College Football Playoff Committee Called Out For ‘Outright Fabrication’ On Moving Rose Bowl

<> at Rose Bowl on November 28, 2020 in Pasadena, California.

The Rose Bowl won’t be played in Pasadena in 2021.

The Tournament of Roses informed the sporting world that the game would be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 1 due to COVID-19 restrictions in the state of California.

“We know that the decision was not an easy one to make,” Tournament of Roses director David Eads said in a statement. “While we remain confident that a game could have been played at the Rose Bowl Stadium, as evident in the other collegiate and professional games taking place in the region, the projection of COVID-19 cases in the region has continued on an upward trend.”

However, the committee is being called out for the reason they want to move the game as Pat Forde took to Twitter and pointed out usinf COVID as the reason doesnt make sense because the game is moving to an area with a higher rate of positive tests.

The CFP announcing that it is moving out of the Rose Bowl due to "the growing number of COVID-19 cases in Southern California" is an outright fabrication. Positivity rate in L.A. County: 14.7 percent. Positivity rate in Tarrant County, where the game is moving: 17 percent.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) December 20, 2020

DFW will host six bowl games in the next few weeks, with teams and fans traveling from around the country. Dallas and Tarrant counties have higher case rates than any of the other large counties in Texas (Harris, Bexar, Travis, El Paso). What are we doing? https://t.co/n09BvtIiTV
— Kevin Trahan (@k_trahan) December 20, 2020