BOWL SEASON OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2023
ASSEMBLING THE PIECES
The Process. The Picks. The Places of Bowl Season. By KEVIN McNAMARA
W
hile most college football fans hold
ranking in October, we start projecting how that
only a cursory interest in the first
filters down and effects the Alamo Bowl and the
few editions of the College Football
Liberty Bowl, all of our bowl partners, for example.
Playoff rankings in October, that’s not the case in
It really never stops until the Bowl Season lineup is
conference offices from coast-to-coast. That’s when
announced in December.’’
the fun begins. Take the Big 12’s Scott Draper, for example. He’s the Vice President of Football and responsible for most everything that moves regarding the sport at the conference’s 14 schools. Like his contemporaries around the country, Draper keeps an eye on potential bowl destinations for Big 12 schools on a year-
As the college
“When that first top 10
football season unfolds
comes out, from the first ranking
programs around the
in October, we start projecting how that filters down … It really never stops until the Bowl Season lineup is
and more and more country celebrate their post-season eligibility by pulling on their Bowl Bound T-shirts, the excitement for a bowl trip builds. But where will
announced in December.”
your favorite team and
– SCOTT DRAPER
each team clicks the six-
Big 12, Vice President of Football
round basis. “All of our scenarios change week-to-week and
its fans be headed? As win eligibility minimum,
conferences start checking their bowl affiliations and forecasting which schools might land where. As
revolve around the CFP rankings,” Draper said.
the wins mount, the puzzle pieces get shifted on a
“When that first top 10 comes out, from the first
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