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Posted on 6/11/21 at 4:38 am to SECFan413
Posted on 6/11/21 at 4:38 am to SECFan413
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Since 1992, only one bowl game has truly mattered.
It’s a lazy argument to suggest that the playoff has killed the other bowls.
I strongly disagree. I became aware of Alabama Football in the late-90s and was super excited (along with my father) to see our favorite team win the SEC and make it to the Orange Bowl in 1999. Even if it wasn't the national championship, making a BCS bowl was a big deal at that time. Because back then it wasn't "national championship or bust." The networks still talked about other teams who weren't in the national title picture. We all understood that Florida State vs. Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl was for all the marbles, but ESPN and other networks still put a lot of emphasis on the other "big" bowl games - not just the BCS.
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Posted on 6/11/21 at 7:31 am to RollTide1987
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The networks still talked about other teams who weren't in the national title picture. We all understood that Florida State vs. Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl was for all the marbles, but ESPN and other networks still put a lot of emphasis on the other "big" bowl games - not just the BCS.
So if ESPN paid more attention to the Outback Bowl guys wouldn’t opt out?
You were excited for Bama to make the Orange Bowl because up til then it had been several years since Bama had been truly relevant. It wouldn’t have mattered who had said what. USC, Nebraska, UT, etc. fans wouid be in the same boat if their team was achieving the same.
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