By emerging 2018 consensus, bowl games are so 1978.
Coaches skip out on their teams before bowls for new jobs. Star players bail before the bowl to protect their NFL Draft value.
Heck, just last week, a bowl game skipped out on itself. The First Responder Bowl in Dallas between Boston College and Boise State was canceled in-game due to persistent thunderstorms.
Yet when No. 14 Kentucky (9-3) and No. 12 Penn State (9-3) face off Tuesday in the VRBO Citrus Bowl, UK backers will be treated to a throwback New Year’s Day.
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