Well, the bowl season is upon us and once again it is absolutely ridiculous. A "bowl" is supposed to be a game for the celebration of great teams...or if not great than at least good.
But there are dozens of bowls, so that now two teams that are 6-6 can go to a Bowl game. (For example, the Armed Forces Bowl, where Air Force at 9 - 3 is going against California 6 - 6.) Obviously it's done for the money, and obviously these games make money, but it's just ridiculous, and really diminishes the true impact of what a bowl should be.
The Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl...those are bowls!
But now we've got crap like:
the Motor City Bowl
the Liberty Bowl
the Capital One Bowl
the Chik-Fil-A Bowl
the Outback Bowl
the Champs Sports Bowl
(notice how many restaurants and businesses have their names in those bowls.)
It the teams in these bowls were each 9 - 3, or something in that neck of the woods, I wouldn't be complaining. But no team that is 6 - 6 has any business going to a bowl game.
Well, January 1 is the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Hawaii... everyone is pickign Georgia to roll over Hawaii, because Hawaii, though undefeated, has only played cupcakes.
Nevertheless I hope Hawaii wins.
(In checking the list of bowl games, it's intersting to note that they don't give the win loss records of any of the teams... well, that's only to be expected...and in any event I have no interest in any of the bowls til the real thing starts in January.
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