bowl?

[BillSU]

I don’t know why so many are concerned with our playing in a bowl game and are worried we won’t get there. We’re still stuck with some of Schafer’s recruits. Have patience and let these freshmen and sophomores develop and grow into their roles physically and mentally. So much is wanted from DB and this team in only DB’s second year. Everyone is going to pile on and say wow look at all the publicity we’re losing, if we don’t. REALLY?

Just kidding, football never stops. If you are going to a bowl you get an extra practice for everyone especially those who need it, someone might be back from injury, recruiting gets better, and the staff can say we went bowling last year to recruits.

2-3 now with Pitt coming in 2-3 with an offense that can’t get it done. They were beaten by OK St. 59 – 21, GA Tech 35 – 17, and Ped St. 33-14. Their two wins were to Youngstown St in OT 28-21 and a lowly Rice team 42-15. IMO we win this one at home and upset Clemson. BC should give us the 5 we need.

Used to be only the best played in bowl games, the BIG ones and we were there; Cotton, Gator where we destroyed Clemson, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta. Twenty five appearances won 15, lost 9, 1 tie, seven consecutive wins from 1989 to 1996. But now there are 40 bowl games requiring 80 teams to fill them. The NCAA had to lower win loss standards just to come up with enough teams. 5-7 and you go to a bowl. It’s all about the money. How about that good old Boca Raton Bowl? Get there and join Jimmy Buffett and have a few in Margarita Land.

Here’s just a few that don’t exist anymore:

Alamo Bowl

1947

San Antonio, Texas

Not to be confused with the modern Alamo Bowl

All-American Bowl

1977–1990

Birmingham, Alabama

Known as the Hall of Fame Classic through 1985.

Aloha Bowl

1982–2000

Honolulu, Hawaii

Aviation Bowl

1961

Dayton, Ohio

Bacardi Bowl

1907, 1909, 1911–1912, 1921, 1936, 1946

Havana, Cuba

Last game in 1946, Southern Mississippi defeated Havana University, 55-0

Bluebonnet Bowl

1959–1987

Houston, Texas

Known as the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl whenever the game was played in the Astrodome.

Bluegrass Bowl

1958

Louisville, Kentucky

California Bowl

1981–1991

Fresno, California

Superseded by the Las Vegas Bowl.

Charity Bowl

1937

Los Angeles

Cherry Bowl

1984–1985

Pontiac, Michigan

 

[nzm136]

The weekend ended last night. Put the bottle down, bud.

The above said, I do admire your zeal about beating Pitt. Scratch what I said about stopping drinking lol

 

[Orangtiz]

and upset Clemson

You lost me.

 

[AAM62]

Going for the upset at Clemson rather than beating wake is a bold move, cotton. Let’s see how it plays out.

 

[SmilinBob]

SU has to beat Pitt or the only bowl they will be going to is the Wii bowl.

 

[BillSU]

You lost me.

...lost? Carrier Dome, Fri. Oct. 13, 7 P. M. Anything is possible.

 

[CanadianSU]

Pitt is the defenition of must win.

 

[Chip]

Sort of related (to bowling), I watched Kingpin the other day. One forgets how entertaining that movie is. Some of Bill Murray's best work. Had to cover my eyes during a few parts. You're probably thinking the Vanessa Angel parts, but no.

 

[djorange1989]

Umm, we need 6 wins for a bowl. 3 teams last year made it at 5-7, and there is one less bowl this year. maybe a couple of 5-7 will get in, and then it's based on APR, which plants us in the middle of the FBS. we need 6, and that will be a tough chore. One thing at a time. Beat Pitt and the dream remains, we lose to Pitt and we are toast. Oh, and Kingpin is a classic. Vanessa Angel. sighhh

 

[BillSU]

Umm, we need 6 wins for a bowl. 3 teams last year made it at 5-7, and there is one less bowl this year. maybe a couple of 5-7 will get in, and then it's based on APR, which plants us in the middle of the FBS. we need 6, and that will be a tough chore. One thing at a time. Beat Pitt and the dream remains, we lose to Pitt and we are toast. Oh, and Kingpin is a classic. Vanessa Angel. sighhh

The new rules are below. However it is always one game at a time. Pitt will be tough as usual.
IMO we are a year away from any bowl consideration.

On August 2, 2012, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved a significant change to the process to determine bowl eligible teams, going so far as to potentially allow 5-7 teams to go to a bowl, in case there were not enough regular bowl-eligible teams to fill every game. If a bowl has one or more conferences/teams unable to meet their contractual commitments and there are no available bowl-eligible teams, the open spots can be filled – by the particular bowl's sponsoring agencies – as follows:[9]

1. Teams finishing 6-6 with one win against a team from the lower Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), regardless of whether that FCS school meets NCAA scholarship requirements. Until now, an FCS win counted only if that opponent met the scholarship requirements—specifically, that school had to award at least 90% of the FCS maximum of 63 scholarship equivalents over a two-year period. In the 2012 season, programs in four FCS conferences cannot meet the 90% requirement (56.7 equivalents)—the Ivy League, which prohibits all athletic scholarships; the Pioneer Football League and Georgetown, which do not currently award football scholarships; and the Northeast Conference, which limits football scholarships to 38 equivalents.
2. 6-6 teams with two wins over FCS schools.
3. Teams that finish 6-7 with loss number seven in their conference championship game (that has been eliminated by the conference championship waiver rule).
4. 6-7 teams that normally play a 13-team schedule, such as Hawaii's home opponents. Although Hawaii normally plays a 13-game schedule, it only played 12 games in the 2012 season.
5. FCS teams who are in the final year of the two-year FBS transition process, if they have at least a 6-6 record.
6. Finally, 5-7 teams that have a top-5 Academic Progress Rate (APR) score. This was later adjusted to allow other 5-7 teams to be selected thereafter—in order of their APR.[9]The 2015-16 bowl season featured a record 40 bowl games, and 3 teams with losing records (5-7 San Jose State, 5-7 Minnesota, 5-7 Nebraska). [10] Despite this, the Arizona Bowl was unable to fill teams for its Conference USA or alternate Sun Belt Conference tie-ins, leading to both teams being Mountain West Conference teams, and the first time since the 1979 Orange Bowl that a non-championship bowl game was played between members of the same conference.[11]

 

[djorange1989]

yep, I know a 5-7 team can go to a bowl if there aren't enough 6 win teams, I was saying that there are maybe going to be a couple of slots open for a 5 win team, and our APR isn't good enough this year, more than likely. it dropped 5 points from last year.

 

[Ish88888]

I don’t know why so many are concerned with our playing in a bowl game and are worried we won’t get there. We’re still stuck with some of Schafer’s recruits. Have patience and let these freshmen and sophomores develop and grow into their roles physically and mentally. So much is wanted from DB and this team in only DB’s second year. Everyone is going to pile on and say wow look at all the publicity we’re losing, if we don’t. REALLY?

Just kidding, football never stops. If you are going to a bowl you get an extra practice for everyone especially those who need it, someone might be back from injury, recruiting gets better, and the staff can say we went bowling last year to recruits.

2-3 now with Pitt coming in 2-3 with an offense that can’t get it done. They were beaten by OK St. 59 – 21, GA Tech 35 – 17, and Ped St. 33-14. Their two wins were to Youngstown St in OT 28-21 and a lowly Rice team 42-15. IMO we win this one at home and upset Clemson. BC should give us the 5 we need.

Used to be only the best played in bowl games, the BIG ones and we were there; Cotton, Gator where we destroyed Clemson, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta. Twenty five appearances won 15, lost 9, 1 tie, seven consecutive wins from 1989 to 1996. But now there are 40 bowl games requiring 80 teams to fill them. The NCAA had to lower win loss standards just to come up with enough teams. 5-7 and you go to a bowl. It’s all about the money. How about that good old Boca Raton Bowl? Get there and join Jimmy Buffett and have a few in Margarita Land.

Here’s just a few that don’t exist anymore:

Alamo Bowl

1947

San Antonio, Texas

Not to be confused with the modern Alamo Bowl

All-American Bowl

1977–1990

Birmingham, Alabama

Known as the Hall of Fame Classic through 1985.

Aloha Bowl

1982–2000

Honolulu, Hawaii

Aviation Bowl

1961

Dayton, Ohio

Bacardi Bowl

1907, 1909, 1911–1912, 1921, 1936, 1946

Havana, Cuba

Last game in 1946, Southern Mississippi defeated Havana University, 55-0

Bluebonnet Bowl

1959–1987

Houston, Texas

Known as the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl whenever the game was played in the Astrodome.

Bluegrass Bowl

1958

Louisville, Kentucky

California Bowl

1981–1991

Fresno, California

Superseded by the Las Vegas Bowl.

Charity Bowl

1937

Los Angeles

Cherry Bowl

1984–1985

Pontiac, Michigan

Yup, the original bowl formula was CCST, CMU, MTSU, PITT, WF, and BC for our 6. THAT MTSU loss will haunt us the rest of the way. NOW, we need to beat Clemson( Friday night magic) , Miami, or Louisville. Geeez, yes, our schedule is rough.

 

[Cuse'91]

Sad that I remember a time when going to a bowl game actually meant something. With all these money generating bowls, 5 win teams, no excuse not to go bowling...

 

[Chris02M]

Yup, the original bowl formula was CCST, CMU, MTSU, PITT, WF, and BC for our 6. THAT MTSU loss will haunt us the rest of the way. NOW, we need to beat Clemson( Friday night magic) , Miami, or Louisville. Geeez, yes, our schedule is rough.

you forgot florida state

 

[Ish88888]

you forgot florida state

Yup!!!!! Geeez, i did, let's try and beat what i mentioned!

 

[OrangeTarheel]

That Bacardi Bowl Wikipedia page is hilarious, especially the part about Other Cuba Football Game Results. The University of Havana was desperate to play someone, anyone, and usually lose badly to them. I also like that the Havana Police made it into the record books by squaring off against Rollins College in 1923. How about we schedule University of Havana one of these years?

 

[hungrychuck]

That Bacardi Bowl Wikipedia page is hilarious, especially the part about Other Cuba Football Game Results. The University of Havana was desperate to play someone, anyone, and usually lose badly to them. I also like that the Havana Police made it into the record books by squaring off against Rollins College in 1923. How about we schedule University of Havana one of these years?

Only if it's home and home!

 

[cuse309]

I don’t know why so many are concerned with our playing in a bowl game and are worried we won’t get there. We’re still stuck with some of Schafer’s recruits. Have patience and let these freshmen and sophomores develop and grow into their roles physically and mentally. So much is wanted from DB and this team in only DB’s second year. Everyone is going to pile on and say wow look at all the publicity we’re losing, if we don’t. REALLY?

Just kidding, football never stops. If you are going to a bowl you get an extra practice for everyone especially those who need it, someone might be back from injury, recruiting gets better, and the staff can say we went bowling last year to recruits.

2-3 now with Pitt coming in 2-3 with an offense that can’t get it done. They were beaten by OK St. 59 – 21, GA Tech 35 – 17, and Ped St. 33-14. Their two wins were to Youngstown St in OT 28-21 and a lowly Rice team 42-15. IMO we win this one at home and upset Clemson. BC should give us the 5 we need.

Used to be only the best played in bowl games, the BIG ones and we were there; Cotton, Gator where we destroyed Clemson, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta. Twenty five appearances won 15, lost 9, 1 tie, seven consecutive wins from 1989 to 1996. But now there are 40 bowl games requiring 80 teams to fill them. The NCAA had to lower win loss standards just to come up with enough teams. 5-7 and you go to a bowl. It’s all about the money. How about that good old Boca Raton Bowl? Get there and join Jimmy Buffett and have a few in Margarita Land.

Here’s just a few that don’t exist anymore:

Alamo Bowl

1947

San Antonio, Texas

Not to be confused with the modern Alamo Bowl

All-American Bowl

1977–1990

Birmingham, Alabama

Known as the Hall of Fame Classic through 1985.

Aloha Bowl

1982–2000

Honolulu, Hawaii

Aviation Bowl

1961

Dayton, Ohio

Bacardi Bowl

1907, 1909, 1911–1912, 1921, 1936, 1946

Havana, Cuba

Last game in 1946, Southern Mississippi defeated Havana University, 55-0

Bluebonnet Bowl

1959–1987

Houston, Texas

Known as the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl whenever the game was played in the Astrodome.

Bluegrass Bowl

1958

Louisville, Kentucky

California Bowl

1981–1991

Fresno, California

Superseded by the Las Vegas Bowl.

Charity Bowl

1937

Los Angeles

Cherry Bowl

1984–1985

Pontiac, Michigan