Every game means something? What did West Carolina mean? We have plenty of meaningless games around the country now.
That game might not have meant much for our chances in the BCS, but it wasn't meaningless at all.
It meant that those players at West Carolina now have a story to tell their grandkids about when they played the defending national champions.
It meant a lot of money for the athletic department at West Carolina.
It meant that some Bama fans that rarely get an opportunity to take their families to a ball game probably were able to pickup some tickets at affordable prices and let their kids experience gameday at Bryant-Denny. The game might not have been that exciting to many adult fans, but it would be an amazing thing for kids that haven't been to one.
It meant that a lot of Bama's players that bust their tails in practice actually got some playing time as a reward.
I see a lot of benefits out of these games. Of course, our entertainment-addicted society is only concerned with making sure that they are continuously stimulated, so they think that every game should be like the SECCG. They're so consumed with making it more entertaining that all other concerns are ignored.