Everyone acts like this is something new. Bowl games that did not include teams vying for a national championship never meant anything. Go back a ways and they were played after the champion was crowned. They were always intended as a reward for the team and the fans.
Do you honestly think commentators just started discussing more important post season games during meaningless post season games when the playoffs started?

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Posted by tigerinridgeland

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Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:32 am to BhamTigah

You are absolutely correct. I might add that for teams that don’t compete regularly for the top spots in rankings or in the CFP, bowls tend to be a big deal to those teams and their fans. Ole Miss fans were ecstatic to have been in the Sugar Bowl a few years ago. You can bet the Cotton meant something to Memphis, and Virginia was thrilled to be in the Orange. Even other non P5 teams are happy to be in any bowl at all. But overall, interest in the bowls that don’t have a national championship implication has never been all that great except to the teams playing and their fans. There are some exceptions from time to time.

This post was edited on 1/2/20 at 7:34 am

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