The argument that there are too many bowl games is not a new sentiment shared by those who have no interest in seeing the likes of Miami University and Louisiana meeting in the LendingTree Bowl.
By 1938, four bowl games were added to the postseason to compliment the Rose Bowl. This was met with immediate pushback by those who thought that bowl games were "overdone."
Five bowls were too many for the sports editor of The Lantern in 1939 who believed that just the Rose Bowl was plenty.
From the November 2, 1939 issue of The Lantern:
