CFP National Championship sites announced: 2018 Atlanta, 2019 Santa Clara, 2020 New Orleans

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The College Football Playoff committee announced the sites for the 2018, 2019, and 2020 National Championship games today.

2018 - Atlanta

2019 - Santa Clara

2020 - New Orleans

Detroit and Minneapolis struck out.

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stephenrjking

November 4th, 2015 at 4:17 PM ^

The SF Bay Area is a metropolitan area that includes multiple significant cities; three different cities have major pro sports teams using their names, and another (Golden State) uses a state nickname instead of a city, unique in American Sports. San Jose doesn't sound exotic. San Francisco just plain isn't accurate. Oakland is close-ish but far away. It's a tricky sort of area to promote, but the Bay's international fame makes it important to promote it.

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NFG

November 4th, 2015 at 2:24 PM ^

So we win the Civil War and then everyone just forgets about it and doesn't grant one state anywhere near the Union the CFP.

 

Bastards...

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umgoblue2008

November 5th, 2015 at 1:40 AM ^

considering the south was pretty much obliterated from the civil war, have the worst economies in the nation, full of rednecks, where racial tension is still a thing, and its general backwardedness, i'd say... those bastards!

That said, I live in bama so if Michigan makes it any of these years it'll be a short trip for me :)

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Hardware Sushi

November 4th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^

Ugh New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans!

I can think of about 50 places off the top of my head in the US I would rather watch a football game or travel to over New Orleans. I'm so sick of that shit city hosting so many big sporting events.

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Perkis-Size Me

November 4th, 2015 at 9:11 PM ^

Agreed. Lived there last year, and I loved it.

Granted, Bourbon St is a awful tourist trap unless you're looking to get shitfaced around every frat boy and bachelorette party you can find, but New Orleans is a great destination town. Can't beat the food, either.

The Superdome isn't much to look at, but it's not the stadium that was voted on so much as the location. There's a reason that New Orleans is one of the premiere conference locations in America.



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UM Fan from Sydney

November 4th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^

I cannot explain in words how much I hate football being played in domes. Even the retractable roofs suck balls.

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wwjhd

November 4th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^

The retractable roof stadiums are almost always closed because the seating bowl and field were designed as a completely indoor facility would be (without weatherproofing and drains). It's really a waste of money, unless you're a baseball team in Florida/Seattle and have to deal with too many rainouts.

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Wolverine Devotee

November 4th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^

Detroit ne'er had a shot. You know why stuff came to Detroit in the past like Super Bowls, All-Star games, NCAA final and frozen fours? Brand to relatively new facilities. NCAA Tournament is coming to Detroit in 2018 and will be played at....uh, a new arena... No one wants to vacation here or anywhere cold, frankly. Especially Detroit.

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Wolverine Devotee

November 4th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^

I am a little surprised of MPLS not getting it since they're getting a ton of shit with their new glass stadium.

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StephenRKass

November 4th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^

You guys who want to have the game in Detroit are crazy. Indy isn't much better, as far as I'm concerned. I'd gladly go to the SF Bay area, to LA, to SD, to Tucson or Phoenix, to New Orleans, to Miami, to Orlando. With the right stadium, to Houston. I suppose to Jacksonville. I suppose JerryWorld in Dallas could be a site, but I'm not thrilled about that either. Maybe Vegas with the right stadium. I'm not thrilled with Atlanta, but ok.

There isn't a single team in the Big 10 footprint on that list. And I never thought there would be, and I don't want there to be. In January, I don't want to go to a game in Detroit, or Cleveland, or Minneapolis. For that matter, I'm not thrilled about going to a winter game in Chicago or New York or Philly. I want to go see a game where the sun might be shining, where I can actually wear a sweater or windbreaker, and take a walk outside. Where I can see the ocean, or the beach, and maybe a bit of culture, and maybe find a decent meal or two. I absolutely love Ann Arbor, and I love both the team Michigan, and the state of Michigan, but I don't want to be there in January for a game. Never ever.

For those of you talking about the NFL, that's completely different. Why? Because if you are playing in January in the NFL, you are literally the home team. If we're heading towards being the Jr. NFL, I suppose that depending on seeding, the higher ranked teams get to host the playoff games in their own stadiums. So games could easily be in Ann Arbor or Columbus or Nebraska or Madison. Well, you tell me how January games in those locals would work. 

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winterblue75

November 4th, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^

Maybe not everyone has the time and/or money to go to California, New Orleans, or somewhere else summy and warm. I sure as hell know I don't. But you know what I can do, I can take a day or two and go to Detroit, go to Chicago, go to Indy.....lots of "culture" and "decent meals" in those cities as well. You sound elitist and that being cold for a few days is going to kill you.

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StephenRKass

November 4th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^

I'll grant your point. Not everyone can do this. I went to the Rose Bowl 1993, but I was given 6 free tickets, and I lived in LA. I went back again in 2007, but I got my ticket at face value, had a friend give me miles for a plane ticket from Chicago. We flew in Dec. 31 and flew out Jan. 2. Cheap trip. I was extremely fortunate, no two ways about it.

I know I'd be ok with the cold personally. I live in the Chicago area, after all. It's just, I'd much rather see a game in what I consider "football weather." Even in the south or on the west coast, you have "football weather" in January. I'm talking about weather in the 40's, maybe 50's or 60's, maybe 30's. Don't need 80's, don't want teens.

It is easy to read about Green Bay playing a game in the brutal cold, or watch it on TV. But the reality is something else. I mean, we've all gone to games in mid-November, and when it is cold, you bundle up. But there's a big difference between 25 - 30 degrees cold, and below zero cold.

I guess in terms of culture, I could see Chicago, NYC, Philly havin a lot of cachet and interest (although NYC would be the most expensive possible venue to visit). I personally really want to get back to Detroit. I haven't been to the Henry Ford Museum or the Art Museum there for more than 20 years. But even though I feel that way, and even though I have family in Cleveland, I don't think that Indy or Minneapolis or Detroit or Cleveland or Pittsburgh have the same pull for many people. Just my two cents. And the reality for me is that it will be pretty rare that I'm traveling for a bowl game of any kind.

EDIT:  two more things. I really prefer an open air game. And I'd bet our own team would prefer to go someplace warm.

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bronxblue

November 4th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^

I hate how no matter what they do, teams in the south get to basically host championship games. I get the weather sucks in the winter, but I've been to SF in the winter and it's no picnic either. I'm not saying you need to alternate regions every year, but at least put something north of the Mason Dixon line once and a while.

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MotownGoBlue

November 4th, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^

Chicago, NYC, man up. Albeit a dome, that new Vikings' stadium looks like a beast. Bummer for the Twin Cities, as well as the Motor City. P.S. Once we move to an eight team playoff format, let the higher ranked teams host the first round in their own stadiums.

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tlo2485

November 4th, 2015 at 6:13 PM ^

BTN Live just explained Minneapolis was passed over because it is too close to them hosting the Super Bowl and Final Four. Detroit was passed on because the convention center is unavailable for the week they bid on to hold fan events and other festivities.

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gutsnglue

November 5th, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^

“One thing that happened to Detroit, in this case, was the convention center was not available,” Hancock said. “We have significant events in the convention center. To their credit, they made other space available, some tenting outdoors. But just comparing their bid, because of that, with the other cities is what made the difference, frankly.”

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gwkrlghl

November 4th, 2015 at 6:19 PM ^

Think we'll ever play a BCS bowl game or playoff game in the Big Ten? Maybe once every 20 years? Please?

In the BCS era, all the BCS bowls were in the south and west. Now it's the playoff era and more of this BS. YEAH IT GETS COLD IN WINTER. CRY ME A RIVER. ITS A DOMED STADIUM YOU NANCY

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