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I’ve never seen so many potential non-compelling matchups. by Stonebreaker9

Perhaps I’m wrong, but back at the beginning of the new low-tier bowl explosion, there were a lot of games that still featured interesting matchups of decent teams. Now it seems like 85% are garbage team 1 vs. garbage team 2. Even the better teams are getting matched up against inferior competition. I really don’t give a rat’s ass to see Memphis play anyone in a NY6 bowl.

I really hope the empty seats and over-saturation come home to roost soon so we can trim back to a reasonable number of traditional bowls featuring good matchups and a high level of competition.