Now that the college bowl season is over, we can safely assume that is was...an absolute disaster.

You suffer through wave after wave of bowl games in December as sort of a way of preparing you for the BCS games, the classic match ups and eventually the National Championship.  But what rang out true this year was the fundamental fact that these games, these competitions, meant nothing.  There was absolutely nothing at stake. Unless you are a fan of the school, why would you watch 95% of these bowl games (as a side, I'm a huge fan of arbitrary percentages because how can you really argue with something that’s arbitrary)?  And further more, how did the GMAC Bowl and International Bowl make it past the first of the year?  Thats like being invited to a party that's only supposed to have hot women yet a couple of 4's make their way into the party.  How does it happen? And am I being too generous by correlating the GMAC and International Bowls with a 4? Maybe a 3?  Isn't college football supposed to wait to showcase the best games as late as possible?

The BCS is in place to attempt to showcase premier teams competing for absolutely nothing.  There is only 1 game that matters, the National Championship, and when it was a blowout like it was this year, it’s hard not to count the bowl season as bad one.

All of the other bowl games have nothing at stake. I make the comparison it would be like NBC green lighting a show called "No Deal or No Deal"(which wouldn't surprise me with the writers strike going on).  A contestant would get up, pick numbered suitcases and some, uh I guess they call them a, suitcase model opens it up only to reveal...gasp, $0!  But wait, that's enough to keep going so the contestant picks another suitcase and its...$0!   Every suitcase is full of $0.  If there's nothing at stake, what creates the drama?  Why would you watch "No Deal or No Deal"? I mean, I know the fact that Howie Mandel will only fist bump and not shake hands is hilarious EVERY time, but would it be enough to watch? 

It sounds riveting but let me tell you, its not.  I, as a college football fan, have been subjected to over 20 episodes of "No Deal or No Deal" only its been in the form of college football bowl games.  Hopefully at some point, college football decides to actually add something to the suitcases.  Hey, if worse comes to worse, they can just have suitcase models opening up suitcases to reveal the final scores of simulated meaningless bowl games, it would be better viewing than actually watching those games.