The Michigan State Spartans’ football season came to an end a few weeks ago when the university and team decided not to potentially accept an offer to play in a post-season bowl. The Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix, (previously known as the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, among other names) was canceled at the last minute due to a lack of available teams. I can only assume that MSU could have played in this bowl if there would have been the will to do so, but I cannot blame them for opting to stay at home.
By the time the final non-playoff bowl games were in the books, a total of only 25 bowls had been played out of the originally planned 39.