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

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What am I missing?

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Nothing, I've said basically the same thing on this board several times. I think a culture shift and players being more cognizant of money has been what killed bowl games, not the system we use to determine national titles, because, like you said, the number of meaningful games in the national title race during bowl season hasn't decreased. The system is just an easy place to point the finger to draw attention to expand the playoffs again so more money can be made. Adding 4 more teams to the playoffs doesn't make the other bowls more meaningful, but rather less.

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.