They just don’t matter as much when there’s really nothing on the line in terms of winning a championship.
And the playoff is not that interesting to me either because it seems like it’s the same teams over and over.
I do still like the rose bowl. My wife almost made it on a float as royalty when she lived there (just missed the final cut) and we love the parade and Pasadena. I like the big ten vs pac 12 rivalry. If Utah gets in the rose bowl I will be jealous. But it is what it is right now. Still cool we beat them if they got to a rose bowl. I hope our bowl ties improve.