Why We Still Care - Why seemingly pointless bowl games still capture our attention

By Flemish American, Section College
Posted on Sun Jan 06 2008 at 9:32 PM EST
More on: NCAA Football, Bowl Season, BCS, Championship (all tags)

There it was.  The Motor City Bowl was on and I was glued to my TV hoping that Central Michigan of the Mid-American Conference would manage just one more score.  After they did and it was all tied up, I continued to watch as Purdue of the Big Ten drove for one last time and won on a late field goal.  The following day it was Texas -vs- Arizona State and then I couldn't wait until the next day when Maryland was due to play Oregon State and two other games were to take place.

I have no loyalty to any of these teams.  I don't even follow very many of their conferences.  Yet here I was following all the results and enjoying all the trappings of the yearly bowl season.

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