UNT MEAN GREEN vs TEXAS STATE BOBCATS in FIRST RESPONDER BOWL ... January 3, 2025 3:00 SMU Stadium

[Meangreen Fight]

1 hour ago, Matt from A700 said:

This is why until we can retain players consistently like some of our conference mates, we should be targeting portal QBs with only a year of eligibility remaining so we don't get f*cked for the bowl game.

I think that is a short sighted solution to minor temporary problem.  My educated speculation is that financially the current bowl system isn’t sustainable long term.  The lessor bowls without bigger brands in them aren’t a good TV product.   And even watered down version of the bigger brand teams in are Not much better TV products.  I don’t know when or where these other bowls games will be played so it is likely I will miss them on TV.   I don’t think my perspective as a College Football fan varies that much from the average fan when it comes to bowl games in 2024.  G5 is going to establish some kind of “NIT” alternative for teams left out of the CFP.  Or bowl games featuring G5 teams 7-5 and below (who aren’t 3rd place or conference championship losers) are going to go away.   So until that happens it is foolish to craft your team to make sure you retain players for your mediocre bowl games that will likely draw far less than the best home game on when people are still dreaming of bigger accomplishments.

Being in a bowl game is no longer a good measuring stick of your program’s success.  It literally means you are average.  Recruits aren’t changing their opinion of a program based on a bowl appearance.