[MustardtheBallCarrier]

What made this a meaningless game?

And if it was, why did you bother to care about it one way or another?

It is one of the bottom three games on our schedule this year and the stakes are whether we play in a third or fourth tier bowl game.  I should have said "much less important on a relative basis" in hopes of preempting that comment, but was looking for emphasis over precision .  I wouldn't particularly care about the outcome of this game, except for what it means longer term (i.e., for the team's improvement, for McCaffrey's future, Shaw avoiding a Les Miles-ian trajectory, etc.).  That was my point, essentially.

[MustardtheBallCarrier]

What made this a meaningless game?

And if it was, why did you bother to care about it one way or another?

It is one of the bottom three games on our schedule this year and the stakes are whether we play in a third or fourth tier bowl game.  I should have said "much less important on a relative basis" in hopes of preempting that comment, but was looking for emphasis over precision .  I wouldn't particularly care about the outcome of this game, except for what it means longer term (i.e., for the team's improvement, for McCaffrey's future, Shaw avoiding a Les Miles-ian trajectory, etc.).  That was my point, essentially.