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  • Re: Bowl games are broken

    From RoddyMcCorley@21:1/5 to Eric Ramon on Sat Dec 30 03:04:03 2023
    On 12/30/2023 12:06 AM, Eric Ramon wrote:
    The transfer portal, NIL, and opting out have destroyed the bowl games, as evidenced by the Missouri/OSU game and the upcoming Georgia blowout of FSU.

    Too bad. I liked college football.

    +1

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  • From RoddyMcCorley@21:1/5 to JGibson on Mon Jan 1 00:14:44 2024
    On 12/30/2023 10:52 PM, JGibson wrote:
    On Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 6:14:42 PM UTC-5, unclejr wrote:
    On Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 3:49:05 PM UTC-6, Eric Ramon wrote:
    On Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 8:07:30 AM UTC-8, unclejr wrote:
    On Friday, December 29, 2023 at 11:06:24 PM UTC-6, Eric Ramon wrote: >>>>> The transfer portal, NIL, and opting out have destroyed the bowl games, as evidenced by the Missouri/OSU game and the upcoming Georgia blowout of FSU.

    Too bad. I liked college football.
    I think I'll like the bowel season better in 2024/25 when 6 of them will be meaningful due to the expanded playoofs.

    While they're at it, move the transfer porthole until after the final Championship game, so we have relatively complete squads for said meaningful bowel games.
    the only way to read your post is to reply to it, since that message at the top makes it impossible to scroll down. Agree about the porthole.
    Google Groups is broken, man.

    Ever since that note about shutting down USENET from Google Groups went up, I can't even read Google Groups on my phone.

    If I read the groups on my phone it would just add to the amount of time
    I already waste.

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  • From RoddyMcCorley@21:1/5 to unclejr on Mon Jan 1 00:12:47 2024
    On 12/30/2023 11:07 AM, unclejr wrote:
    On Friday, December 29, 2023 at 11:06:24 PM UTC-6, Eric Ramon wrote:
    The transfer portal, NIL, and opting out have destroyed the bowl games, as evidenced by the Missouri/OSU game and the upcoming Georgia blowout of FSU.

    Too bad. I liked college football.

    I think I'll like the bowel season better in 2024/25 when 6 of them will be meaningful due to the expanded playoofs.

    While they're at it, move the transfer porthole until after the final Championship game, so we have relatively complete squads for said meaningful bowel games.

    Need to do more than that. Some sort of penalty for the players who sit
    out either due to the portal or the NFL draft. Maybe write somethin into scholarship papers or NIL agreements.

    What not an issue 15-20 years ago. ALL of the bowl games should be
    meaningful.

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  • From RoddyMcCorley@21:1/5 to Michael Falkner on Wed Jan 3 17:00:56 2024
    On 1/3/2024 10:23 AM, Michael Falkner wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 4:59:38 PM UTC-8, JE Corbett wrote:

    Bowl games should be broken and thrown into the scrap heap. They are an anachronism from a bygone era. They started


    I'll agree with scrapping useless bowls.

    Mike

    Not if you're an alumnus or just a rabid FB fan.

    There probably are too many bowls and they should be a reward for a good season. But as others have pointed out, they do make money and attract viewership.

    My beef is with all of the opt outs. That needs to be fixed by coaches
    and athletic directors, not by the NCAA.

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