Any game that offers a trophy to winner shouldn’t be considered meaningless, however that’s how many college football fans feel about bowl games. So, maybe there are too many bowls and there now is the College Football Playoff, but that shouldn’t devalue the lower- and mid-level bowl games.
Yes, the Heart of Dallas Bowl was played the day after Christmas and in the afternoon, but those factors shouldn’t have influenced those actually playing the game. The players were said to have looked disinterested in the game. Many people on social media felt the Mountaineers looked flat. That may have seemed to be the case, but come on, what lifelong football player wouldn’t want to get a chance to play a game on national television.