December Is Too Busy and Bowl Season Suffers

The value of college football bowl games has declined since the College Football Playoff. The transfer portal is a distraction in the midst of bowl season. Most of the players in transfer portals are backups looking for a better opportunity. In this year's Holiday Bowl, North Carolina has lost both of their starting cornerbacks and a few of its backups. Oregon will be without Dont’e Thornton, DJ Johnson, and Noah Sewell. The biggest problem with the transfer window is that players need to make the decision as soon as the season ends. There's no way around it. If there is going to be a transfer Portal, it needs to take place in December.

Early Signing Day is great for fans, recruits and coaches, but it's bad for bowl games. The signing period should be moved to early or mid January. It's a reward and opportunity, instead of a race to fill out the recruiting class. It should not compete with the bowl season. There is no need for the early signing day in mid December.

The early signing period can cause chaos in the programs. It can also be a reason why some recruits de-committed and others switched to the Ducks. The Alamo Bowl game suffered from two head coaching departures earlier in December. Most schools looking to renovate their entire coaching staffs didn't make a bowl game.

The coaching carousel is aligned with the transfer portal, opt-outs and early signing period.

December is too busy and the season suffers.