to make some decisions on the 2025 CFP. Apparently those 2 are now pretty much in control of the CFP. Go to 14 or 16 teams and at least 4 guaranteed slots for their teams are things that are on the table form "sources". I'd be OK with 16 teams and half of them being SEC/Big 10 and then 1 slot each fo the ACC and Big 12 and no guaranteed slots to the Group of 5 or Notre Dame. Sources: SEC, Big Ten building momentum to further expand College Football Playoff to 14 or 16 teams
Also since there are no longer divisions in college, I don't see the point of a seperate Championship game. The winner is the regular season champion. Esp given that both participants in the games will get into the playoff anyway.
I think they should stick with the current format for a couple of years and evaluate how to move forward. Generating more income now may not be the best strategy in the long run.
No spring gane for Texas. Sark says long season makes it too much for the players. Marcus Freeman is handling the off season and spring differently also due to the long season. Still having a spring game though.
Coach Day says Spring game will be different this year, not anything like past years and fans will pay to watch!