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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1190443, member: 3201"]
Your perspective on the changing meaning of bowl games is totally accurate.

However...I don't have a problem with that at all.  I LOVE the system that more than one team can end the season on a high and feeling great.  Like Syracuse did after beating Minnesota last year.  Sure didn't seem like those kids thought it was meaningless.  I like seeing happy kids and happy fans.  I like the way Oklahoma and Clemson finished the season last year.

It's the only sport where more than one team leaves the season happy.

Sure, there are plenty of scenarios where a team like Miami or Texas goes 6-6 or 7-5 and is playing in a bowl way beneath them, but for each of them there are five teams truly excited to play a bowl, get a trip, and end on a positive note and set up enthusiasm for next year.

I'll never get the real problem with the bowls that people have.  There is no obligation to watch them. They don't do anything to screw up the bigger bowls.  I just don't get why people are so hard-pressed to take the game away from kids, and insist that they are punished for not winning 9-10 games.  When a team like Syracuse or Duke or Baylor comes out of a long funk, and defies the odds to get to 6-7 wins, I've got no problem with a reward.
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