some worthwhile info in a whiny @ss Seattle Times writer's screed against bowls...
excerpt:
...Some made-for-TV bowls have actually seen significant viewership increases.
Take the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, which would rival Boise for "Worst Bowl Game in America" if actually played in America. Western Michigan taking down Middle Tennessee in a foreign country's partially filled 15,000-seat soccer stadium doesn't exactly scream postseason football and makes this another ESPN prop-up job. But prop it up the network did, drawing 2.1 million viewers - 43 percent above last year's inaugural game.....
excerpt:
...Some made-for-TV bowls have actually seen significant viewership increases.
Take the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, which would rival Boise for "Worst Bowl Game in America" if actually played in America. Western Michigan taking down Middle Tennessee in a foreign country's partially filled 15,000-seat soccer stadium doesn't exactly scream postseason football and makes this another ESPN prop-up job. But prop it up the network did, drawing 2.1 million viewers - 43 percent above last year's inaugural game.....
