Most fans were expecting their losses, but there was still much angst to be had on Saturday and Sunday.
Welcome to final installment of the Meltdown.
Most fans were pretty much expecting their fate, so there were few true meltdowns, although there was much hatin' to be had on teams who were going to better bowls/won the game/had a Heisman finalist. Overall fandom aligned along two tracks: There was the Iowa / Baylor moral victory national championship, with so much warm, fuzzy "I AM SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM" sentiments that it would make a 'Barner puke.