Detroit finds out today if it will host 2019 CFPCG
According to Synder (Freep trigger warning), the College Football Playoff section committee will announce the locations for the 2018-2020 hosts for the Championship Game, and Detroit put in a bid for 2019. This will be great timing, as Michigan will be looking to go for the 3-peat in their home state!
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2015/11/04/detroit-college-football-playoff/75140662/
November 4th, 2015 at 10:37 AM ^
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November 4th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
But the BTCG doesn't rotate, so it's not quite comparable IMO
I'm hoping the fact that Detroit only submitted a bid for one year (2019) whereas most cities submitted for multiple years will help Detroit's case, even if their odds are technically smaller because of this.
November 4th, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
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November 4th, 2015 at 11:54 AM ^
I am with you. I wish we saw a rotatation of something like Indianapolis/Detroit/Pittsburgh/Chicago, or at least three of the four.
November 4th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
How about Cleveland, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New York, Washington? Any of those cities has the facilities to host and could make as good a case for hosting as the ones you name. Why would OSU agree to play in Detroit, but never in Ohio? Why go to Pittsburgh which is in the far east of the footprint (only three schools to its east) and not go to NY or DC where Rutgers and Maryland are located? The nice thing about Indy is that the Indiana teams always suck, so no one ever plays on his "home" field. I would guess the reason there is no rotation is that it would cause too many arguments about who was being advantaged by the sites selected. But we don't have to listen to people complain that Purdue or Indiana got an advantge in the championship game ever.
November 4th, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
There are not real people there that go to games.
November 4th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^
Yeah Im sure there are no big ten alumni in new york or dc...
November 4th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
Pittsburgh is about as close to Columbus as it is to Indianapolis and I just threw them out there because they have an outdoor stadium and it is a compromise for those new eastern teams. Cincnnati could work, maybe even Cleveland. Cities in the northeast are too far away from the B1G footprint, IMO.
I thought the appeal of Indy was the central location but also the fact that they have hosted Final Fours, Super Bowls, the combine, and all kinds of other things so they are used to what goes into it, plus they have a dome.
November 4th, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^
It should be limited to indoor stadiums. I know that is not very midwestern mindset, but the B1G wants teams that can perform in perfect conditions, like the playoff games will be.
November 4th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
Why would anyone want to go to detroit when Indianapolis is obviously a better choice
November 4th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
Have you been to Detroit in the last 10 years?
It's awesome.
November 4th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
I disagree. Detroit is an hour from A2; Indy is an hour from...Muncie.
Both have top-notch arts organizations. Detroit has better variety of food options. Both are plagued by hipsters. Detroit airport > Indy airport. Everyone talks about Indy as "such a good host city," but I feel like it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Events go there, so the local infrastructure for tourists is robust. Then events go there... etc.
November 4th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
People say that because you can walk to a ton of stuff from the stadium. I've never been to a Lions game but are there a ton of bars, resteraunts and other entertainment within an easy walk from ford field? Neither city is actually a draw on its own so setup is what matters.
November 4th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
Yes. Tons of great restaurants / bars within a 5-10 min walk of the stadium.
November 4th, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
Yeah. And if an SEC team plays in this game and wins, they will all point out how they CAN come up north and win in the cold. I mean, they'll disregard the fact that it is a covered stadium, but still. They came north.
November 4th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
If they truly try to disregard the fact that it is indoors in a climate-controlled facility, well then they truly are as stupid as we think they are.
Hope Mark Richt is not on the selection committee knowing how he feels about the summer temperature in Michigan.
November 4th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
is just a short bus ride from Ann Arbor, so they could cut down on one of the teams travel expenses significantly if they had it in the D.
November 4th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
This would be great for the city of Detroit. I do not think they will win the bid, but it would be a good story and would be extremely beneficial if Michigan is in contention that year.
November 4th, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
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November 4th, 2015 at 11:06 AM ^
Tom Wilson is running things for Olympia so I have no doubt it will happen. They just released more info today and it will end up being the most expensive arena ever built.
Render showing a Michigan-MSU game:
November 4th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^
I would hate if michigan lost a home game against a rival. A good basketball arena during a big run in an important game is the best atmosphere in sports. When the dagger 3 falls to complete a big comeback or take a 10 point lead in a game and the opposing coach calls timeout its a bissful thing.
I was at a MD-Duke game onetime where MD went on a run and K called a timeout and the crowd kept cheering and getting louder throughout the time out and were actually louder on the next possession than when it got called. It was unreal.
Also it won't be the most expensive arena ever built, it says its the most expensive in the NHL and even that is a little iffy since the Barclays arena cost more, it just wasn't technically built as a hockey arena first. Still looks good though.
November 4th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
Islanders made a mistake moving there... their attendance has been terrible so far (only sellout was the season opener against Chicago).
November 4th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
Ok that is the oddest seating arrangement I think I've ever seen. For at least one period your not even facing your goalie. That's even worse then the Northwestern game at Wrigley.
November 4th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
This is pretty much guaranteed. They've just already scheduled the next few out, so I would expect it coming up in one of the upcoming years.
November 4th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
Can the Lions play in it? I like their chances.
November 4th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
Other cities in the running for 2019: The Bay Area (Santa Clara), Charlotte, Houston, New Orleans and San Antonio. All of these other cities also submitted for at least one of the other two years.
If not Detroit, I hope it's Santa Clara. It would be great to see Harbaugh winning the national title in Jed York's stadium.
November 4th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
Other cities in the running for 2019: The Bay Area (Santa Clara), Charlotte, Houston, New Orleans and San Antonio. All of these other cities also submitted for at least one of the other two years.
If not Detroit, I hope it's Santa Clara. It would be great to see Harbaugh winning the national title in Jed York's stadium.
November 4th, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
November 4th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
see someone about that.
November 4th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
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November 4th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
One of the biggest boosts — including for an application for Final Fours a few years ago that didn't win — is the looming new Red Wings arena and surrounding development.
Admittedly, it's hard to imagine it in the current phase of development (a large graded dirt field), but that development along I-75 and within shouting distance of Ford Field will be a nice addition to the near-downtown area. It would be awesome to see the Championship Game here in Detroit actually, and as the article does mention, Detroit is not new to this so there is that on the resume too.
November 4th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
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November 4th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
November 4th, 2015 at 2:08 PM ^
2018: Atlanta (Mercedes Benz Stadium or something being built)
2019: Santa Clara (Levi Stadium)
2020: New Orleans (Superdome)
Sad they didn't choose Detroit 2019 or at least Minneapolis 2020, still won't come up north.
November 4th, 2015 at 2:08 PM ^
They don't want to play in a cold weather city (despite a dome). It needs to be in Indy, Minneapolis, or Detroit in the next rounds.
November 4th, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^
Nobody wants to go to those cities normally as a tourist, let alone in January. These selections are about making money not keeping people in the midwest happy and the way you make the most money is by picking a place people want to stay multiple days in as a tourist in addition to the game.
November 4th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
Just claimed they want to move the game around, saying they have the first 6 in 6 different states (Texas, Arizona, Florida, Atlanta, California, Louisiana). Unfortunately seems pretty consistent to keep it south and west like the previous BCS games.
November 4th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
November 4th, 2015 at 2:26 PM ^
I say put it at Solider Field at noon.
The game needs an identity. Lucas Oil is a sterile setting and the night time slot competes with SEC title game. Put it outside, at noon in a large city. Give it some midwestern flavor.
November 4th, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^
SECCG is mid-afternoon, usually over by the time the B1GCG kicks off.