That is to say, two things:

1) Has college football finally started to kill itself with fans at this time of the year by offering too many bowl games? This isn’t new territory, but it’s a sentiment that seems to be gaining steam. When an idea like bowl-game backlash becomes part of the overall sporting public discourse, which it seems to be this year, a sport has a problem. Like ridiculous salaries in baseball. Or, a few years back, not enough scoring in hockey. Or rampant cheating in water polo. OK, we made that last one up.

2) Have the Gophers gone to too many of these third-tier bowl games for the prospect of Minnesota/Texas Tech in the Insight Bowl tonight to even be remotely exciting? Sure, they made a nice comeback to win their final three games, which is to their credit. But they’re still a .500 team that needed a one-point win in a game in which they were outplayed by North Dakota State to make it to Tempe. Honestly, even if the NFL Network was more accessible, or if this game was on ESPN, how many of you would watch it more than just casually or even accidentally? The guess here is not many. And that signifies a problem with the direction of the Gophers program. But we’re willing to listen. Your thoughts?

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