re: IMO. Bowl Games should be turned into preseason matchups.

I get what you’re saying, but I don’t think it really fixes the problem. If it replaces the spring game, star players and players with minor injuries would 100% be held out or have snaps limited. You’d be playing with more backups than we currently are in bowl games. For example, this year Kayshon will play the whole bowl game. If it was changed to a spring game, he would play the first half maybe.

If you are suggesting it be used to decide what teams should play each other week 1 of the next season, coaches/schools would absolutely hate that. You’d also have all of your most high profile matchups in the first week, which isn’t exactly a great product. And it would possibly force some teams to play each other twice in the regular season.