There will be 40 bowl games played this season. Why? Because Americans have shown that if you broadcast football and put it in front of us we will sit there and watch it.
ESPN will broadcast 35 of the 40 bowl games and the company even owns 14 bowl games outright through a company called ESPN Events. Just because the country will sit down and watch the games doesn’t mean the players are as excited to play in them as we are to watch the games.
Just because we’re excited for bowl season doesn’t mean the players share that same level of excitement.