What I don't understand about the "too many bowls" guys is ... what's the harm? Is it that you don't find the matchups compelling? If so, don't tune in.
Is it that bowls now are "watered down," which somehow harms the prestige or meaning of "real" bowl games? OK, I guess I could see that, but it doesn't really make a lot of sense ... everyone knows there are a lot of bowl games now, and I don't really see what the harm is in some crappy 6-6 MAC or Sun Belt teams playing in a bowl game to, say, a WSU program that's playing in a "real" bowl game. Even if there is harm, does that outweigh the positives, meager as they might be? I don't really see it.
For the first time this year, I'll agree that I tuned into a couple of the lower-tier bowl games and thought "man, these teams both are pretty bad," but again, I don't really see the harm.
I'd much rather have the option to tune in and watch some teams like Idaho and Colorado State play, or even the previously alluded-to 6-6 MAC or Sun Belt teams play, than whatever else might be on ESPN if some of the lower-tier bowl games went away. Do you really want to watch an infomercial, a Norwegian curling tournament, some ESPN special on a social justice warrior cause, or whatever else they'd throw on during a weekday at 2pm instead of a couple decent teams playing some football, all before we have to go 8 months without it? I just don't get it.