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2) I would hate to remove the bowl system and the idea that there is more than one winner in college football (especially with 119 teams).

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Why is this such a sacred cow?

There are more teams in Division I basketball. They seem to do OK with only "one winner".

And there's nothing that says you have to have "one winner" if you have a playoff! You could have any number of NIT-like mini tournaments in the post season. Bowls, even! Just don't try to integrate them into the playoffs.

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Have you ever been a long-term season ticket holder for a major university?

Do you donate thousands per year to a major university?


My guess to both is NO. I have and I do (well my family did and, now, I do). These are the people that make college football big. Among these subset, the bowl system is very, very popular. Scrapping it would alienate those that make college football gogogogogoggogo.

It's about getting together every week with family and friends. It's about having achievable goals for every school. Bowl games are as much about rewarding the fanbases as they are the teams themselves.

I've been to the All-American Bowl (now defunct). I've been to the Citrus Bowl (now Capital one). I've been to the Hall of Fame Bowl (now Outback). I've been to the Sun Bowl. I've been to the Liberty Bowl. I've been to the Micron PC Bowl. I've been to the Sugar Bowl. I've been to the Rose Bowl.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM MATTERED, though I have to say the Sugar Bowl was kind of hollow as it wasn't the Rose.

I could give two [censored] about a national title. The goal every year is the Rose Bowl. At least it is among the alumni supporters of the school I attended.


The bball tourney for NCAA is kind of a crapshoot. In no way would I want that to be the model to be followed. It's created a deadly atmosphere. For one, did you know that Bruce Weber is tied for the most wins in NCAAB with Coach K and Billy Donovan over his 4 year tenure at Illinois? Did you know that a majority of Illinois 'fans' want him fired? That's the attitude that comes with basketball.

In football, 2 Rose Bowls in his first four years would've made him a god and untouchable for a decade at least.

Bball is not healthy IMO.


my post is incoherent rambling... I don't know how to say it right... I think you're missing the point of college football.