Therein lies the problem … we need a reset in college football.
That’s ashame … bowl season used to be really fun. I remember how excited everybody was when Tech got invited to a bowl game in 1970 for the first time since Dodd’s last year. It was a great time … too bad we’ve lost that culture.
Our game had a feel of excitement to it. At least for our side. But it did not attract anyone who was not attached to either team.
So just play conference games and let that be it. Why have Tech & Ole Miss play each other, just get the season over with so the small percentage can showcase their talent and go pro asap. Screw tradition, enjoyment, team comradery, etc … Gee wheez
That’s ok … I believe the Tech team and fans had a really good time participating in that meaningless game . Bowl games also match up different conferences against each other … I was rooting like crazy for Clemson yesterday.
Exactly. The bowls will be replaced by playoff games. Whether or not high end players on the #22 team play in them is to be determined but at least the games will matter for a goal. I enjoyed the heck out of Tampa and watching our team but we all knew that game meant nothing. When we were down early none of us had that same gut feeling of angst like when we were down to UNC. It’s because we all knew that game wasn’t nearly as important as the UNC game. Bottom line is college football is awesome but it’s been run by a mafia style organization for decades which controlled the bowls and rule enforcement and did both unevenly. While it took 60 years to finally implement a playoff system and send the corrupt bowl system to the dustbin of history we are finally on the cusp of a quasi fair system. When it expands into the 20’s and beyond the little guy will finally have a chance during those 1 in 20 years it all comes together.
Ahem, I take exception to this broadbrush generalization.
That was also an era where there were only a dozen or so bowls and 2 or 3 (Tangerine, Camellia, etc.) of those were for so-called D-1A or "Small Colleges"..... getting to a Gator, Liberty, Sun, Bluebonnet, Peach, e.g., was obviously not as big as Rose, Cotton, Sugar or Orange, but it was additional exposure & revenue for NATS.
Great point and I’m going to use it when I have to deal with dwags: “You won two titles during the pro wrestling era of college football. No one respects your Fake Titles. But thank you for the pizza.”
The state of NIL and the Transfer Portal is all the NCAA’s fault, that’s why. Had the NCAA implemented gate revenue sharing with the players even 5 years ago as CFB evolved into a billion dollar industry where HC’s are making $10+ million a year and AD’s are making millions, then P5 football wouldn’t be in the mess it’s in. Instead the NCAA relied on the Supreme Court to back them and instead the Supreme Court correctly blamed the NCAA and pretty much rendering the NCAA powerless.
So I guess the players from yesteryear that were going to be high NFL draft choices but competed with their team to the very end were stupid.
The system/setup has evolved to make such things stupid. In yesteryear the potential earning loss was likely less severe and further those players likely had less information readily available to know so.
To kind of highlight ill-conceived notions here like with the portal timing, nowadays coaches likely Have to bail on players before bowl games cause with when the portal opens a school would be insane to wait on a new head coach arriving for after the bowl game. It's like they looked at what was a ööööty situation occurring due to selfish reasons and make it so the ööööty situation would occur more but at least for less selfish reasons.