Report: NCAA committee to allow bowl season to start earlier this year
By Adam Spencer
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There are so many bowls, it seems bowl season starts earlier and earlier every year, even if it doesn’t.
However, for the 2019 season, it actually will start earlier, according to college football insider Brett McMurphy.
As you can see in the tweet below, McMurphy said the NCAA football oversight committee will let the bowl season start on Friday, Dec. 20, this year instead of Saturday, Dec. 21:
Bowl season got 1 day closer: NCAA football oversight committee will allow bowls to begin Friday Dec. 20 instead of Dec. 21, sources told @Stadium. Earlier start needed because of uniqueness of calendar & limited number of weekends in 2019 bowl season compared w/other years
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 8, 2019
Why it’s necessary to start a day earlier instead of stacking one day of bowls with a couple of extra games is unknown at this time, but this was what the committee reportedly decided.
Anyway, it gives us one more day of college football, so we shouldn’t complain about that.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
