re: Myth: "The BCS/CFP ruined college football by making all other bowl games irrelevant."

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I do agree that when the number of bowls essentially doubled, simply making a bowl no longer meant much when you can go 2-6 in your conference, beat 3 directional nobodies, and an FCS team and make a bowl. I remember not too terribly long ago teams going 7-4 or 8-3 and not getting invited to bowls. I remember when getting invited to a NYD was a big freaking deal. It's sad so many people don't care about bowl games anymore.

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This and finger can be pointed directly at ESPN. They created all of these minor bowls as a way to have more content. Over time, “bowl eligible” lost its meaning and value.