Are Bowl Games Becoming Meaningless?

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Back in 1985 we had a total of 18 bowl gameshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985–86_NCAA_football_bowl_games with then ending on January 1st with the Rose, Cotton, Fiesta, Sugar & Orange bowls.

In 2021-22 we have over 40 bowl gameshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–22_NCAA_football_bowl_games .

Nowadays it has turned into nothing more than a corporate sponsorship parade of bowl games full of teams with barely over .500 season records. The bowl season has been watered down and diluted.

In the past it was a badge of honor for a successful football season. Today it's just another corporate sponsored mass production assembly line event.
ESPN College Football: Mark Schlabach joins The Paul Finebaum Show to discuss Mike Leach and Texas Tech, the state of bowl games and more.
 
At the risk of posting in here, let's see if we can get this thread to take off!

Slick Rick on Mitch's podcast a couple weeks back predicts that bowl games will eventually become the non-conference schedule the first 2-3 weeks of the season. Interesting idea.
 
Most of then became meaningless before the BCS era. It got worse with the playoff, and is now at the point where it's hard to explain why they still exist.

The cancelations and lack of anyone outside of the teams getting fucked caring should finally deal the death blow. I assume a new plan for next season is already being worked on. That's probably a bad assumption. They probably assembled a brain trust of Jenn Cohens to figure out how to overercome the apathy and sell the bowl games better. In other words more of the same.
 
When UW went to the Sun Bowl in 79 with a 9-2 record it was cool

But basically once James got rolling the minor bowls we? went to were meaningless

Rose Bowl or bust

The change today is the devaluation of the Rose 🌹

 
Five words that could save bowl games and restore a little relevancy to college football: 32 team tour na ment
 
I've never seen a bigger contrast with teams who are into it (TTech, Air Force, Army, to name a few), versus teams and coaches who don't give a shit. Interim coaches playing backups filling in for the underwear olympics crew. Coaches not giving a shit because their dudes bailed on the bowel game. Players not giving a shit because the coach bailed a month ago...SO fucking soft.

I didn't watch NFL for about 10 years, after hearing an announcer say "In today's game, Dick Butkus, Ray Nitschke, Tommy Nobis would all be out of the game on 3rd and 5 or more, for an extra defensive back"...Fuck that, players play, and winners win, so I'm told...I'm going to go check on the mail now, and then take a nap...
 
Any game after the final CFP is set should generally be considered worthless, based on the product we see on the field for those games. Imagine being expected to travel so you can watch your team's second string?
 
Yeah bowl games are worthless except that many people get a lot of December off and the alternative to wacky games and outcomes is watching shitty NBA covid teams and NCAA basketball dick measuring contest games that will not matter come March. Or the No Fun League.
 
When UW went to the Sun Bowl in 79 with a 9-2 record it was cool

But basically once James got rolling the minor bowls we? went to were meaningless

Rose Bowl or bust

The change today is the devaluation of the Rose 🌹
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And beating Texas
 
Five words that could save bowl games and restore a little relevancy to college football: 32 team tour na ment
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How would that save bowl games?
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I explained my thoughts on that in a previous post. You're not likely to agree, and are a cock sucker, so I'm not going to explain it now.
 
Five words that could save bowl games and restore a little relevancy to college football: 32 team tour na ment
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How would that save bowl games?
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I explained my thoughts on that in a previous post. You're not likely to agree, and are a cock sucker, so I'm not going to explain it now.
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Ah that was uncalled for. I'm sure you're a swell fella.

I'd try reducing to a total of four bowl games and make it the quarterfinal round. Or a max of eight and make it the second round. You'd get better matchups and better games, and make the surviving bowl games that much more meaningful and fun, if it was the round of 8 only.

Making the semis bowl games means there are two meaningful bowls. Making it the quarterfinals means there are 4. Thats my thinking. I'm not saying it's creative or brilliant and won't satisfy everyone, but I think it's a simple solution that would work.

 
It's special watching these bowel games. The head coach left two weeks ago for greener pastures, 3-4 key players on each side of ball are sitting it out for the draft. Pathetic... Burn it down or have an 8 team playoff with conference champs in major conferences going, have another NITish tourney for everyone else.
 
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