re: Jacob Hester said that Damone Clark has been out in California so don’t expect him to play

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And it’s college football’s and the fan’s own fault by putting too much emphasis on the CFP and saying terms like “meaningless bowl games”.

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no, it's not the fans' fault and it has nothing to do with the playoffs.

The reason most bowls are meaningless is because there are far too many bowls. This year, there are 42 bowls, which means 84 out of 130 FBS teams go bowling. So yes, most of those bowl games are indeed meaningless.

Back in 1982, for example, there were 16 bowls games, so most of them were actually meaningful, and players and fans cared. Not now.

And the playoff isn't much different than the big 4 bowls that have been around forever. The Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton (and then the Fiesta) have always dominated bowl season. Now, the playoffs use two of them in the playoffs, and will use more of them when the playoff expands, and the others get NY6 status. And people care.

But nobody cares about the 25-30 garbage bowls, and rightfully so.