Column: We could do without 3rd-place game, all these bowls


              A Moroccan fan reacts while watching the Morocco national team lose to France in the semi final of the World Cup played in Qatar, in Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
            
              UTSA quarterback Frank Harris warms up before the Cure Bowl NCAA college football game against Troy, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
            
              Troy quarterback Gunnar Watson warms up before the Cure Bowl NCAA college football game against UTSA, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
            
              A Moroccan man reacts while watching the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco played in Qatar, at a public viewing place in Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Sonia Moussaid)
            
              Morocco's Yahia Attiyat Allah consoles a teammate at the end of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. France won 2-0 and will play Argentina in Sunday's final. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
            
              Bryce Mitchell reacts after losing to Ilia Topuria during a UFC 282 mixed martial arts featherweight bout Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
            
              Dricus Du Plessis, left, fights Darren Till during a UFC 282 mixed martial arts middleweight bout Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
            
              FILE - LIV Golf CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman watches play during the pro-am of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., July 28, 2022. Rory McIlroy thought his differences with Norman over a Saudi-funded golf league had been patched up. That changed when Norman accused him of being “brainwashed” by golf's ruling brass. “I thought, You know what? I'm going to make it my business now to be as much of a pain in his arse as possible,'” McIlroy said in a lengthy interview in the Sunday Independent in Ireland. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Column: We could do without 3rd-place game, all these bowls