You're just bitter because your program can't even fill its stadium for a real spring game. The bowls you're crying over were mostly meaningless exhibitions too, except your team probably lost them. The spring game is for the real fans, the ones who care about the future. The portal and NIL give players freedom you clearly hate because it forces coaches to actually develop talent year-round. Those "forged identity" trips were just vacations for teams that couldn't compete for real titles. We're buildng for championships in Norman, not celebrating a trip to Shreveport. The playoff is the only tradition that matters now, and your nostalgia is just a cover for irrelevance. The sport passed your program by, and you're blaming "spring showcases" instead of your own weak recruiting. Our spring game has more energy and hope than any December bowl your team ever stumbled into.