Notre Dame got trashed. I'm surprised they went undefeated during the season.
Pitt should have beaten Notre Dame.
Hopefully they will on November 1, 2036.
Hawaii without a home stadium after Aloha Stadium, a former Pro Bowl site, reportedly will be condemned
Hawaii needs a new home stadium.
Aloha Stadium, the site of the Warriors’ home games and the former site of the NFL’s Pro Bowl, said Thursday that it was ceasing fan-attended operations indefinitely. That leaves Hawaii without a place to play football until its new football stadium is built.
“We are beyond disappointed of the news at today’s announcement from the Aloha Stadium Authority that there will be no further events in the current stadium with fans,” Hawaii athletic director David Matlin said in a statement. “Aloha Stadium has such a storied history and carries so many memories for our football program and generations of Hawaii families. We must now take responsibility ourselves to find a suitable venue for our Rainbow Warriors, Hawaii’s football team, to play in front of our loyal fans beginning in 2021.”
The Aloha Stadium Authority said that the closure was fueled by financial issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, though there may be more than that. The stadium, built in 1975, has been plagued by maintenance issues in recent years. A 2019 story from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser noted that the stadium needed $30 million over the next two years for repairs.
According to KHON2, the stadium will be condemned and has been deemed unsafe to hold any crowds at all, though the stadium authority disputes that the closure to fans is related to any structural issues.
Part of the statement provided to KHON2 states: “The Stadium Authority has been clear the moratorium on new events within the stadium bowl are not related to structural issues. Rather, this difficult decision has been made due to economic conditions stemming from COVID-19 safety restrictions as noted in the release.”
The Hula Bowl on Jan. 31 is still set to be played at Aloha Stadium without fans. The stadium hosted the NFL Pro Bowl every year but one from 1980 to 2013 and then one last time in 2015 before the NFL moved the event to Camping World Stadium in Orlando.
Money was appropriated in the summer of 2019 to build a new Aloha Stadium but the new stadium is not set to open until before the 2023 season. Hawaii’s 2020 regular season is already over and the team’s final game of the year will be at the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 24.
Hawaii needs a stadium with a 15,000 minimum capacity
Hawaii’s search for a new home stadium may be a tricky one. Teams at the top level of college football must have a stadium that seats a minimum of 15,000 people. And there aren’t that many stadiums in the state.
The only other stadium in the state that has a capacity over the FBS minimum is War Memorial Stadium on the island of Maui. The multi-use facility has a 20,000 person capacity, though the Hawaii football team would have to fly to every home game. If Hawaii played at a smaller stadium it would have to get a waiver from the NCAA. And it would also be sacrificing potential ticket revenue in a smaller stadium.
The final four was announced. Bama vs Notre Dame, Clemson vs Ohio St. They are going to disenfranchise the casual fan who is tired of the same teams every year.
Texas A&M, Cincinnati, and Coastal Carolina thought they should have made it.
I don't know how you justify Notre Dame getting in. That game with Clemson wasn't even close. The win earlier was with numerous Clemson players sitting out. No matter, they will get destroyed by Bama.
Liberty ends No. 12 Coastal Carolina's undefeated season in a crazy overtime bowl game finish
Bama vs Ohio St. for the CFB final. Who wants to bet the viewership for this is at all time low. No one outside of Ohio St. or Bama fans wants to see these teams win. There is a true monopoly of a select few teams in college football that are basically elite and are continuously at the top.
All time high maybe. Nobody has a bigger following than Ohio State and Bama is Bama they’re a top dog.
If it was Clemson rematch I would say all time low. We haven’t played Bama in 6 years.
We will see. Both schools do have huge fan bases. But I I am thinking about casual fans who want someone to route for or against. Reminds me of the Superbowl from a year back, Rams vs Patriots. Both big fan bases, but nobody outside cared.
Why they play the CFB final on a Monday night? Makes no sense, everybody got work or school the next day. In regular times it meant no watch parties or big bar crowds. The entire. NCAA is incompetent though, why not have 8 teams or more even. Dont give the consumers what they want is a pretty sound way do business.
Maybe teams like Coastal Carolina would have kept it a little closer playing Alabama instead. Ohio St. isn't up to the task.
All time low, like I thought. People want to see something different.
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