Wait, Kanell's solution to fix the "bowl system" is to have the bowls in Zero Week?
The playoffs, and subsequent opt-outs from games that don't really matter any longer, have effectively turned the bowl games glorified spring games. They're great background filler during the holidays and some of them can still be fun to watch (see Clemson-Kentucky) but they're not a good indicator of team vs team or conference vs conference any longer. Are we really to believe we got a fair representation of Missouri and Ohio State after the Cotton Bowl?
Personally, I think we should stop counting W/L results for any bowls that aren't part of the playoffs because they really don't matter and players are treating them as such. Christian McCaffrey started this opt-out stuff and it's now exploded as players save themselves for the Draft. On one hand, I admire Will Shipley for playing this week. On the other, he's a complete moron because he might've shredded his knee in the process.