Bowl rumors

[rrlbees]

NCAA looking at reducing the number of bowls by 5-10 and also requiring 7 wins minimum, no 6-6 teams.

 

[Whitey23]

Growing belief seven wins should be magic number for bowl eligibility

 

[OrangeXtreme]

The bowls that offer the NCAA the best bribes get to stay.

 

[orangepassion]

How many D-1 wins?

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

Not surprising. I wasn't paying close attention, but I got the impression attendance and viewership were down across the board.

 

[44PRIDE]

Even with TV and sponsorship revenue streams, I never understood how these "Bottom of the Barrel" bowl games made money for the teams involved.

 

[rosconey]

way too many bowls now-would be a good thing

 

[javadoc]

NCAA looking at reducing the number of bowls by 5-10 and also requiring 7 wins minimum, no 6-6 teams.

As long as they allow all teams to practice as if they were going to a bowl, I'm OK with it.

 

[kingottoiii]

It should be 6 D1A Ws to be Bowl eligible. Which means if you play a 1AA and win 7-5. If you lose 6-6 is ok. The fact that you could make a Bowl currently going 5-6 vs D1A teams always bothered me.

 

[rrlbees]

How many D-1 wins?

no idea. my guess would be 6.

 

[Rocco]

I am all in favor of that. Wouldn't even be mad if they made it 8 wins. Some of these bowl games nowadays are a complete joke.

 

[orangepassion]

I never understood the backlash against the numerous bowls. I assume it's a great experience for the kids involved. I don't think everyone should be in a bowl, but have no problem with school .500 or better going to one.

 

[CJSyr]

As long as they allow all teams to practice as if they were going to a bowl, I'm OK with it.

I've never understood why this doesn't get more legs. Why couldn't bowl-ineligible teams practice and schedule a scrimmage against another bowl-ineligible team, just for kicks? Keeping these teams from practicing just perpetuates their lack of success. So hard to get ahead otherwise.

 

[bnoro]

I never understood the backlash against the numerous bowls. I assume it's a great experience for the kids involved. I don't think everyone should be in a bowl, but have no problem with school .500 or better going to one.

because schools lose exorbitant amounts of money on them, especially if they have to eat tickets

 

[Scooch]

because schools lose exorbitant amounts of money on them, especially if they have to eat tickets

And yet its the schools who fueled the huge increase in bowl games (because they ARE the NCAA, which licenses said bowls) and they continue to perpetuate the current system even though 95% of schools lose money on it.

It's a remarkable thing, really.

 

[Moontan]

...they continue to perpetuate the current system even though 95% of schools lose money on it.

It's just the price for marketing the perception that a school has a successful football program. "Our program is making great strides." or "We have a great football program." "We've been in 3 consecutive bowl games on ESPN*. We're #Winning!"

 

[SWC75]

The rumor that an SU player didn't want to beat Pittsburgh because they didn't want to go to aminor bowl, if true, says a lot.

I am very much the old man on the porch here. I still have a book called "Big Bowl Football", bought in the 60's, that I used to love reading to dream about having the sort of team that could go to a bowl game, (which we did a few times). I just can't get it out of my mind that a bowl is supposed to be a reward for a special season, nor do I want to. Reading articles of the bowls sticking the schools for buying a certain number of tickets when nthey will enver sell that many seats jsut so the bowls can make money hardens my opinion on this.

There should be an 8 win ro top 25 ranking minimum, (with a maximum of one FCS team on the schedule) for no more than a dozen bowls.