Out here, we love to spend the holidays debating the validity of bowl games. There are too many. They cost too much. Their financial structures are wonky. Would-be future NFL stars shouldn't waste their time or risk their bodies playing in them. We should be replacing all these games with ones that matter, like an expanded College Football Playoff, right?! Argh!
But that's what we do out here, where none of us actually suit up for games. Those who do indeed hold down a roster spot, they don't care about any of our cantankerous bowl season back and forth.