The problem with bowl games now is that the post season feels completely manufactured and meaningless when there's a meaningful postseason still going on on the other side.
Extra practices aren't as meaningful as some of you guys are projecting them to be on the higher end P4 teams especially the SEC and B1G teams.
The transfer portal is also massive, a lot of guys will use the bowl as a way to put things on tape and get more money or transfer out etc. Its just a completely misaligned incentive/reward structure.
Answer me this. Who are bowl games for?
I think the bowl games used to be for the teams as a reward - get swag, a trip, do fun stuff etc.
Now I think the bowls are only for the money. This is why they suck now.
It isn't, it's reality. The college football calendar is so incredibly fucked up now.
Bowls shouldn't be happening that late any more - matchups should be and could be set and bowls could start CCG weekend and go through next weekend and then CFB is done except the playoffs. That's how it should be, exhibition games.
CFP didn't ruin college football. Money transformed it.
They need to focus on the entertainment aspect of college football a lot more now and this year they failed miserably to put out an entertaining product leading up to the playoffs and perhaps through the first round.
I tried to book airfare and my wife wasn't having it.
Bowl games are impossible money grab pieces of shit. Have fun if you go, but you probably won't because it's Orlando plus its full on corporate nonsense.
Its also fair to say that Notre Dame got fucking jobbed by the refs and would only have the Miami loss if it weren't for pretty clear ref fuckery. The biggest problem is the majority of their schedule is super soft bullshit.
Winning by 10 against a #3 ranked rival with the game not being in question for the majority of the 4th quarter is lopsided.
Arkansas was also a great game.
I'm not glad about Texas not being in the playoffs. I think they are hot at the right time and they would make a deep run and have a legitimate shot at winning it all if they put it all together.
I do think that if there is limited attrition from the portal for Texas and a good 10 transfer class in to address major concerns Texas has a shot at being a wire to wire top 3 team next season.