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   Message 209,200 of 209,580   
   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."   
      
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