{"id":1777610,"date":"2022-12-16T10:02:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1777610"},"modified":"2022-12-16T10:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T15:02:32","slug":"do-college-bowl-games-matter-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-college-bowl-games-matter-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Do College Bowl Games Matter Anymore?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdo-college-bowl-games-matter-anymore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1777610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As big businesses grow and evolve, it\u2019s amazing how their priorities change. It\u2019s no different in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/bowl-season-is-here-ep-206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big business arena of college football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It used to be, back in the day, that any bowl game was a reward for the team. It was a way to send the older players off with one more game and hopefully one more win.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, though, it seems if you aren\u2019t playing for a chance at the title in the College Football Playoffs, bowl games are expendable. And for those in the position of having a chance to become a professional, it\u2019s now a roadblock not an avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as I have said before, just because some guys decide to sit out a bowl game and make what, in most instances, is a smart business move, there are still some bowl games that do matter.<\/p>\n<p>A great example of that is today\u2019s matchup between Sun Belt Champ Troy and Conference USA champ UTSA. There will be no opt outs. These two teams are going full steam ahead into what should be a hell of a cure bowl as both try to secure their 12th win.<\/p>\n<p>The harsh reality is this situation is now in the minority.<\/p>\n<p>Most bowls have more backups than a driver\u2019s license test \u2014 and the best attribute of the experience is the extra practice time for the young guys.<\/p>\n<p>While the older crowd \u2014 or curmudgeons like my good friend David Cone \u2014 won\u2019t like it, it is the new era of college football, the industrial revolution of the sport and it won\u2019t be changing anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>There is a silver lining however, I can guarantee that in two years there will be six more bowl games that will definitely matter.<\/p>\n<p>So, in aggregate, do bowl games matter anymore? Barely. But it\u2019s fading fast.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jake Crain is co-host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/crain-and-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cCrain &#038; Company.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0the Daily Wire\u2019s sports show hosted by former athletes and coaches Jake Crain, Blain Crain, and David Cone. Monday-Friday at 2PM CT.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As big businesses grow and evolve, it\u2019s amazing how their priorities change. It\u2019s no different in the big business arena of college football. It used to be, back in the day, that any bowl game was a reward for the team. It was a way to send the older players off with one more game &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":628,"featured_media":1777613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6068,4785,4023,6202,6960,4219,6195],"class_list":["post-1777610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-anymore","tag-bowl","tag-college","tag-daily","tag-games","tag-matter","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/628"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1777610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1777613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1777610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1777610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}