The fate of college football’s bowl industry has not exactly been a front-burner topic during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly given the myriad obstacles schools face in merely resuming college football this fall.
But assuming there is a season, the bowl industry says it collectively stands ready to hold a full postseason — whenever that might occur.
“It’s important that the bowl system as a whole says in the conversation,” said Nick Carparelli, a former Big East/American Athletic Conference associate commissioner and Under Armour executive who took over as executive director of the Football Bowl Association earlier this year.