Kirk Herbstreit suggests permanent venue for national championship game
Heading into the national championship game, many criticized the College Football Playoff for having the game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers. When the game’s matchup was set following the Cotton Bowl and the Orange Bowl, ticket prices began to plummet.
The low get-in ticket price was a storyline all the way up until kickoff. Fans and plenty of media members offered suggestions that the game should only rotate between a few select sites that are popular with everyone (such as Atlanta and New Orleans).
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit has a different idea. He believes the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. should be the permanent home of the national championship game. Considering Alabama and Clemson have been the dominant programs of the CFP era, it’s hard to imagine many fans getting behind a west coast home for the championship home. Georgia fans traveled notably well to the Rose Bowl game last season, but Herbstreit’s suggestion would be asking fans, presumably based in the Southeast, to potentially make repeat trips to California. Herbstreit’s tweet comes in response to a Sports Illustrated article on deciding the location for the game.
Here’s an even better way…Just play it at the @rosebowlgame EVERY YEAR! Simple. https://t.co/s4dnxyqXVK
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) January 12, 2019
I could live with a permanent venue, but the Rose Bowl is a terrible idea. They would need something more central and with warm weather. Atlanta or even New Orleans would be a much better location. I know both are SEC country, so many would have an issue with those.
Jerry’s world is pretty much the only option.
I agree… Dallas would be great.
It’s the only centrally locates venue that doesn’t have the weather issues and would leave the traditional bowl sites for the other games. Not that I want to see 10 college games each year there.
They are also not “central”. Great for the sec representative though.
Maybe something like Jerry World
Exactly how cold do you think it gets in Los Angeles in January?
Rotate it between Dallas, Miami, New Orleans, and Atlanta.
So you just never touch the west coast?
IF a permanent spot was to happen the cotton bowl would be a good venue. Weather would not be issue and to a bad travel from east or west coast.
Not a bad choice either. Dallas can get pretty cold in January though.
Of course you want the Rose Bowl Herbie you were about orgasmic over the place when you were there doing the pregame show. I do realize that the Rose Bowl is also an impediment to expanding the playoffs, as they opposed the current system and the BCS, but I think it is a poor choice for a permanent location. Perhaps Dallas, New Orleans, or Atlanta, maybe even San Antonio….but not Pasadena….
I went to the rose bowl, and though my liquid diet that day has my memories somewhat hazy, I remember it as a phenomenal experience. But why don’t we stick the game in Atlanta every year? Flights are cheap and plentiful (LAX is garbage), the CFB Hall of Fame is there, the venue is phenomenal. Just my opinion though.
LAX is garbage. Fly into Burbank instead. Flights might be slightly cheaper, but you’re in and out of that airport in half the time of LAX, and it’s much closer to the Rose Bowl
SIMPLE KIRK THATS MY GUY!!!
Mercedes-Benz Superdome. New Orleans is a party town with plenty of hotels, restaurants, and stuff to do. It’s not quite smack dab in the middle of the Country but it’s close enough. While Texas Stadium is a jewel, Dallas doesn’t come close to New Orleans as far as non game venues.
I assume you mean AT&T Stadium. Texas Stadium is no more.
My vote would be AT&T Stadium.
Shreveport stadium>all others. The lack of capacity would solve the ticket sale issue.
UTk won’t be making the playoffs any time soon, we should focus on making a bowl game.
No to the Rose Bowl as a permanent venue.
We don’t need a permanent home for the game.
Eh, no.
I’m shocked he didn’t suggest the other Death Valley in Clemson! I think it’s fine to rotate among the TRADITIONAL Major Bowl sites – Rose, Cotton, Sugar, and Orange. Or just let the bowls BID each year and then use the money to pay a stipend to College FB players in all the OTHER divisions! Div 1 schools can afford to pay their stipends but the other divisions need help!
Herbie is the worst in game announcer. Stick to the desk dude.
There should not be a permanent place, maybe 3 year commitments that way it can be moved around to new and updated facilities in the future.It’s football why does it have to be somewhere that the weather is nice when most of them are played indoor anyways!
For the fans paying all the money to attend. Nobody wants to tailgate when it’s freezing outside.
H-ll no…..permanent OK,,,, California, no way.
Next thing Herbie wants is to rename it Urban Meyer Bowl.
If they’re going to pick a permanent location, make it Hawaii. The Pro Bowl never should have left.