College Football Fans in Disbelief After Bowl Game Mascot Lowered into Giant Toaster, Gets Cooked, Then Eaten

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College football bowl season isn’t what it used to be anymore — and that fact was highlighted during Thursday night’s Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Florida.

The advent of the College Football Playoff has made bowl season something of an afterthought for all but the most die-hard of college football fans.

If you’re not gambling on a game and/or didn’t go to one of the schools competing, why would the average fan care about the “Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl presented by Stifel”?

That apathy has only gotten worse with the College Football Playoff all but screaming: “These are the only bowls that matter!”

(The College Football Playoff cycles through the six oldest bowls — the Rose Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, the Cotton Bowl Classic, the Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl — as hosts for playoff games.)

So what are all these lesser bowls, not deserving of playoff recognition, to do?

Apparently, they’re going for virality and shock factor, if the scene in Orlando on Thursday was any indication.

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