Kartje: Oversaturated bowl system has reached tipping point

Quarterback Kenny Potter, right, and his San Jose State teammates are one of three sub-.500 record teams helping to fill out the field for this season's 41 bowl games.Ten years ago, even as the unfortunate reign of the Bowl Championship Series raged on, the rest of college football’s imperfect postseason model seemed to have found a suitable line of demarcation.

The 2005 bowl season consisted of 28 bowls – a number that had held for four consecutive postseasons. Of the 119 college football teams available, 56 (or 47 percent of FBS member schools) were invited to a bowl. Of those 56, only five were at the minimum eligibility requirement of a 6-6 record. And none of those five was matched up…