What do we have to show so far for the gluttony of the college bowl season? One really exciting game - Penn State vs. USC in the Rose Bowl. A bunch of nondescript Taxslayer/Poinsettia/Camellia/Potato/Belk Bowls. A drop of over 5% in overall attendance -- and one full month of cheap programming for ESPN.
Attendance has been dropping at a yearly rate of between 4%-5% for the bowls for the each of the last four seasons. Some Bowls saw drops over more than 10,000 fans between 2015 and 2016, and part of that can be explained away by the match ups.