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|    RoddyMcCorley to unclejr    |
|    Re: Bowl games are broken    |
|    01 Jan 24 00:12:47    |
      From: Roddy.McCorley@verizon.net              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.              --       "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In       practice, there is."              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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