[Austroturf]

Yeah, while the playoff games were snoozefests, the “meaningless” Rose Bowl was a ton of fun to watch, and I’m sure Ohio State and Utah fans didn’t consider it meaningless.  Obviously, the problem is that it is hard to know in advance which bowl games are going to be great and which will be lousy, but I think this one goes to show why I think it would be a mistake to expand the playoffs and do away with non-playoff bowl games.

BC

Agree with you on your prior post.  However, even if the playoff is expanded, there will be plenty of non-playoff bowl games; and some of them will be very entertaining (e.g., this year's Music City Bowl between Tennessee and Purdue).  Plus, an expanded playoff could include epic and entertaining battles like the Utah-Ohio State clash.  The national championship games in 2016 (Alabama-Clemson), 2017 (Alabama-Clemson) and 2018 (Alabama-Georgia) were highly entertaining and big on drama.  The semi-finals so far have basically been duds.

[Austroturf]

Yeah, while the playoff games were snoozefests, the “meaningless” Rose Bowl was a ton of fun to watch, and I’m sure Ohio State and Utah fans didn’t consider it meaningless.  Obviously, the problem is that it is hard to know in advance which bowl games are going to be great and which will be lousy, but I think this one goes to show why I think it would be a mistake to expand the playoffs and do away with non-playoff bowl games.

BC

Agree with you on your prior post.  However, even if the playoff is expanded, there will be plenty of non-playoff bowl games; and some of them will be very entertaining (e.g., this year's Music City Bowl between Tennessee and Purdue).  Plus, an expanded playoff could include epic and entertaining battles like the Utah-Ohio State clash.  The national championship games in 2016 (Alabama-Clemson), 2017 (Alabama-Clemson) and 2018 (Alabama-Georgia) were highly entertaining and big on drama.  The semi-finals so far have basically been duds.