The “Granddaddy of Them All” will decide soon whether or not to delay playoff expansion. Its adherence to tradition is further complicating a complex process.
The Rose Bowl is on the clock.
The CFP executive board of presidents does not plan to guarantee the Rose Bowl game its request for an exclusive Jan. 1 window in future iterations of an expanded playoff, sources say, and they have given the sport’s oldest operating bowl a deadline.
Believed to be the last hurdle to expanding the playoff early, the Rose Bowl and its officials have been given a matter of days to make what could be a monumental decision for the future of college football’s postseason.