Why TCU coach Gary Patterson has no issues with new kickoff rule

Three takeaways from recent developments in college sports:

Action: College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said Tuesday it's very likely that the Cotton, Fiesta and Peach bowls will be renewed as "New Year's Six" bowls for the remaining eight years of CFP contract.

Reaction: Because none of the three had contracts with power conferences, they faced a renewal process to make sure they were meeting the CFP's standards. Everyone thought it would be a simple cut-and-dried process but there's always a bit of uncertainty. "The [three] bowls haven't given us any reason to want to change," Hancock said Tuesday at the annual CFP meetings in Irving. "They've done a great job." The…