re: I don’t get this....

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I was shocked that it would be difficult to motivate players for the Sugar Bowl, but I guess times have changed.

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they absolutely have, this isn't the cfb of even 10 years ago. Even during the BCS era when you had 1 title game for 1v2, all the other big time BCS bowls still had that old school allure that got people fired up.

Nowadays, I think kids think "well we're not in the playoffs, so waht's the point?" not to mention the utterly stupid recent fad of sitting out the bowl game to save yourself for the NFL. We had just lost our chance at the playoffs and were going to a game that we were honestly better than, whereas texas had a pretty bad season utnil late then turned it on and were coming in hot. They also hadn't played ina bowl worth a damn since the NCG 9 yeras prior, and hadn't played in the sugar bowl since 1995. Their team and fanbase was fired up and saw that as a win and somethign to look forward to while our guys saw it as a consolation prize that we simploy had to go do before the season could end.

Granted, it's still on kirby to combat all that and get them motivated, but I can at least see WHY things were wonky in that regard.