Curious to get everyone’s best guess around how the CFP will setup the time slots for the first round of playoff games. As I’m sure most are aware, there's one game at 8pm on Fri 12/20, and then the 12 noon / 4pm / 8pm triple header the following day.
Unless I've missed it, I have not seen how these time slots will be divided up between the 8 first round teams. Little hard to speculate without knowing the seeding, but how would you rank the four TV slots in terms of value (highest to least). IMO, I'd guess:
1. Sat 12/21 8pm
2. Fri 12/20 8pm
3. Sat 12/21 4pm
4. Sat 12/21 12p
Worth noting that the 12 noon and 4p games are on TNT, and there are two (good) NFL games on 12/21 at 1pm and 430, so a little bit of competition for eyeballs. So the two 8pm games would not have that hurdle. What will be interesting is how the games shake out, depending on rankings. Is the 5 vs 12 automatically in the noon slot? Does the "most competitive" game get the prime spot? I know we will find out in a few weeks, and I'm sure at the end of the day, ratings projections will drive the decision, but fun to think about the possibilities. It would be the ultimate twist of irony to host a playoff game and the 12 noon slot...
Unless I've missed it, I have not seen how these time slots will be divided up between the 8 first round teams. Little hard to speculate without knowing the seeding, but how would you rank the four TV slots in terms of value (highest to least). IMO, I'd guess:
1. Sat 12/21 8pm
2. Fri 12/20 8pm
3. Sat 12/21 4pm
4. Sat 12/21 12p
Worth noting that the 12 noon and 4p games are on TNT, and there are two (good) NFL games on 12/21 at 1pm and 430, so a little bit of competition for eyeballs. So the two 8pm games would not have that hurdle. What will be interesting is how the games shake out, depending on rankings. Is the 5 vs 12 automatically in the noon slot? Does the "most competitive" game get the prime spot? I know we will find out in a few weeks, and I'm sure at the end of the day, ratings projections will drive the decision, but fun to think about the possibilities. It would be the ultimate twist of irony to host a playoff game and the 12 noon slot...
