Im not real clear why we treat "New Years Six" as an accomplishment now.
If you get to the IMPORTANT game in Miami, Tempe, New Orleans, the playoff game, sure. Good deal.
But the less bowl in New Orleans, the Sugar Bowl, is now the equivalent of the Capital One Bowl for the #2 team in SEC. We mocked Payton Manning and Fulmer for being #2 every year and yet we havent achieved it ourselves in over a decade.
The other "New Years Six" bowls are for #3 or #4 in SEC, at best.
How could this be better than being "National Coach of the Year"? Or Conference coach of the year?
Seems crazy.