Going Off The Grid: Executives Talk College Bowl Season, Breakout Properties For '18

"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 update us on their holiday shopping and also dish on the ever-changing college bowl season.

• Stats Chief of Product and Technology Officer Troy Anderson
  -- Aside from sports, Jon Oliver is the ONLY show he watches religiously.
• Fox Sports VP/Programming & Live Operations Jodi Valbuena 
  -- Always renews her subscription to People.
• Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment Senior VP/Partnership Marketing Josh Pruss
  -- Gets his "news" from Trevor Noah on "The Daily Show."
• Gateway Motorsports Park Exec VP & GM Chris Blair
  -- Downloads "Narcos" and "The Sopranos" for his plane rides.

Going Off The Grid
	Holiday shopping: done or not close?	Should CFB cut back on number of bowls?	Pick one to watch: Sugar or Rose Bowl	Breakout sports property in '18	Last thing you Googled
Anderson	Ninety percent done	If we need quarterfinals, we need fewer games	Sugar. No offense to my Bulldog or Sooner friends	Seattle Supersonics!	Stanford football
Valbuena	Done	Yes. Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl? For real?	Sugar	Supercross	John Skipper
Pruss	Not done. Thankful for Amazon Prime	There are viewers, so play the games	Sugar	NBA G League	Nik Stauskas highlights
Blair	Starting on Dec. 23, I promise!	Yes. Let's make it 8 wins to be bowl eligible	Sugar -- there will be documentaries on the Clemson-Bama rivalry	My fingers are crossed it's IndyCar	Towing capacity of heavy-duty diesel trucks -- to tow my son's race car