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RE: A modest proposal

(01-11-2020 11:59 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:
(01-10-2020 08:56 PM)SeñorTiger Wrote:
(01-10-2020 06:15 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote: It would make the regular season meaningless. Not really, but that's the argument against it from the pundits.

Personally, I would favor going back to no playoff, which would make ALL the bowls meaningful again.

I do not understand this line of thinking. What made the Cotton Bowl more important 10 years ago than this year? In neither case was a team playing for a potential national championship. Everything is the exact same for all teams except for two additional teams now have a shot at the championship. But for every other school the bowl they play in is no less or more important than before the playoffs were implemented.

The reason the Cotton Bowl was more important 10 years ago than now is, 10 years ago, not every waking moment on football commentary and coverage (even in game broadcasts) was concentrated on the playoff race. Now, every game during the regular season, and even the bowl games, has turned into a 4 hour commercial for the playoffs. It's a huge insult, and a constant reminder while you are watching your game that if you are not in the top 6 of the CFP, YOU DON'T MATTER...

Prior to the CFP it was the BcS, prior to that it was the top bowl matchup. Had ESPN, college football for that matter, been the cash draw it is now, it would've been just as bad as it is now. They would just pick the one or two bowl games that mattered the most and hype the hell out of them. Just imagine if you are a bowl game played after the Sugar Bowl (if that was the bowl determining the champ), you wouldn't get any mentions at all. It would be a regular season game, at best.

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A modest proposal - Keeper - 01-10-2020, 05:50 PM

RE: A modest proposal - ncrdbl1 - 01-10-2020, 06:01 PM

RE: A modest proposal - fsquid - 01-10-2020, 06:04 PM

RE: A modest proposal - geosnooker2000 - 01-10-2020, 06:15 PM

RE: A modest proposal - SeñorTiger - 01-10-2020, 08:56 PM

RE: A modest proposal - geosnooker2000 - 01-11-2020, 11:59 AM

RE: A modest proposal - SeñorTiger - 01-11-2020, 01:17 PM

RE: A modest proposal - MvETigers - 01-11-2020 04:18 PM

RE: A modest proposal - tigerdave84701112 - 01-10-2020, 06:33 PM

RE: A modest proposal - tmoneyinmphs - 01-10-2020, 09:01 PM

A modest proposal - fsquid - 01-11-2020, 06:11 AM

RE: A modest proposal - Alanda - 01-12-2020, 12:52 AM

RE: A modest proposal - MvETigers - 01-12-2020, 06:41 PM

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