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Originally Posted by Bearcat
Yeah, I generally hate Cinderella teams across all sports... it's a fun ride until they get so far, and then they typically fail spectacularly.
I think 12 makes sense assuming they give 1-4 byes and let 5-12 play in... I'd personally like to expand to 6 and give the top 2 byes and have always thought 8 was more than enough, but we'll see.
There are already plenty of blowouts, so I'm not sure this would actually make it a ton worse... we may just determine 5-12 is just as bad as the typical 4 seed.
I think it could have some advantages in the long run though as schools get more opportunities to play in meaningful games... the rest of the bowl system is a complete joke of meaningless games.
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Yeah, unless your in the CFP or a New Years Six bowl, it really doesn’t matter. The rest of the bowls are pretty much meaningless. It’s just a money grab to get fans of schools to travel and for bowls and their corporate sponsors to peddle their products.
I guess the kids get a little SWAG so that makes it more bearable for them, although it’s getting to the point now where so many guys are opting out that’s it’s almost not even worth playing some of these games anymore. The team you see play in the bowl game is NOT the same team you saw during the regular season (due to injuries, injury concerns, opt outs, transfer portal, etc.)