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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 989575" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>Apparently not from what I’ve read. </p><p></p><p>And the game meant the world to them anyway, a chance to end their season with a win not a loss. FSU had already ended their season with a win and an extra exhibition or consolation game meant nothing.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps you are old enough to remember when bowl games were played just for fun. Final college rankings were finished before bowl season and bowls meant nothing. Dodd saw them as a reward, allowed players to bring girls friends, wives, children. Practice was at a minimum and coed volleyball was the replacement. Then somewhere along the way people complained that having a team ranked in the top by the polls getting slaughtered in a bowl meant that rankings should wait until after bowl season. That led to an evolution of bowls meaning more and more.</p><p></p><p>Until one day they didn’t matter. Again.</p><p></p><p>I think we all know why Tech was up for their bowl game and why it mattered to them. But if Tech is ever successful enough to make the playoffs but is given a consolation game instead we will probably see a similar response.</p><p></p><p>Clearly bowls are going to matter more to some teams than others but I think the reasons for the differences are obvious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 989575, member: 1640"] Apparently not from what I’ve read. And the game meant the world to them anyway, a chance to end their season with a win not a loss. FSU had already ended their season with a win and an extra exhibition or consolation game meant nothing. Perhaps you are old enough to remember when bowl games were played just for fun. Final college rankings were finished before bowl season and bowls meant nothing. Dodd saw them as a reward, allowed players to bring girls friends, wives, children. Practice was at a minimum and coed volleyball was the replacement. Then somewhere along the way people complained that having a team ranked in the top by the polls getting slaughtered in a bowl meant that rankings should wait until after bowl season. That led to an evolution of bowls meaning more and more. Until one day they didn’t matter. Again. I think we all know why Tech was up for their bowl game and why it mattered to them. But if Tech is ever successful enough to make the playoffs but is given a consolation game instead we will probably see a similar response. Clearly bowls are going to matter more to some teams than others but I think the reasons for the differences are obvious. [/QUOTE]
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