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

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What exactly did the bowls mean before the playoffs?

Illusions and delusions, college football is thy name.

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I don't disagree. It was false if you will but going to the Rose Bowl, Sugar, Orange at one point had some meaning. A few times when a bid was seemingly being won on the field you saw fans throwing oranges to the field, players pouring sugar on the sidelines....Pac 10 (back then) and Big 10 teams really wanted to play in the Rose Bowl...there was demonstration of joy for playing those games.

All that is long gone.