It should be the goal of every bowl game to get a strength versus strength matchup. Not all are so lucky. Sure, there’s something cool about a offensive blowout where all the pretty points just stack up and stack up, defense be damned. That’s at least salvageable for your viewing interests. The flip side of that coin is a defensive struggle. And while that 9-6 type of win may make octogenarian football hardliners feel good in their special places, it sucks for the casual fan.
Old school isn’t always better. Old school musicals were people in cat suits belting out the same thing for decades.