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Topic: Its the Most Capital One Time of the Year (Bowl Game SOC)

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847badgerfan

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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #42 on: December 13, 2025, 11:19:15 AM »
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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #43 on: December 13, 2025, 11:28:24 AM »
There's always been flash in the pan bowl games. Toronto even had one for 4 years, in the 20-ots. 
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #44 on: December 13, 2025, 11:32:34 AM »
no great loss
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #45 on: December 13, 2025, 11:36:54 AM »
It's the tip of the iceberg. We'll all miss the Mayo and potato bowls when they're gone.

It won't be long before only 12 schools are playing in the post-season. And that sucks.
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #46 on: December 13, 2025, 11:38:26 AM »
Sounds like the 70s. 
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #47 on: December 13, 2025, 11:39:45 AM »
Bowl games used to be loved by the players and fans.

That is now gone.
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #48 on: December 13, 2025, 11:39:52 AM »
better than the Big Ten in the 60s
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #49 on: December 13, 2025, 11:49:18 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 13, 2025, 11:39:52 AM
better than the Big Ten in the 60s
When your own administration would prevent you from playing in the Rose Bowl? Yes. 
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #50 on: December 13, 2025, 11:56:32 AM »
and the Rose bowl was the ONLY bowl - = one bowl team per year
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #51 on: December 13, 2025, 11:58:52 AM »
In 1961, the Ohio State Buckeyes, despite being Big Ten champions and a consensus national champion, did not go to the Rose Bowl because the university's Faculty Council voted to reject the invitation due to academic concerns, sparking massive student protests. Instead, Minnesota played UCLA in the 1962 Rose Bowl, with Minnesota winning 21-3, while Ohio State remained home, dealing with the fallout from the controversial faculty decision.
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #52 on: December 13, 2025, 11:59:27 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on December 13, 2025, 11:39:45 AM
Bowl games used to be loved by the players and fans.

That is now gone.
Yes, but there's a reason they were loved.  They used to mean something.  
"Going to a bowl" = had a really good season and was a very good team  
Once upon a time.

Now yes, the 'NC or bust' mentality is what you're talking about here, but so too is the fact that every piece of mediocre shit team (even sub-.500) can work their way into a bowl now erases any and all prestige that used to come along with it.

JUST LIKE THE PLAYOFF, make bowls exclusive again, and see the opt-outs decrease substantially.  
Contraction of many bowls is a good thing.  

You used to win a handsome trophy after a 10-2 or 9-3 type season.  The school was proud of it forever.  The fans and alumni had that season to point to as an example of the strength of the program.
Now?
You get a bunch of mayonnaise dumped on your head after going 7-6.  This is where our society is now.  We've traded in prestige and pride for silly carnival games and dancing Pop-Tarts.  

Entertainment > Competition/Seriousness/Pride/Everything
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #53 on: December 13, 2025, 12:00:21 PM »
Back in those days, football players were expected to play school, not just play football. 
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #54 on: December 13, 2025, 12:02:59 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on December 13, 2025, 12:00:21 PM
Back in those days, football players were expected to play school, not just play football.
It cratered the FB program through 1967. The only saving grace was that Michigan was even worse, during those years. 
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Re: Other Bowl Games
« Reply #55 on: December 13, 2025, 12:16:16 PM »
and I thought tOSU was a football school - jeez
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