the neutral site playoff games where literally 6 days notice is given are destined to fail... there's literally a groupon for the pac12 title game that came into my email today. i live 15 minutes from Levi's Stadium and no fucking chance i'm going to that game... this guy will be sittin' home, eating nachos, drinking a cab that tastes like a table wine and waiting for the wife to go to sleep so I can find some solid asian porn to "watch for 5 minutes".
Yep. How does this get solved? There aren't enough affluent alumni to buy tickets and make travel plans on short notice. Few students can go. The neutral site locals don't give a fuck. Sure it's good TV but who is going to fill big ass stadiums to watch these games live?
Fuck the whole thing. Go back to meaningful bowl games and the associated bitching and arguments.