The rent is too damn high, and there are too damn many college football bowl games!
35 games, 70 teams, and a schedule that lasts until January 10th? While the NCAA and ESPN feel this is the best (most lucrative) way to showcase the college game...all it really does is dilute the entire concept. Evidenced by the schedule including 13 teams that finished the regular season 6-6...BYU, UTEP, Louisville, FIU, Georgia Tech, East Carolina, Illinois, Tennessee, Washington, Clemson, Georgia, Middle Tennessee and Kentucky. Hell, there are only 120 FBS teams eligible!
When I was younger (100 years ago) the bowl season was exciting! The very best teams got to play each other in games that were made special by the host cities. They were a highlight of the holiday season, culminating in the all-day climax on New Year's day. Then we all got back to our normal, boring lives.
Then they added the "championship" game a day or two after January 1st, which was OK. Then they added a bunch of crappy games before Christmas. Then came the BCS, stretching out the "premiere" games well past New Year's day. Then people stopped caring or buying tickets. There were more people at my neighbors Christmas party than in the stands at this years Orange Bowl.
Thank God we have tonight "off" with no game. I need time to get psyched up for tomorrow nights GoDaddy.com Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile AL featuring the scintillating match up between Middle Tennessee & Miami...of Ohio.
