# No More New Year's Eve Bowl Games

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**Created:** [July 29, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-new-years-eve-bowl-games/761231 "2016-07-29T21:25:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-new-years-eve-bowl-games/761231/1 "2016-07-29T21:25:48Z")

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As a General Rule, Anyway.

So, the experiment of turning New Year’s Eve into a college football playoff event has pretty much ended. After this year, the games will be on the Saturday before.

Why they announced this in July, I don’t know, but I think this is a good change.

[http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/press-releases/future-playoff-semifinals-will-be-on-saturdays-and-holidays](http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/press-releases/future-playoff-semifinals-will-be-on-saturdays-and-holidays)