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[QUOTE="Stern, post: 2404277, member: 527"]
Wrong, 100% wrong on every level.  Going to a bowl games gets you MORE PRACTICES and essentially a whole extra session of "spring ball" so you can further work and develop your players. We are in the ACC where damn near the entire ACC goes to a bowl game, they get their spring ball in the spring then they get that BONUS spring ball period after the season as they prepare for the bowl game.  Which most schools who aren't playing for a title or in some huge game use to prepare the players who will be on the team NEXT year and put in alot of work with them during those extra practices.

When every team we compete against is getting essentially an extra session of spring ball and we aren't, we will never catch up or be able to compete with them. The have their coaches spending extra time, having numerous extra practices and are able to develop and grow their players faster. While our kids aren't getting that.

It's NOT about the crappy bowl game!!! Yes that is one small perk going to something like that, it's about being able to get more time with the players you recruit so you can get them up to speed and develop them into better players faster. More practices is a good thing, we have a football program that is handicapped vs the teams we compete against in our conference. So yeah schedule easier, rack up wins, get to go to bowl games because those extra practices are priceless.
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