I don’t understand why some of you guys want to get rid of minor bowl games like this. This game has been a lot of fun to watch.
I don't think anyone WANTS to get rid of any bowl game. It's that they just don't matter to most players and coaches, and the calendar is all whacked out around them.
I love the bowl games. Just wish we could eliminate all of the opt outs.
Not happening unless you incentivize it through NIL.
I’ll never understand why football fans want less football. Just another thing for unhappy people to ***** about.
Because to many people it's more than football. It was, to me, for a long time. Now that I care much less (mainly due to NIL), I see it more like you're talking about here - as just entertainment, so yeah, I got no issues with playing bowl games. I'll even watch the FCS playoffs if I just happen to be sitting around.
But to sum it up, they've just ruined the institution of it all, that many people here grew up with. It may be great again one day, and the previous system wasn't perfect (i.e. rigid bowl tie-ins and BCS could only take 2 teams). But at least you knew where everything stood, and if you were a good but not great G5 team or a mediocre P5 team, you had a consolation prize that mattered. Heck many teams would build that one bowl-breakout season where they got to 6-6, but got extra practice in order to build for the following year. That stuff was fun. But once that playoff started, it became clear quickly that bowls were being devalued, especially the ones that included teams that missed their expectations. And now that you have the portal, it's almost better to not be concerned with bowl practice. Maybe it's all an exercise in parity, though.
