How important is bowl season for ACC?

In all the years of blogging on this site, we’ve always said winning out-of-conference games can change the perception of the ACC. We’ve posted the records and highlighted the wins and losses.

We have another 11 games for the conference to make an impression before the season ends, and set things up for next year.

Bowl season has forever been changed with opt-outs. It has lost a lot of its meaning, but winning is still winning, and losing is still losing right? That’s what I’ve always thought in the past.

We ask the question how important is bowl season for the ACC?

Frankly, it’s not important at all. We saw the value placed on winning and results this past weekend from the FSU playoff snub.

Oddsmakers have the ACC favored in 5 of the 11 ball games, and since we’re in the business basing games on predictive odds, the ACC goes 5-6 during the bowl games, and we’re done.

They will be played in reality, but that doesn’t matter either. The ACC could win all 11 games by 30 points, and it won’t have any bearing on next season. The SEC had a losing record against the P5 and was 4-6 against the ACC, and it’s like the games didn’t even happen. It didn’t matter this year to have a winning record against the P5, and it certainly won’t matter to have a winning bowl record. The ACC even had a winning bowl record last year. A lot of good that did.

To the individual teams, there is value. There are the extra practices, and the reward for the season played for the players. They earned it, even if they had season injuries during the season you still have that opportunity to win a game. Well not everyone got the opportunity they deserved.

The games are meaningless in every sense of the word. This is now including even the games during the regular season apparently.

That said, going out with your teammates, and your coaches in front of your fans is something even a playoff committee can’t take away.

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