Posted by Kevin Jacobs, Sun Staff

It’s January 6th and the winner is?! Actually there’s still there’s no winner in college football and there won’t be for another few days, as we continue to wade through the muck that is this year’s bowl games. Scratch that, it’s more like the quicksand that nearly kills 66-year-old Harrison Ford during his latest jaunt as Indiana Jones. Unfortunately for viewers of both, the journey is extremely long, predominantly boring, and may not be worth all the hype.

If the BCS is really going to refuse switching to a playoff format (clearly the most fair and exciting solution), then they need to cut down on the number of bowls. Not only are the names ridiculous, but when you have nearly 70 teams playing in bowl games, what makes them special anymore? The magicJack Bowl? The Papajohns.com Bowl? The R+L Carries Bowl? Who wants to watch these games, their annoying endorsements, and more importantly who approved the names? Hasn’t the economy forced everyone to cut back? Apparently not college football.

From what I can tell, even the most dedicated fans have become apathetic. While there’s been lots of good football, the sheer quantity of games and shameless corporate endorsements have negated any feeling of awe or excitement. Sure it’s fun to see your favorite team annually fight for a bowl victory, but what did Oregon State and Pitt really get out of a 3-0 final in the Brut Sun Bowl? Pride? I know the fans didn’t get anything.

There have only been two or three games I’m truly interested in and just one has lived up to the hype thus far. Last night’s battle between Texas and Ohio State came down to the wire, and had me up out of my seat. It was the type of game all bowls should be, and that very few have been this season.

Let me emphasize again that there has been and will be great football this bowl season, there’s just been so much more meaningless crap. While there’s little doubt that Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford (just the second time ever two Heisman winners face off in a college game by the way), will put on a championship worthy display, lets “cut the fat” so to speak. At some point college football needs to realize that quantity simply does not equal quality.