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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 988594" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>In 1990 there were 19 bowl games. This year there are 43. This year there were not enough eligible teams to play in all of the bowl games. JMU and JSU won enough games, but were not eligible due to being in the FBS transitional period. There is an overload of games, most of which are nothing but additional TV content for ESPN.</p><p></p><p>In 1990, GT was televised 7 of the 11 games. Only two of those were national broadcasts, unless you consider TBS national. There were four regular season games that were not televised at all and five that were only televised regionally. That is during the year that GT was undefeated and won the national championship. In 2023 11 of 12 GT games were televised. (SC State was steaming only). 9 of the 11 were nationally televised. Being on national TV is not the incentive that it used to be. </p><p></p><p>In 1990 there were some bowl games before Jan 1, but there were 8 games on Jan 1. Those games overlapped and competed with each other for viewership. Now, the large number of bowl games are spread out. There are only 5 bowl games on Jan 1. In 1990, there were two bowl games before Christmas, one on Christmas (in Hawaii), and the rest were between 12/27 and 1/1. Guess what that provided. It gave an opportunity for many fans to be able to travel to the games to watch their teams. The current bowl game schedules are not set up for fans to be able to travel to the games. December 26th in Detroit? How do you have Christmas with family and get to Detroit in time for a bowl game the next day?</p><p></p><p>The bowl games have changed from tourism events. They are no longer set up to encourage fans to travel to locations and spend money on vacations. They are now TV first events, and TV doesn't have the pull that it used to. TV is saturated with college football. CFB players are used to being on TV, and expect it every single game. It isn't a big deal anymore. There are more than double the amount of bowl games now. They are primarily made to be TV content. It is a business. The players aren't so stupid that they don't realize all of this, even though older fans are still stuck in the 1980s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 988594, member: 2426"] In 1990 there were 19 bowl games. This year there are 43. This year there were not enough eligible teams to play in all of the bowl games. JMU and JSU won enough games, but were not eligible due to being in the FBS transitional period. There is an overload of games, most of which are nothing but additional TV content for ESPN. In 1990, GT was televised 7 of the 11 games. Only two of those were national broadcasts, unless you consider TBS national. There were four regular season games that were not televised at all and five that were only televised regionally. That is during the year that GT was undefeated and won the national championship. In 2023 11 of 12 GT games were televised. (SC State was steaming only). 9 of the 11 were nationally televised. Being on national TV is not the incentive that it used to be. In 1990 there were some bowl games before Jan 1, but there were 8 games on Jan 1. Those games overlapped and competed with each other for viewership. Now, the large number of bowl games are spread out. There are only 5 bowl games on Jan 1. In 1990, there were two bowl games before Christmas, one on Christmas (in Hawaii), and the rest were between 12/27 and 1/1. Guess what that provided. It gave an opportunity for many fans to be able to travel to the games to watch their teams. The current bowl game schedules are not set up for fans to be able to travel to the games. December 26th in Detroit? How do you have Christmas with family and get to Detroit in time for a bowl game the next day? The bowl games have changed from tourism events. They are no longer set up to encourage fans to travel to locations and spend money on vacations. They are now TV first events, and TV doesn't have the pull that it used to. TV is saturated with college football. CFB players are used to being on TV, and expect it every single game. It isn't a big deal anymore. There are more than double the amount of bowl games now. They are primarily made to be TV content. It is a business. The players aren't so stupid that they don't realize all of this, even though older fans are still stuck in the 1980s. [/QUOTE]
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