This article explores the surprising excitement and camaraderie witnessed in the seemingly insignificant bowl games of college football. It highlights the focus on teamwork and player welfare, exemplified by teams like Colorado and Alabama, and the impact of player absences on teams like Alabama even with NFL-bound stars.
Miami quarterback Cam Ward throws a pass during the first half of the Pop Tarts Bowl NCAA college football game against Iowa State on Dec. 28, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. Too bad that so far, hardly any of the games on the road to that national championship have been worth a hoot. And interesting to see that all the games that supposedly mean nothing is where most of the fun and mayhem has played out.
The day after New Year’s Day used to be when college football folded up the tent, but now it’s simply time for a break. Including Thursday’s Sugar Bowl – the quarter-final showdown between Georgia and Notre Dame that was pushed back a day because of the deadly attack in New Orleans – Jan. 2 opened with four big games left on the schedule and 18 days left to go before a champion is crowned. The most notable stuff over bowl season, meanwhile, has come out of the nearly three dozen bowl games that aren’t supposed to mean that much, but in many ways, still do. A look at who won, who lost and what we’d all be missing if we boiled down college football to only its 12-team playoff.Colorado and Alabama were among the teams that focused on the “brotherhood” of football and leaned into the idea that even their NFL-bound stars were showing solidarity by playing in these bowl games. At CU, that meant amping up the insurance policies for Heisman winner Travis Hunter and quarterback Shedeur Sanders. “To talk about where the game is, where it’s going and how leadership is taking care of the players, I thought that’s excellent,” Colorado linebackers coach Andre’ Hart said. On a similar note, quarterback Jalen Milroe suited up for Alabama’s game against Michigan, but the Tide fell flat 19-13. Turns out, more than a dozen of Milroe’s teammates opted not to join him, and not even a first-round quarterback can overcome that.Nothing these days says “big” in sports better than Snoop Dogg himsel
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