The College Football Playoff is not going to flip the dates and instances of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and the Capital One Orange Bowl after SEC commissioner Greg Sankey stated on Thursday he made the request to vary them.
With its 23-10 Allstate Sugar Bowl win towards Georgia on Thursday, Notre Dame will face Penn State on Jan. 9 within the Capital One Orange Bowl at 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN). On New Year’s Eve, Penn State superior when it beat Boise State 31-14 within the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.
The quarterfinal on the Allstate Sugar Bowl was delayed after a lethal pickup truck assault in New Orleans that killed 15 individuals and injured dozens extra.
Sankey’s concern was a possible drawback for Notre Dame, which should play on a shorter turnaround than Penn State, which hasn’t performed since New Year’s Eve and can get an extended relaxation.
“We’re not going to flip the video games,” CFP government director Rich Clark advised ESPN on Friday morning. “The concession we made with the athletic administrators was to start out the Sugar Bowl earlier — an 18-hour or so delay. We slipped the sport 18 hours to make sure we may present security and safety for groups, coaches, staffs, followers and others concerned. NOLA and Sugar Bowl officers had been wonderful.”
Texas wanted double extra time to flee a gritty Arizona State workforce on New Year’s Day 39-31 and the Longhorns will face Ohio State, which trounced Oregon 41-21 within the Rose Bowl Game offered by Prudential, at 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) on Jan. 10 within the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic On Thursday, Sankey stated he raised the problem of doubtless altering the sport on “The Paul Finebaum Show” and requested decision-makers concerned if it might be potential.
“I acknowledge that is tough,” Sankey advised Finebaum. “I do not know whether it is not possible. I raised that [Wednesday] and the main focus shortly grew to become at this time’s kickoff, at this time’s recreation and we’ll see what occurs.
“This isn’t an SEC-related challenge, it is for each groups,” Sankey stated. “I additionally know that the communities have dates, they’ve plans, there are stadium availability points that may come up. What I’ve not heard again from anyone after having requested the query is de facto immediately a sure or no reply to the query I requested.”
Clark advised ESPN on Friday morning that the logistics of fixing the video games could be tough.
“Logistics are very difficult, disruptive to the opposite groups concerned which have schedules in place, particularly Texas and Ohio State,” he stated. “Fans have made preparations already and this creates points for them. There’s extra, however these are among the main factors.”
Sankey advised Finebaum he realizes this dialog resulted from an “unexpected, surprising, unimaginable horrible tragedy that has altered the schedule.”
“Sometimes identical to inside a recreation it’s a must to adapt it’s a must to alter,” Sankey stated. “Right now with the schedule set, these groups should alter their preparation based mostly on the schedule that lies forward.”
