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re: Myth: "The BCS/CFP ruined college football by making all other bowl games irrelevant."
Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:58 am to JustGetItRight
Posted on 1/5/21 at 8:58 am to JustGetItRight
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For most of their existence, bowl games didn't really matter.
Consider that until a few years ago, Army, one of the most decorated programs in college football history, had played in exactly 5 college bowl games.
Bowl games started to become important in the 60s with the Arkansas/Alabama debacle. Which, the football gods being cruel gods, turned around and bit Arkansas the very next year. But you would have to wait for Bear Bryant to start throwing his weight around to create unofficial national title games in the 70s for them to really get a ton of attention.
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Posted on 1/5/21 at 9:32 am to Arksulli
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Bowl games started to become important in the 60s with the Arkansas/Alabama debacle. Which, the football gods being cruel gods, turned around and bit Arkansas the very next year.
1964
Both major polls award titles before bowl games. Bama and Arky both undefeated. Bama voted champs. Bama loses Sugar Bowl, Arky wins Cotton Bowl.
AP decides to change and award the title after the bowl games.
1965
Alabama opens the season with a 1 point loss to Georgia. Arky again goes undefeated in the regular season. Arky loses the Cotton Bowl to LSU. Alabama thumps #3 Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl. Alabama voted AP national champions.
AP goes back to awarding the national title at the end of the regular season.
I don't think you can find a better microcosm of both Arkansas football and the power of the REC than those 2 years.
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