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Report: CFB bowl season to kickoff earlier in 2019
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College football fans who hate the long stretch between the end of the regular season and bowl mania won’t have to wait quite as long for the postseason to begin in 2019. Sorta.
Wednesday, Stadium’s Brett McMurphy reported that the NCAA Football Oversight Committee approved a proposal to allow bowl games to start one day early in 2019. Games were planned to start on Saturday, Dec. 21 this year, but will instead begin on Friday, Dec. 20.
The reason for the change, according to McMurphy, is because of the limited number of weekends available for the 2019 bowl season.
NCAA Football Oversight Committee approves proposal, allowing bowl season to begin Friday Dec. 20, instead of Dec. 21, sources told @Stadium. Earlier start needed this year because of uniqueness of calendar & limited number of weekends in 2019 bowl season compared w/other years
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 8, 2019
There will be 40 bowl games played in 2019-20, including the two College Football Playoff semifinal games and the national championship.
In 2020-21, there will be 43 bowl games played.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB