Least Exciting Game: Military Bowl, Navy vs. Virginia, December 28
Most bowl games feature winning teams. This does not—Navy and Virginia are both 6-6.

Most bowl games feature teams that got to go to a cool place. This does not—the game is played in Navy’s home stadium in Annapolis, and Virginia isn’t even leaving the DMV. (If you have to travel north to a bowl game, it’s typically a bad sign.)

Most bowl games are supposed to feel like rare matchups between teams that otherwise wouldn’t play. Navy and Virginia have played 33 times, although this is their first meeting since 1994.

Bowls are supposed to be fun finishes to exciting seasons. Navy lost six of its last seven games; Virginia lost five of its last six.