We’re almost half way through the 2018 bowl season, and we are in the middle of our annual bowl season debate. We see it every December. Questioning whether the NCAA should cut the number of college postseason games. It’s nothing new. In fact the debate has been going on since at least the 1930’s when four new bowls were added along side the Rose Bowl. Today that number has grown to 41 NCAA-approved bowls (including the CFP Championship game). Critics say that’s too much.
Many complain about the quality of competition available for the fans. Bowls should be a reward for a team’s successful season, they opine, but when 6–6 teams are filling out the brackets it’s more like teams are getting undeserved recognition.