Dear “There Are Too Many Bowls” Guy:
We need to have a talk.
I heard you scanned this year’s schedule of 41 bowl games, saw that Georgia Southern is playing Buffalo in something called the Camellia Bowl, or that 5-7 Rice is going to the LendingTree Bowl and yelled: “THERE ARE TOO MANY BOWLS.”
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Final,
Dec. 4
PIT
19
ATL
16Final/OT,
Dec. 4
WAS
20
NYG
20Final,
Dec. 4
TEN
10
PHI
35Final,
Dec. 4
CLE
27
HOU
14Final,
Dec. 4
GB
28
CHI
19Final,
Dec. 4
NYJ
22
MIN
27Final,
Dec. 4
DEN
9
BAL
10Final,
Dec. 4
JAX
14
DET
40Final,
Dec. 4
MIA
17
SF
33Final,
Dec. 4
SEA
27
LAR
23Final,
Dec. 4
LAC
20
LV
27Final,
Dec. 4
KC
24
CIN
27Final,
Dec. 4
IND
19
DAL
54
8:15pm
NO
4-8
TB
5-6
NBA
7:00pm
MIL
16-6
ORL
5-19
7:00pm
LAC
13-11
CHA
7-16
7:30pm
BOS
19-5
TOR
12-11
7:30pm
OKC
10-13
ATL
13-10
NHL
7:00pm
COL
13-8-1
PHI
8-12-5
7:00pm
VGK
18-7-1
BOS
20-3-0
7:00pm
STL
11-13-0
NYR
11-10-5
8:30pm
WSH
10-12-4
EDM
14-11-0
NCAAM
7:00pm
MASSL
8-1
LIU
1-6
7:00pm
OLLU
0-0
LAM
3-5
9:00pm
KENT
6-2
18
GONZ
5-3
10:00pm
TROY
6-3
22
SDSU
6-2
WOC
FT/Pens,
Dec. 5
JPN
1 (1)
CRO
1 (3)FT,
Dec. 5
BRA
4
KOR
1
Tue, 10:00am
MAR
ESP
Tue, 2:00pm
POR
SUI
NCAAW
2nd - 8:30
IONA
16
LIU
9
5:00pm
HARV
5-4
NE
3-6
6:30pm
SLU
3-8
BALL
5-2
8:00pm
8
NCST
7-1
UGA
8-1
NFL
Thu, 8:15pm
LV
5-7
LAR
3-9
NCAAF
Final,
Dec. 3
14
LSU
30
1
UGA
50Final,
Dec. 3
FRES
28
BSU
16Final,
Dec. 3
9
CLEM
39
23
UNC
10Final,
Dec. 3
PUR
22
2
MICH
43
An open letter to anyone who thinks there are too many bowl games
By Stewart Mandel
4h ago
102
The following is an open letter I decided to write while making the mistake of reading my some of the comments on our College Football Bowl Projections story last week.
Dear “There Are Too Many Bowls” Guy:
We need to have a talk.
I heard you scanned this year’s schedule of 41 bowl games, saw that Georgia Southern is playing Buffalo in something called the Camellia Bowl, or that 5-7 Rice is going to the LendingTree Bowl and yelled: “THERE ARE TOO MANY BOWLS.”
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Sir, I have one question: Why do you hate fun?
On Dec 31, Georgia will play Ohio State and Michigan will play TCU in the only two bowls with actual bearing on who will win this season’s national championship. Until then, why not sit back, relax and enjoy some wholesome family entertainment?
You do realize college football is a form of entertainment, right?
Bowl Season may not be as high-stakes as March Madness or as exclusive as the NFL playoffs, but it’s weird and quirky in a spirt befitting this weird and quirky sport. In theory, we could create a mammoth 64-team bracket and watch Georgia beat Maryland 49-7 in the round of 32.
Or, we could let Maryland play North Carolina State in Charlotte at noon on a Friday to see whether Terps coach Mike Locksley or Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren gets a giant vat of Duke’s Mayo dumped on his head afterward.
