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Now with the expansion of the playoff do you guys see these lower tier bowl games eventually going away? I don’t see how they’re even profitable, honestly if you’re not in the playoff now I don’t think anybody cares. I saw Miami going to the pop tart bowl, boy I bet they’re excited about that lol. I thought they should’ve done away with these lower tier bowl games years ago and should’ve raised it to eight wins.
 
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Mid Tenn Vol said:
Now with the expansion of the playoff do you guys see these lower tier bowl games eventually going away? I don’t see how they’re even profitable, honestly if you’re not in the playoff now I don’t think anybody cares. I saw Miami going to the pop tart bowl, boy I bet they’re excited about that lol. I thought they should’ve done away with these lower tier bowl games years ago and should’ve raised it to eight wins.
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All comes down to money. If they see they aren’t profiting in this format they may be short lived.
 
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Mid Tenn Vol said:
Now with the expansion of the playoff do you guys see these lower tier bowl games eventually going away? I don’t see how they’re even profitable, honestly if you’re not in the playoff now I don’t think anybody cares. I saw Miami going to the pop tart bowl, boy I bet they’re excited about that lol. I thought they should’ve done away with these lower tier bowl games years ago and should’ve raised it to eight wins.
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They have changed the names to all the non-playoff games to the Opt Out Bowls🤣, go watch next year's players and walk-ons as the Seniors Opt out. I just cannot see Milroe playing in the Reali Quist Bowl with chance of getting hurt.
 
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KTrain said:
They have changed the names to all the non-playoff games to the Opt Out Bowls🤣, go watch next year's players and walk-ons as the Seniors Opt out. I just cannot see Milroe playing in the Reali Quist Bowl with chance of getting hurt.
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The only reason I watched the Vols vs Iowa bowl game, was to see Nico's debut as the Vols QB. If Milton had started the game it would just been on as background noise.
 
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They will probably follow the Florida State 2023 model and have barely enough people out there to field a team
Probably a lot of people will sit out.
I saw where Alabama will play Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl on 12/31.
My guess, enough people will sit out on the Alabama team where they will get trounced by Michigan.
 
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mscc1998 said:
They will probably follow the Florida State 2023 model and have barely enough people out there to field a team
Probably a lot of people will sit out.
I saw where Alabama will play Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl on 12/31.
My guess, enough people will sit out on the Alabama team where they will get trounced by Michigan.
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I call the non-playoff games the NIT Bowls.
 
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KTrain said:
They have changed the names to all the non-playoff games to the Opt Out Bowls🤣, go watch next year's players and walk-ons as the Seniors Opt out. I just cannot see Milroe playing in the Reali Quist Bowl with chance of getting hurt.
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I agree no way he plays. It’s a consolation prize. Bunch of guys are gonna opt out of these bowl games and then the fans won’t care and they don’t sell tickets and that’s that. I can see than happening in the next couple of years. That will finish off a bunch of these. Only non playoff bowls that may stay are NYE and NYD games.
 
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Mid Tenn Vol said:
Now with the expansion of the playoff do you guys see these lower tier bowl games eventually going away? I don’t see how they’re even profitable, honestly if you’re not in the playoff now I don’t think anybody cares. I saw Miami going to the pop tart bowl, boy I bet they’re excited about that lol. I thought they should’ve done away with these lower tier bowl games years ago and should’ve raised it to eight wins.
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The bowls should work together to create a NIT. When we can’t agree that the best teams are getting into the 12 team playoffs, a NIT tournament should compete for attention.
 
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I think bowl games are in trouble, b/c they're basically exhibition games w/o any implications on national standings, with how many opt outs there are, and portal exits. When they expand to probable 16 teams in playoffs, they make keep a few of them around, but most will go away, I'd think.

There's a few good matchups, like Vandy/Ga Tech...but not many. Ole Miss will embarrass Duke, and Bama same to Michigan and Florida to Tulane.
 
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I started another post about bowls as well.

It reeks of the NIT for basketball. When there were only 32 in the NCAA BB tournament, the NIT had some following. Now, at 68 or so teams getting in, I could not tell you who has won the NIT for the last 30 years.
 
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njvols said:
I think bowl games are in trouble, b/c they're basically exhibition games w/o any implications on national standings, with how many opt outs there are, and portal exits. When they expand to probable 16 teams in playoffs, they make keep a few of them around, but most will go away, I'd think.

There's a few good matchups, like Vandy/Ga Tech...but not many. Ole Miss will embarrass Duke, and Bama same to Michigan and Florida to Tulane.
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I think you are correct
 
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Mid Tenn Vol said:
I agree no way he plays. It’s a consolation prize. Bunch of guys are gonna opt out of these bowl games and then the fans won’t care and they don’t sell tickets and that’s that. I can see than happening in the next couple of years. That will finish off a bunch of these. Only non playoff bowls that may stay are NYE and NYD games.
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I figure they'll be a bunch of Opt outs Bama playing Michigan New Years Eve Real a Quest Bowl Tampa Fla.
 
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Wahoooo said:
I started another post about bowls as well.

It reeks of the NIT for basketball. When there were only 32 in the NCAA BB tournament, the NIT had some following. Now, at 68 or so teams getting in, I could not tell you who has won the NIT for the last 30 years.
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I think they will expand it further because it’s all about on money
 
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Miami has issues filling their home stadium when they’re an undefeated Top 10 team…..no way their fans are going to the Pop Tart game.

The bowl games now, somehow, appear even more meaningless than they did before. But to be honest….i miss the old way. The bowls were a light hearted way to end the season and play against a team you rarely got to go up against. But, it is what it is.
 
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njvols said:
I think bowl games are in trouble, b/c they're basically exhibition games w/o any implications on national standings, with how many opt outs there are, and portal exits. When they expand to probable 16 teams in playoffs, they make keep a few of them around, but most will go away, I'd think.

There's a few good matchups, like Vandy/Ga Tech...but not many. Ole Miss will embarrass Duke, and Bama same to Michigan and Florida to Tulane.
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I figure SC will be competitive in the Citrus Bowl, becuase Beamer will want to end the season on a high note for momentum going into next season.
 
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VolAllen said:
Miami has issues filling their home stadium when they’re an undefeated Top 10 team…..no way their fans are going to the Pop Tart game.

The bowl games now, somehow, appear even more meaningless than they did before. But to be honest….i miss the old way. The bowls were a light hearted way to end the season and play against a team you rarely got to go up against. But, it is what it is.
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Yeah I’ve always enjoyed them but I think they will expand the playoff further and I think a bunch of them are in trouble
 
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