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College Football Bowls Are Meaningless and Entertaining
I don't see where folks are coming from when they call Boise State's win over Oklahoma "the best college football game I've ever seen," primarily because the game didn't mean a damn thing. Sure, it had a finish and marriage proposal that were pure storybook, and, sure, the blue field Broncos winning the Fiesta Bowl is the best underdog story since George Mason's Final Four run, but they were playing for pride and money; not championships.
Last year's BCS heavyweight bout, Texas over USC, now that's a game worthy of "best ever" designation, which is why I'll be watching Ohio State-Florida next Monday and probably not LSU-Notre Dame tonight. Every bowl game but one is a glorified exhibition, and, by and large, I don't watch exhbitions.
That does not, however, mean they aren't entertaining. Here's just a sampling of bowl-related FanHouse posts from the past few days that aren't to be missed ...
• A USC Song Girl appeared to go commando in the Rose Bowl, spawning extensive coverage of whether or not she was wearing an undergarment and exactly what her true identity is.
• Reggie Bush couldn't get a sideline pass for the Rose Bowl game which vaulted John David Booty into pole position for Heisman 2007.
• Brent Musberger and Bob Daviesconversed about bloggers and their impact on Lloyd Carr's job security.
• West Virginia (and Redskins!) legend Sam Huff can die happy now that the Mountaineers have beaten Georgia Tech in a bowl game, which may or may not have been Calvin Johnson's last run as a Yellow Jacket. And if C.J. does go pro, does Dwayne Jarrett go with him?
• Do not, under any circumstance, fail to watch the Jimi Hendrix video where he says, "Congratulations to the, what do you call that, Southern California Trojans. I'm so glad they beat the hell out of Michigan. I'm very glad."
• Finally, looking ahead to the bowl game that matters, Ohio State is getting a little ahead of themselves.
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Sam, I'm a Maryland football fan (not a huge one, but still), and I didn't really care about the Champs Sports Bowl. If they beat Purdue they'd finish 9-4. If they lost they'd be 8-5. Either way, it was a good season because they surpassed expectations and came one win away from playing for the ACC Championship.
That said, I don't truly understand the effect that bowl games have on a recruiting and reputation. I think a program would have to consistently perform significantly good or bad year after year to make any measurable impact either way. At least we can agree on this: the BCS sucks. -
True or False - if there was a good college footbal team in DC, you'd care very much about a menaningless bowl game if said DC team was involved.
I agree with what you're saying to a point. But I was really into the Capitol One Bowl, and it's the effing Capitol One Bowl. I guess you could argue about the definition of "menaingless," but I bet coaches looking to lure top recruits & attention or status would disagree. In the final rankings, yes, it's probably meaningless. Which is why: F the BCS.
Cheers,
Sam
1/3/07 11:37 PM
Also, sometimes late bowl performance matters as to where you're ranked in the coming year too, which is huge obviously. Wisconsin was unranked this year in the preseason and didn't make a BCS game despite finishing 12-1 (with a weak schedule) because it took them so long to work their way up. But if they were ranked to start who knows. So there's that. But to your point, most games truly are meaningless. Keep up the fine work Jamie.