College football is facing a problem that was bound to happen when it kept adding bowl games: There aren’t enough teams to automatically qualify for the postseason.
Because of this, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Solomon, Big 12 commissioner and Football Oversight Committee chairman Bob Bowlsby said the committee will discuss options for having a bowl “go dark” when there aren’t enough six-win teams.
“If we add more bowls next year, where are we going to find 84, 86, 88 eligible teams? Having bowls go dark may be the way to slow the process down.