...how do you feel now? Do you feel like the regular season was diminished? Did it take away from any bowl games?
I'm not gloating (OK, I am), but to me, the playoff far exceeded my already lofty expectations as a guy who had been calling for one for years. The bowl season was great and the CFP was spectacular. It generated HUGE interest in college football -- that was a Super Bowl-like event last night, with a more college and less corporate feel. Same with the semis -- they were like bowl games on steroids. I just saw a tweet that the game did an 18.5 rating last night, the highest ever for ESPN and a 21% increase over last year's BCS title game. The fact that the B1G claimed the first title was just icing on the cake.
It's a new era in college football.
I'm not gloating (OK, I am), but to me, the playoff far exceeded my already lofty expectations as a guy who had been calling for one for years. The bowl season was great and the CFP was spectacular. It generated HUGE interest in college football -- that was a Super Bowl-like event last night, with a more college and less corporate feel. Same with the semis -- they were like bowl games on steroids. I just saw a tweet that the game did an 18.5 rating last night, the highest ever for ESPN and a 21% increase over last year's BCS title game. The fact that the B1G claimed the first title was just icing on the cake.
It's a new era in college football.