Bowl Games dont matter?

#26
#26
Orangedogsrule said:
Bowl games, as exhibition games, literally DO matter.
I can think of several ways they matter.
1. More practice as a team.
2. Last game before signing day.
3. Size of distribution of $$$ among the SEC.

I sure others can add.
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I've said the practices are good for the team, but you're basically playing for pride
 
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volinbham said:
I appreciate this post. Football is fun. Attending a game is fun - it's an activity. I want to win em all but in the end it's a game meant to enjoy and to have camaraderie with other fans (yours and them other ones).

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It was a good game and our boys played well. What more could we want?
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This fellow and his wife came all the way from Omaha.We got to talking, he was a VietNam veteran and I thanked him for his service. I'm AirForce vet and he thanked me for mine. He was Army reserves and his unit got called up. I can't remember the exact number but of 80 something deployed, ALL returned home! They have reunions in Pigeon Forge occasionally.
We can pull for different teams but meeting people from all walks of life gives me an appreciation of others sacrifices. One post I saw earlier was getting down on an old man for standing up ... That old man may have been a hero as well.
 
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NashVol11 said:
Who decided those things? Oh, the NCAA did, recently? Hmmmmm
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They've always counted as far as the team win/loss record.
And for decades they've mattered in final rankings.
NFL preseason game ever matter for anything?
Wrong again sir
 
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If you were there yesterday it mattered. It was a great environment and the team played hard. Its a great reward for players and the fans. It actually captures the essence of what college football used to be and that is fun.
 
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wtorange said:
If you were there yesterday it mattered. It was a great environment and the team played hard. Its a great reward for players and the fans. It actually captures the essence of what college football used to be and that is fun.
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Totally agree.

The bowl games are and have always been about creating interesting match ups between teams that would never occur otherwise.
 
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ReaderVol said:
I know it's cool for some to say that bowl games don't matter.
For those who say this I recommend that you watch the end of UT's bowl game and the players reaction.
Better yet just watch the end of any of the bowl games and the reaction of the players.
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Yeah... I saw Jones' reaction too. He celebrated like he'd actually WON the NC.... er SEC.... er East... er Sugar Bowl... like the talent he had should have.

Every win matters. Playing a mid-tier (at best) Big 10 team for the 3rd straight year... matters less.
 
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I don't get the whole "Bowl games don't matter" thing and unless they totally rearrange college football until it no longer resembles itself, I never will. Every game matters.
 
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sjt18 said:
Yeah... I saw Jones' reaction too. He celebrated like he'd actually WON the NC.... er SEC.... er East... er Sugar Bowl... like the talent he had should have.

Every win matters. Playing a mid-tier (at best) Big 10 team for the 3rd straight year... matters less.
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Only bitter haters looked at it in any other manner than a team and their coach celebrated a win.
Your post speaks for itself.
 
#37
#37
It was my first bowl game.We brought 8 people and had a blast. I will have to try that again. Love the stadium.
 
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#38
Bowl games are fun but only a couple really matter. It might make spring workouts a bit more fun for returning players but every year is a new team
 
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ReaderVol said:
Should end that statement with "in my opinion".
All the people I was around and watching the players reaction says they do.
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In the moment they do but that's it. They make for some interesting games but they change nothing
 
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NashVol11 said:
They're exhibition games. In that sense, they literally don't matter. Turning that into "zero players care about bowl games" is a strawman argument used to prop them up.
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Correct. I've watched 2 Bowl games that actually matter, both today, Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. The other games are exhibition games. Players still wanna win because they're competitors and fans still wanna watch cause cause it's their teams. But only 2 games have mattered toward what every team has as its goal at the beginning of the season, which is to win a championship.....Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. No one should get it twisted yet it sure looks like a lot are trying to do just that.
 
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It mattered A LOT to Derek Barnett. It was the "unimportant" bowl game where he broke Reggie's all time sack record on his way to the NFL. If it mattered to Derek and the entire football team, it mattered to me and I'm good with it.
 
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KBVol said:
Correct. I've watched 2 Bowl games that actually matter, both today, Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. The other games are exhibition games. Players still wanna win because they're competitors and fans still wanna watch cause cause it's their teams. But only 2 games have mattered toward what every team has as its goal at the beginning of the season, which is to win a championship.....Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. No one should get it twisted yet it sure looks like a lot are trying to do just that.
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Pretty well put.
 
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Remy said:
It mattered A LOT to Derek Barnett. It was the "unimportant" bowl game where he broke Reggie's all time sack record on his way to the NFL. If it mattered to Derek and the entire football team, it mattered to me and I'm good with it.
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Exactly. This game meant a lot to every player. Especially those who played their last game as a Vol.
 
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utvolpj said:
In the moment they do but that's it. They make for some interesting games but they change nothing
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The players (especially seniors and early draftees) will always remember this game.
I wil as well. It was the last time I saw some all time great Vols play for UT.
 
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