How did we end up with 2 bye's this season?

i believe it happens every few years due to an extra week in the season. if i recall this occurred a few years back. eveyone has two byes this season it's not just us.

Extra Bye is to celebrate that culture

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Both byes this season lined up with some good games to watch while not worrying about the Ags

TyperWoods said:

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Extra Bye is to celebrate that culture

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Plus, end of season 2-day golf tourney for the bye week.

Everybody has 2 byes this year. I assumed it was a format change.

I swear I read something stating it was related to the extended playoffs starting this year but I cannot find where I read it.

Edit

I was wrong. Answer below

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-schedule-why-does-every-team-get-two-bye-weeks-during-the-2024-season/amp/

DrZ said:

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Everybody has 2 byes this year. I assumed it was a format change.

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This is correct.

Nope. Not a format change

we got three...since we got new mexico san pavia... since he left NM for Vany...

bdavis166 said:

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How did we end up with 2 bye's this season?

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bye curious post

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we got three...since we got new mexico san pavia... since he left NM for Vany...

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Some might interpret that as Pavia ducking A&M...?

Not me, though. I think Pavia wanted a better degree, better competion, and more NIL. Nashville vs Las Cruces would also have figured into the equation. Does state of Tennessee have an income tax? No.

CB, '67

If thiNgs go juSt right ... we maY have the NeCessity for (3) byes this year.

It has to do with this being an election year, in addition to next Easter falling on April 20th.

"Teams have two byes this year due to an NCAA bylaw that prohibits FBS programs from playing their first game of the season prior to the Thursday before Labor Day, which fell on Aug. 29 this year. That marked the official start of Week 1, with the first full Saturday of college football falling on Aug. 31.

Between Aug. 31 and Nov. 30 -- the final Saturday in November -- there are 14 Saturdays to play 12 regular season games. That means a majority of FBS teams will be provided an extra week off. Some teams, like Florida State, will even have three bye weeks."



It has everything to do with an extra weekend between labor day and the final Saturday in November, and nothing to do with election years or playoffs or anything else.

Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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bdavis166 said:

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How did we end up with 2 bye's this season?

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bye curious post

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Most FBS teams have two bye weeks this year because there are 14 Saturdays between Labor Day and Thanksgiving weekends instead of the usual 13 Saturdays between these two weekends. That's why most teams had two bye weeks in 2013, 2014, and 2019. It will be the same next year before reverting to one bye week in 2026. Assuming 12-game regular season schedules, the next time for two bye weeks after 2024 and 2025 is 2030 and 2031.

It will be the same next year, before reverting back in 2026.

DrZ said:

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Everybody has 2 byes this year. I assumed it was a format change.

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No, it's because there are 14 Saturdays between Labor Day and Thanksgiving weekends instead of the usual 13 Saturdays between these two weekends. It will be the same next year before reverting to one bye week in 2026. Assuming 12-game regular season schedules, the next time for two bye weeks after 2024 and 2025 is 2030 and 2031.

Mozart Paintings said:

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"Teams have two byes this year due to an NCAA bylaw that prohibits FBS programs from playing their first game of the season prior to the Thursday before Labor Day, which fell on Aug. 29 this year. That marked the official start of Week 1, with the first full Saturday of college football falling on Aug. 31.

Between Aug. 31 and Nov. 30 -- the final Saturday in November -- there are 14 Saturdays to play 12 regular season games. That means a majority of FBS teams will be provided an extra week off. Some teams, like Florida State, will even have three bye weeks."



It has everything to do with an extra weekend between labor day and the final Saturday in November, and nothing to do with election years or playoffs or anything else.

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Looks like Florida State treated most weeks as a bye week.