Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Forty-two bowl games have been played since Dec.
16, and one more remains: the National Championship. However, it goes without saying that the bowl season has lost its luster in recent years.
More and more players are opting out of bowl games, whether it is to protect themselves for the NFL Draft, realignment forcing traditional bowl game matchups to be a thing in the past or other reasons. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM A general view of the football field and signage before the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between the Mississippi Rebels and the Penn State Nittany Lions at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec.
30, 2023 in Atlanta. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) More than two dozen Florida State players did not play in the Orange Bowl this past weekend - some were prepping for the Draft, some may have been protesting over being snubbed out of the playoff, and, because there is a playoff, some probably just found it pointless; they lost to Georgia, 63-3.