Putting on college football's championship is a four-year game

Tampa will host the 2029 College Football Playoff's national championship game in 2029, but its a world away from a Super Bowl.


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Rob Higgins, CEO of USF Athletics, Derrick Brooks, former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and NFL and college football Hall of Famer, and Santiago Corrada, CEO, Visit Tampa Bay watch a presentation on the 2029 CFP championship game coming to Tampa. Titus O’Neil, a retired professional wrestler and college football player at the University of Florida looks on from the second row.
Rob Higgins, CEO of USF Athletics, Derrick Brooks, former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and NFL and college football Hall of Famer, and Santiago Corrada, CEO, Visit Tampa Bay watch a presentation on the 2029 CFP championship game coming to Tampa. Titus O’Neil, a retired professional wrestler and college football player at the University of Florida looks on from the second row.
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On a Tuesday morning in late October, a group of prominent Tampa leaders gathered in front of the media at Raymond James Stadium to make an announcement.

This group of local heavyweights ranged from the city’s mayor, to a Tampa Bay Buccaneer legend and Hall of Famer, to a professional wrestler. The mood, as it often is with these folks when they gather with cameras around, was buoyant.

 

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