The trial balloon about nixing a seventh bowl is already flatulating.
Big East Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco told CBS Sports, “The commissioners have all voiced support for this. I don’t know where the talk of it not happening came from, but we’re pretty confident it can get done. We think it has real value.”
The suggested bowl would match a champion from the Big East, Mountain West, Conference USA, Mid-American and Sun Belt Conferences against a Big 12 or Pac-12 team, providing a gateway to the playoffs.
We’re probably closer to identifying one of the anonymous balloon floaters:
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said today on CBS’ The Tim Brando Show that a decision on the seventh bowl is six to nine months down the road.
“Whether there are going to be six of seven (bowls), that’s an open question … Any speculation on a seventh bowl is premature,” Scott said.
Premature only in your mind Larry, and it shouldn’t require six to nine months to decide the obvious.