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ACC bowl performance.
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Dec 28, 2023, 9:22 AM
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So far, ACC is a sucking.
We need to leave this sinking ship before it pulls us under.
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The transfer portal and opt outs have effectively made bowl games...
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Dec 28, 2023, 9:27 AM
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meaningless glorified scrimmages.
There is a reason why attendance is so poor and most venues don't even bother selling tickets in the upper decks.
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The BCS
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Dec 28, 2023, 9:34 AM
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effectively made bowl games meaningless glorified scrimmages....
Opt outs/transfers didn't change anything
The TOP teams used to go to bowls to make 1 last attempt to impresse voters. That is why they mattered. Win your bowl game , hopefully you end up National Champ.
The day they officially made ONE game decide the NC is the day all other Bowls became meaningless. Adding 100 bowls, opt opts, transfers, and team records didn't do anything different.
They now serve the same purpose they have since the BCS... pure entertainment and it works.
The last 2 pages of Tnet are all about BOWL games that "don't matter" but every 1 seems to be watching them adn posting about them.
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Re: The BCS
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Dec 28, 2023, 9:38 AM
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I agree. Other than just watching your team play again, bowl games add nothing if you are not in the playoff.
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watching meaningless football is still better than watching Waterworld
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Dec 28, 2023, 9:40 AM
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or anything on the Lifetime network.. OMG GAG ME WITH A SPOON
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Yup!***
Dec 28, 2023, 9:48 AM
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The BCS definitely started the ball rolling downhill...
Dec 28, 2023, 9:38 AM
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Having 42 bowl games (84 teams) along with opt outs and transfers have just exacerbated the problem.
I'll still watch, at least some of the games, but the quality of play has definitely been negatively impacted.
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Re: The BCS definitely started the ball rolling downhill...
Dec 28, 2023, 10:47 AM
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And think about it, 84 teams and USUC couldn't qualify. 🤣🤣🤣
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Bowl games are now glimpses of next years teams with players who really want
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Dec 28, 2023, 9:46 AM
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to be there and play and earn a spot on the roster. I personally find these games more enjoyable for that reason alone. Did you see the kids on Texas State after they won? They were on cloud 9! I much prefer watching a team play with players who are fighting for a spot and want to be there and want to win than watch a bunch of primadonnas out there trying not to get hurt while trying to pad their resume for the NFL draft.
You just need to change your perspective when watching these games now and you will see they are actually more interesting to watch. You get a glimpse of who is up and coming for next year.
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The bowls used to mean a lot to the players and the fans. There were about
Dec 28, 2023, 10:35 AM
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a third as many as there are now, or perhaps slightly more than that, and teams and fans were almost always excited about them. They of course now have been ruined by money, greed, whatever you want to call it. They are virtually meaningless now.
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Re: The transfer portal and opt outs have effectively made bowl games...
Dec 28, 2023, 10:44 AM
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In the expanded playoff Era, the non playoff games are truly development exhibition games. In reality, that is all the ever were. The level of play is lessened by transfers and opt-outs, but these games are what they always have been. Think back to games when the Tigers were not playing for the natty.. we watched to see our Tigers compete and try to win. I hate NIL and the open paying for play, but it is where we are. Enjoy the games and stop worrying about what is out of our control.
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This is why opt-outs really stink. I didn't watch - but I suspect UNC would
Dec 28, 2023, 9:27 AM
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have put up more of a fight with their starting QB and NFL=level WR. But they didn't play.
But folks (not just you) will still say - wow, the ACC stinks. When really, almost no team is playing with the exact same players they had in the regular season.
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Exactly...I think A&M had 31 players out last night.***
Dec 28, 2023, 9:29 AM
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No - not since ESPN and the SEC started trying to make a child together.
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Dec 28, 2023, 9:44 AM
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Possibly the ACC does stink. But I'm saying bowl results don't tell us anything about any of the teams playing (or their conferences).
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They tell us what to expect next year.***
Dec 28, 2023, 9:48 AM
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Not exactly...
Dec 28, 2023, 9:51 AM
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since there will be another transfer portal window in the spring.
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and new players coming in. I treat it like the spring game
Dec 28, 2023, 9:57 AM
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a football fix until real football starts again.
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Bingo. Rosters are constantly changing with year-round free agency.***
Dec 28, 2023, 10:36 AM
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Re: ACC bowl performance.
Dec 28, 2023, 9:28 AM
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Silly take for the reasons already listed above. I will say we need an invite before we jump ship and so far I am not aware of one.
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Re: ACC bowl performance.
Dec 28, 2023, 9:46 AM
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It's just that ESPN is out to get us. The ACC is by far the best conference.
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Re: ACC bowl performance.***
Dec 28, 2023, 9:49 AM
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Re: ACC bowl performance.***
Dec 28, 2023, 9:54 AM
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The ACC will be lucky to break even in bowl games. As stated above, the portal has gutted teams.
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Re: ACC bowl performance.
Dec 28, 2023, 9:57 AM
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So far, ACC is a sucking.
We need to leave this sinking ship before it pulls us under.
The ACC is filled with teams that benefit from a few. Few means 3. If I meant two, I would have said a couple of teams. Don't argue with me.
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3-3 isn't terrible
Dec 28, 2023, 10:13 AM
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I'm guessing they end up 5-5.
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Re: ACC bowl performance.
Dec 28, 2023, 10:19 AM
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Can’t gauge anything with what’s going on. If my team has more opt outs than your team and are supposedly pretty equal than I like your chances better.
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Re: ACC bowl performance.
Dec 28, 2023, 10:48 AM
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Clearly you have visions of grandeur (big word I know) in another conference, but the feeling may just be something you ate. Bowl games this year will show very little about any team or any conference because of all the players out. Perfect example was last night, A&M had 31 players out so do you think the outcome would have been different if they had played? I get true 1st round NFL guys opting out but something has to be done with the timing of the Portal entry door.
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The mighty SEC is 0-1....
Dec 28, 2023, 10:50 AM
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They'll catch up when they get their favorable matchups against the Big10 though.
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