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If you follow college football, you've noticed an explosion of bowl games -- some featuring teams with losing records. Our business-of-sports analyst Diana Nyad has been keeping track and shared her thoughts with Kai Ryssdal.

Quarterback Patrick White of West Virginia runs toward Darien Williams of Oklahoma in the Tostito's Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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