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[QUOTE="DomeHolmes, post: 5227866, member: 10113"]
They say that “they don’t count, and no one cares” and love the word “meaningless” , but then they still watch them!  And critique poor play!  And get upset about results.   I never understood the irrational hatred for lower/mid tier bowls.

as far as caring, most of the fanbases care, hundreds of thousands of TV viewers care, the sponsors care, the economies of the towns the bowls are in care, the coaches care. 98% of the players care, their parents who might get one last chance to see them play care, the kids on bad programs that got to 6/6 that never played at a bowl game before care , the universities who spend millions of dollars on athletic programs that (often) lose money care, the people that love to bet on sports care, the people who realize that a lower tier bowl game is better than anything else on a teusday night care, the people that realize that it’s great to play a rival (like West Virginia) that we don’t get to play anymore in a bowl game care, the people that pay for scholarships for athletes to compete for their school care.  The people paying NIL care.

it seems that the only people who don’t care are a few players on draft boards, and a few fans who believe that if you don’t play for a championship that you should just go home.    I bet many of those people believe that once you lose two games and can no longer make the playoff, you should probably stop playing and not risk injury too.
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