(01-08-2018 05:22 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 09:43 AM)Tigersmoke4 Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 09:00 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 08:11 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  One quibble with the OP: it will actually be even harder for the AAC to get a contract bowl than a CFP spot. If there’s overwhelming evidence that a team deserves a playoff spot (e.g. undefeated *and* multiple OOC wins against top P5 teams), then the CFP committee *could* be persuaded.

In contrast, bowl committees don’t give a crap about on-the-field results. In a sport that is already biased toward the elite programs, the bowls might be the most elitist of them all. These bowls couldn’t even stand Big East 2.0 with schools like West Virginia and Louisville that actually brought a good amount of fans. Being a “big time bowl” means having schools like Michigan, USC, Florida, etc. regardless of their records. We’ve seen time and time again (and we see it with the payout amounts) that bowls would rather take the 3rd, 4th or 5th place school from the Big Ten or SEC than any G5 school. The bowl part of the system is honestly more entrenched and stacked against the G5 than the playoff itself.

One quibble here: the AAC could get a contract bowl, but for the reasons you mention it just won't be with a major bowl. But i bet something like the Bahamas Bowl would be happy to sign a contract to host the AAC champ in years when they do not make the playoff.

You used to bother me, but you've become a joke. That piece of craziness from you just made me laugh.

You doubt that the Bahamas Bowl would be willing to sign a contract for the AAC champ? I don't.

The key to an AAC "contract game" has never been finding a bowl. The key is finding a network willing to pay around 40 million a year for the right to televise the game. That wasnt anywhere to be found in 2012 when the CFP was being hammered out. Thats just one of many reasons that Im extremely skeptical of NIU's AD claim that a G5 playoff would be worth $150 million.