Every game I’ve watched these guys are having a blast.
Can we put to bed the narrative that players hate bowl games.
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The ones who are playing enjoy it. Unfortunately, a lot of teams have a bunch of top players who opt out.
I always wait until 4th quarter to check in. If it's going to good that's when it happens.
To be clear, there are posters on this board asking for there to be less football. I don’t get it
Yep, and I don't get that. I really enjoyed the ECU Pitt game this morning. Army beating UConn right now. Fun games to watch!
Players and can play and have fun, and you all can watch and be entertained. But like Bill C, they are still exhibitions that don’t matter and simply a reward for a good season, where you can treat it like winning doesn’t matter. Because it doesn’t, at least except for that moment.
Who had the over/under for goat’s response at 9?
There’s actual money in it for them.
I suspect that whether the motivation is having fun and/or getting paid, most of these guys who opt in want to win any time they put on a uniform.
Absolutely. It’s a ridiculous idea. As if college guys hate taking a week long free trip to whatever city getting treated like royalty with food, going to theme parks or whatever, and swag while playing the game they love to play on the last day. Sounds terrible.
That’s way too many words to write “I hate joy.”
Then it is very simple. Don’t watch. And if you could be so kind not to announce it when you don’t. Thanks.
Bowls have never mattered, except for a few and many times only one, and it hasalways been this way. It's not some new occurrence because of the CFB Playoff like some argue. It wasn't until the late 60's that the final polls were released after the bowls were played. I don't know why people have started bitching about this the last few years, because that's the way it's always been. Maybe, because of perceived oversaturation? My comment on that is if you don't like don't watch and shut up about it.
It’s the opt-outs mainly, which started roughly around the time of the playoff. It’s wasn’t ignore the exhibitionism if at least the whole teams are committed to playing and the teams resemble what they did during the year.
I get that part of it, but still they've always been exhibitions regardless f what players were playing
I think one thing that gets lost in all the current college chaos is that for around 90% of these seniors, this is the last organized football that they’ll ever play
There could be 70 bowls and I’d be fine with it. The only problem I have with more games is playoff expansion. I feel like the college football regular season is the best of all sports and every game has so much weight. I don’t want the playoffs to expand to the point where a 3rd loss doesn’t have dire consequences.
The Pop Tart bowl seems to be the bowl in which the players have the most fun.
Your advice on anything is less than worthless, but thank you.
The guys whose eligibility is up, 90% of whom will never play the game again, appreciate the chance to play one more time. I doubt they care if you watch or not.
This is a bit negative goet. Let’s get back on track. You were doing really well big guy
Correct. I’ll also add that the CFP doesn’t matter either. Nor does the regular season. It’s all just fun as far as the fans go. It’s all like bitching about how Game of Thrones ended.
Seems to be just our players and coaches. Wanted the game but didn't want to play. Free vacation to Charolette