Here's what the next three years would look like (note: it doesn't actually start until 2024 season at the earliest...but I'm confident that they'll make it work since the dollars are calling their name)
First round on campus (two weeks after CCG)--Fri and Sat, Dec. 16 and 17, 2022; Dec. 15 and 16, 2023; Dec. 13 and 14, 2024
Quarterfinals in NY6 Bowls--Rose for B1G, Sugar for SEC, Fiesta for PAC, Cotton for Big 12, Orange for ACC...if their conference champs are in the top 4. Dec. 31, 2022 and Jan. 2, 2023; Jan. 1 and 2, 2024; Dec. 31, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025
Semfinals in neutral cities (non bowls)--Thursday and Friday, Jan.19 and 20, 2023; Jan. 18 and 19, 2024; Jan. 16 and 17, 2025
Championship game in neutral city (non bowls)--Saturday before Pro Bowl (week before Super Bowl), Feb. 4, 2023; Feb. 3, 2024; Feb. 1, 2025
Basically, this format will allow for enough times to travel and study and practice sanely for the college teams. It preserves the bowl tradition to an extent. It does stretch the season an additional three weeks for 2 teams (and two more weeks for 2 more teams than in the current model). But by having an on-campus round in mid-December, you're really only cutting down on that finals/Christmas stretch that is currently very long in this CFP system.
I love it. And as was noted elsewhere, PSU would have been in 4 of the first eight of these if this new system had begun in 2014.
First round on campus (two weeks after CCG)--Fri and Sat, Dec. 16 and 17, 2022; Dec. 15 and 16, 2023; Dec. 13 and 14, 2024
Quarterfinals in NY6 Bowls--Rose for B1G, Sugar for SEC, Fiesta for PAC, Cotton for Big 12, Orange for ACC...if their conference champs are in the top 4. Dec. 31, 2022 and Jan. 2, 2023; Jan. 1 and 2, 2024; Dec. 31, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025
Semfinals in neutral cities (non bowls)--Thursday and Friday, Jan.19 and 20, 2023; Jan. 18 and 19, 2024; Jan. 16 and 17, 2025
Championship game in neutral city (non bowls)--Saturday before Pro Bowl (week before Super Bowl), Feb. 4, 2023; Feb. 3, 2024; Feb. 1, 2025
Basically, this format will allow for enough times to travel and study and practice sanely for the college teams. It preserves the bowl tradition to an extent. It does stretch the season an additional three weeks for 2 teams (and two more weeks for 2 more teams than in the current model). But by having an on-campus round in mid-December, you're really only cutting down on that finals/Christmas stretch that is currently very long in this CFP system.
I love it. And as was noted elsewhere, PSU would have been in 4 of the first eight of these if this new system had begun in 2014.