Nick Saban recently pointed out how the College Football Playoff and the media’s obsession over it has diminished the rest of the bowl season. Whether the playoff is to blame or not, there surely seems to be some truth behind the general sentiment around the non-playoff bowls. This year it was particularly poignant as some of the nation’s best players, (Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette) chose to sit out some of the most historic bowl games - the Sun and Citrus Bowls.
It’s not just the media and players that seem less excited about the bowls. With a focus on filling TV schedules and collecting sponsorship dollars, attendance at man of the events has been…not good:
And we are underway at the Miami Beach Bowl.