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Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye
Dude, playoffs and bowl games are two totally distinct things. Many fans want a playoff because they think the current BCS system sucks, that being they feel that the two best teams don't always play in the NC game. As for "interest", when you have a bowl game in a city of 4 million people and one of the teams is a Big Ten team from less than 200 miles away and you still can't sell it out, they ain't a whole lot of "interest". It may do well enough to barely turn a decent profit and earn the broadcasting media advertising revenue, but fan desire isn't the reason most bowl games exist.
So, just because bowl games mean income and increased exposure for the participating teams the bowl games aren't meaningless? Well then why don't we just have a bowl game for every single team in I-A? If you can't discern the difference in meaning or value of the Rose Bowl versu the Toilet Bowl, then you have issues. You're probably one of those folks who see nothing wrong in participation medals and pre-school "graduations".
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60,000 people at
any sporting event is not a lack of interest. You're blinding yourself with your own argument if you think otherwise.
I'm glad you think you've got me pegged. I know perfectly well what the Rose Bowl means and the tradition behind it. Do you really think that tradition is so weak that Tulsa and Bowling Green playing a "meaningless" game in Alabama takes away from it? It's funny that someone who is so concerned about the bowl traditions would still chuck it away for a brand-new system.