How to fix College football bowls:
Bowl sponsors pay the winning team $1M in NIL money for next season + $50K to every player on the roster.
- Most players currently make $0 from NIL, so this gives them real incentive to play.
- Fans get a meaningful game and something to celebrate.
- The program gets more resources for the following year.
Players show up. Games matter. Bowls stop feeling like exhibitions. Could be a game changer for smaller programs.
@Brett_McMurphy Yes you can. The Bowl sponsors pays the winning team $1M for NIL funds for next season + each player on the winning team gets a $50K bonus. Fans will celebrate a winning season + more money to spend for next season and players will give effort since most make $0 from NIL.
🏈 FSU +11.5 1H
Miami does its damage AFTER halftime; the Canes led Clemson just 17-6 at the break before it turned into a 41-13 rout, and Florida State has shown it can start fast, jumping out 14-0 on Louisville a week ago while ranking seventh in the country in red zone efficiency.
Ashton Daniels has 10 rushing touchdowns, a single-season Florida State record for a quarterback, and Ousmane Kromah has cleared 80 yards in all six games; a run-first plan in a rivalry game shortens the half, keeps Darian Mensah on the sideline and leaves Miami with fewer possessions to build a two-score cushion before the break.
Miami has scored FOUR touchdowns all season and has not topped 13 points in a single game; Malik Willis has one touchdown against two interceptions with 11 sacks taken, and De'Von Achane just went to IR with a knee, which pulls the only explosive piece out of the worst offense in football.
Joe Burrow ranks fifth in the league at 292.8 passing yards per game with a 71.3% completion rate, against a Dolphins defense allowing 24.2 points per game; Dohnte Meyers caught seven of nine targets for 82 yards when he was thrust into a bigger role last week, so Burrow has someone to throw to whoever is active.
Dallas is allowing 27.3 points per game and Houston hung THIRTY on them last week, with Nico Collins going for 118 yards and two scores; this is the same defense that ranked 571st out of 574 performances by EPA per drive in Week 1, and cornerback Cobie Durant and linebacker DeMarvion Overshown both sat out of practice this week.
Jalon Daniels ran for 55 yards in his first start, second most ever by a Bucs quarterback in his debut, behind a run game that piled up 141 yards at 4.5 a carry against Green Bay; a mobile quarterback is exactly what broke this Dallas front when Jaxson Dart threw for three scores and ran for 54 in Week 1 and it all happens indoors on a fast track.
Tyler Glasnow strikes out a THIRD of the hitters he faces with a 0.95 WHIP, and his curveball draws a whiff on 52.3% of swings with a .164 xwOBA against; he punched out 11 and 10 in his final two starts of the regular season.
The Dodgers carry nine hitters with double digit homers and rank second in baseball in position player WAR, led by Shohei Ohtani's 30 homers and a 139 wRC+; there is no soft spot to pitch around in this order.