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Meaningless bowls? Tell that to the first 20 winners

Meaningless? Exhibition game?

Those are terms thrown around a lot about the 2016-17 bowl schedule, especially after star players such as LSU’s Leonard Fournette and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey announced their decision to sit out those games.

Well, a bowl game might mean a little bit more to others, especially when they play the game. We’re halfway through the bowl season, meaning the first 20 bowls are out of the way and the so-called better bowls are coming now.

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What did the first 20 bowls mean?