Board 8 > So what's the point of all the college bowl games?

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It's so ridiculous how many there are now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_bowl_games#Other_current_bowl_games

The fact that there's even something called a ****ing Chick-Fil-A bowl is ridiculous. By next year I'm expecting the Taco Bell bowl.

Why do people even care about these things? They don't mean anything and pretty soon every D1 team will be involved in one.

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Beef 'O' Brady's bowl. I mean come on.

absolutely nothing because it's a joke sport

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Bowl names have gotten progressively worse in the last ten years or so

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl

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What really annoyed me about this is that I'm on a mini-vacation in Arizona. Was out here for my cousin's amazing wedding yesterday here at the Biltmore. But on Friday, me and my cousin wanted to watch the Lesnar/Overeem fight at BWW. The closest one was in Tempe, where ASU is, and where the "Inspiration Bowl" was happening that night. Our taxi ride gained another $15 because of the traffic buildup trying to get there. The BWW was literally 2 blocks from the stadium, and we then even had to stand there for almost an hour before we were seated.... and even then, it was only because two other guys offered to let us sit with them. This pointless bowl just caused us so many problems.

Orange Bowl still the best name

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schools get money for going ot the bowl games, the players get mini vacations, they do fun stuff all week

tv ratings

pretty much the reason anything is done

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From: ExThaNemesis | #008
absolutely nothing because it's a joke sport

because duke sucks and you can't choose a random powerhouse to support because it would make you look more like a frontrunner

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It was the Insight Bowl, not the Inspiration Bowl

Chick-Fil-A Bowl, which used to be the Peach Bowl, is actually one of the older and more respected bowls.

Obviously there are too many nowadays, but bowl season is fun

Plus the players get free stuff

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From: Dr_Football | #016
It was the Insight Bowl, not the Inspiration Bowl

Chick-Fil-A Bowl, which used to be the Peach Bowl, is actually one of the older and more respected bowls.

Obviously there are too many nowadays, but bowl season is fun

Plus the players get free stuff

Yeah, but calling it that kills the credibility. I hate the rampant corporatism.

meh, pretty much every sporting event is sponsored out the wazoo, who cares?

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I didn't realize that GameFAQs contests counted as playoffs.

I got payed $125 to ride a bus down to New Orleans, spend the weekend there, and play some music.

So do NOT tell me these bowls are pointless. If there was no such thing as an R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, then I would have missed out on one of the best weekends I had last year(by which I mean 2010).

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I don't know why all of the lesser bowls have to have a "point." It's football, it doesn't need to. Yeah they're basically exhibition games but who cares, they're fun. I want a playoff system in football, but I wouldn't want to lose all of the other bowls to it.

Bowls are awesome because it's more college football. For a lot of the smaller schools, who are never gonna have a chance at a national championship game or playoffs if they existed, it's a great honor to go to a bowl, and the fanbase rallies around them. It's just a chance to watch your team win one more game, often at a cool place (or occasionally Boise, ID).