The games will have the same meaning as NFL games do.

My Seahawk's lost last night and are now 3-3. They can still right the ship and make the playoffs (doubtful), but my interest week to week is quite low as the games won't really matter until November/December.

The NFL only has a 14 team playoff, by the way. Who here is going to give a shit if ND is the 19th seed some year and have to play #13 seed Iowa St. on ESPN2 at 9pm on a Thursday night in December?

In the end this is about keeping the $$$ flowing between ESPN, the big conferences, and the donor class who will stop paying up for 8-4 Texas A&M seasons sooner rather than later.