Atlanta and Miami awarded CFP title games for 25, 26

[Big Z Man 1990]

CFP picks Atlanta ('25), Miami ('26) as title hosts

Atlanta's Mercedez-Benz Stadium has been selected to host the 2025 College Football Playoff national championship game, while Miami's Hard Rock Stadium will be the site for 2026.

www.espn.com

Miami and Atlanta should be the last places the CFP title game is held. These games should have gone to Boston and NY/NJ.

We need to refrain from awarding certain events like the CFP title game to states like Florida and Georgia until certain things change for the better in those states. And we need to award more CFP title games to cold weather cities. Cleveland should be considered as the Browns have yet to host a playoff game in First Energy Stadium.

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[awfulwaffle]

CFP picks Atlanta ('25), Miami ('26) as title hosts

Atlanta's Mercedez-Benz Stadium has been selected to host the 2025 College Football Playoff national championship game, while Miami's Hard Rock Stadium will be the site for 2026.

www.espn.com

Miami and Atlanta should be the last places the CFP title game is held. These games should have gone to Boston and NY/NJ.

We need to refrain from awarding certain events like the CFP title game to states like Florida and Georgia until certain things change for the better in those states. And we need to award more CFP title games to cold weather cities. Cleveland should be considered as the Browns have yet to host a playoff game in First Energy Stadium.

Why should those places not be picked? I dont get it, Hard Rock is a great stadium and Miami knows how to throw a party.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

We need to refrain from awarding certain events like the CFP title game to states like Florida and Georgia until certain things change for the better in those states.

Oh DO go on.

 

[LT]

College football is biggest in the South. Both of these choices are very logical, especially financially.

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

There's also the fact that the CFP needs to start staging title games in outdoor stadiums in cold-weather cities. Cold weather football is real football.

 

[Spydey629]

There's also the fact that the CFP needs to start staging title games in outdoor stadiums in cold-weather cities. Cold weather football is real football.

Just because it’s your opinion certainly does not make it fact.

There has been ONE outdoor, northern Super Bowl. Specifically for the anniversary of 9/11. Even NFL cities that don’t get hit that bad with snow (i.e. Nashville) are looking to build domes, just for the sake of getting in the Super Bowl rotation once every 10-15 years.

The CFP was turned in the College Super Bowl for the same reasons. To be a destination event. With municipalities throwing money at the committee to get the game.

No one wants to go to Cleveland. Ever. Much less for a college football game in mid-January.

 

[doublejman]

Atlanta and Miami are 2 very good cities for the title game for multitude of reasons, congratulations to both of them.

 

[GKJ]

CFP picks Atlanta ('25), Miami ('26) as title hosts

Atlanta's Mercedez-Benz Stadium has been selected to host the 2025 College Football Playoff national championship game, while Miami's Hard Rock Stadium will be the site for 2026.

www.espn.com

Miami and Atlanta should be the last places the CFP title game is held. These games should have gone to Boston and NY/NJ.

We need to refrain from awarding certain events like the CFP title game to states like Florida and Georgia until certain things change for the better in those states. And we need to award more CFP title games to cold weather cities. Cleveland should be considered as the Browns have yet to host a playoff game in First Energy Stadium.

There's also the fact that the CFP needs to start staging title games in outdoor stadiums in cold-weather cities. Cold weather football is real football.

These games are not arbitrarily awarded. The cities bid on them, much like the Super Bowl and conference championships. If you want this to happen, you need to start by getting in the ears of city councils and organizers.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

We need to refrain from awarding certain events like the CFP title game to states like Florida and Georgia until certain things change for the better in those states.

Please have the honesty to elaborate, or delete that smug statement.

 

[Takuto Maruki]

There's also the fact that the CFP needs to start staging title games in outdoor stadiums in cold-weather cities. Cold weather football is real football.

Seems strange then that the balance of power in college football is tilted almost entirely to schools and a conference based within the Southeast...AKA where these two major markets are based in.

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

Seems strange then that the balance of power in college football is tilted almost entirely to schools and a conference based within the Southeast...AKA where these two major markets are based in.

On the other hand, it would be interesting to see how Southern CFB powers fare in a harsh winter environment

 

[doublejman]

For the most part college football regular season ends the 1st week of December, when I lived in upper Midwest that was still mostly fall weather. Usually there are no big snowfalls or cold spells, that happens more towards the end of December into January and February. I’m guessing the players are more use to 70’s and 80 degrees Miami weather or indoor temps in Atlanta then 10 degrees in January in Chicago for example.

 

[Voight]

College football is biggest in the South. Both of these choices are very logical, especially financially.

They are also two of the cities in the main Super Bowl rotation, so no surprise they are getting CFP games.

 

[HisIceness]

There's also the fact that the CFP needs to start staging title games in outdoor stadiums in cold-weather cities. Cold weather football is real football.

Thats not going to happen.

 

[GKJ]

Also the media hates being in the north. They want a vacation. They bitched and moaned about a New York Super Bowl and it wasn’t even cold, although everyone got out before a snowstorm hit.

 

[Voight]

Fans would also prefer to not freeze their rear ends off during a game (especially one where they're paying thousands for tickets). Or at least watch it in the comfort of a domed stadium / warm weather.