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Giger: Do bowl games even matter much anymore?

ALTOONA, Pa. -- I have always loved bowl season. Great matchups. Different opponents. Lots on the line, including bragging rights.

College football's regular season is awesome, and then we've always been able to cap it off with a lot of cool and meaningful games in the bowls.

But honestly, does anyone feel that way anymore?

For me, you can still get great matchups in bowl games. Take the Outback Bowl, for instance, between Penn State and Arkansas. It's a cool matchup between two programs that have never played before, and of course for me personally, it's neat because I'm from Arkansas and have covered Penn State for many years.