Going Off The Grid: Execs Discuss College Bowl Atmospheres, Future Of NFL

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, panelists dish on what the NFL will look like down the road, as well as their favorite bowl atmosphere.

• ESPN Coordinating Producer Steve Ackels
  -- Always curious of who the latest YouTube influences are.
• Pistons Senior VP/Operations for Little Caesars Arena Mike Willaert 
  -- Is trying to control his entire house from his phone.
• Excel Sports Management Senior VP/Athlete & Talent Marketing Bill Sanders
  -- Not sure how he'll go an entire year without "Outlander" or "Game of Thrones"
• CAA Sports' Monica Fee
  -- Keeps up with "Today" in the AM and "House Hunters" in the PM.
• Momentum Worldwide CEO Chris Weil
  -- Always has to have the latest tech.

Going Off The Grid
	What will the NFL look like in 10 years?	Favorite college football helmet	Best bowl atmosphere	Favorite band and/or concert	Favorite sports movie
Ackels	Games will be faster	Texas	Rose Bowl	Dave Matthews at Wrigley Field	"Slap Shot"
Willaert	Considerably safer	Michigan	Rose Bowl	Bruce Springsteen	"Rocky"
Sanders	Either safer or less relevant	UCLA	Rose Bowl	The Police at the Forum in '82 or U2 at the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena in '83	"Heaven Can Wait"
Fee	More global acceptance of the sport	Notre Dame	The Super Bowl	Arcade Fire	"Jerry Maguire"
Weil	Still will be the No. 1 most-watched sport in America	Ohio State	Rose Bowl	Roger Waters, The Wall at MSG	"Bull Durham"