Meaningless...but have been damn entertaining

I hate to finally admit it. But I’m most excited about the twelve or so practices we get to eval future talent.


I believe I came to this after the KSU Texas bowl game

This comes after times that I was really pissed after bowl games. The Penn State mud bowl had me pissed.

Bowl games originally were for areas to create cash flow for local businesses. Maybe players had fun, maybe fans made trips out of them. Because there weren’t many, they had some compelling matchups.
TV money changed them to “shows “,

It was insane how terrible that field was. I've watched footage of the game since and the camera did not do well at depicting the actual crap those boys played in. It even smelled like arse.

They all look like shite on paper so I haven't watched any. Are they actually good?

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The bowl games were always meaningless since they started.

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I reject the notion that games and seasons only have meaning if there are national title implications. The bowls historically haven’t been any less meaningful than the Vandy and Oklahoma games were this year. I fail to understand why players and fans see a distinction. Why not just opt out as soon as your team is out of the national title chase? I get that it has become self-fulfilling now that opt-outs and transfers have become commonplace, but it did not have to be that way and it hasn’t always been that way.

As to historical bowl results, people do still compare schools based upon bowl records, Top 5 finishes, Top 10 finishes, Top 25 finishes, all-time AP standings, etc. Bowl results had meaning in that context.

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Bowl games BECAME meaningless in the last 15-20 years.

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Bowl games were originally rewards for teams having successful seasons. It's all the festivities & pageantry surrounding the major bowls that fans became enamored with.

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And now that the NCAA has gone for a ridiculous money grab with an unnecessary 12 team playoff, ALL the non-playoff games are OFFICIALLY meaningless.

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The major bowls were always a money grab. From the NCAA, to the Bowl associations, television networks & institutions themselves. Now the money grab has morphed into something else & people are mad.

BCS bowl wins had prestige even if you didn’t make the national title game. It was similar to winning your conference

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As to historical bowl results, people do still compare schools based upon bowl records, Top 5 finishes, Top 10 finishes, Top 25 finishes, all-time AP standings, etc. Bowl results had meaning in that context.

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I say something similar in all of these threads. There isn’t actually anything meaningless about these games, they count just like every other one.

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I reject the notion that games and seasons only have meaning if there are national title implications

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Well framed argument

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It even smelled like arse.

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You'd think Louisianans would be used to it....this entire states stinks