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So the Super Bowl is basically over, and it was a smashing success blah blah blah.
So why can’t US Bank Stadium/Minneapolis/MoA host any major college football events?
The CFP passed on Minneapolis not once, but TWICE. The second time, they didn’t even bother to offer an excuse. There will be no CFP Championship in Minneapolis until at least 2025.
Similarly, the Big Ten passed on Minneapolis twice and decided to just continue to hold its championship game in Indianapolis until at least 2022. Minneapolis is the next most logical site for this game, and most conferences have held their CCG in a few different cities. So the B1G’s continued commitment to Indianapolis is clearly a snub of Minneapolis.
US Bank is also one of only a couple new NFL football stadiums to have never hosted a college football bowl game. Northern bowl games are nothing unusual at this point. The lower-tier bowl games have almost no attendance and no supporting events. Even a half-hearted attempt in Minneapolis would be far better experiences for fans and teams than at least half of the bowl games that exist now. This super bowl proved that.
#4... what about the FCS championship? The game is in a soccer stadium in suburban Dallas through the 2019 season. But 2020-2021 may involve a new host city.
So why can’t US Bank Stadium/Minneapolis/MoA host any major college football events?
The CFP passed on Minneapolis not once, but TWICE. The second time, they didn’t even bother to offer an excuse. There will be no CFP Championship in Minneapolis until at least 2025.
Similarly, the Big Ten passed on Minneapolis twice and decided to just continue to hold its championship game in Indianapolis until at least 2022. Minneapolis is the next most logical site for this game, and most conferences have held their CCG in a few different cities. So the B1G’s continued commitment to Indianapolis is clearly a snub of Minneapolis.
US Bank is also one of only a couple new NFL football stadiums to have never hosted a college football bowl game. Northern bowl games are nothing unusual at this point. The lower-tier bowl games have almost no attendance and no supporting events. Even a half-hearted attempt in Minneapolis would be far better experiences for fans and teams than at least half of the bowl games that exist now. This super bowl proved that.
#4... what about the FCS championship? The game is in a soccer stadium in suburban Dallas through the 2019 season. But 2020-2021 may involve a new host city.