I give you the Cure Bowl. Sunbelt vs. AAC

The American Athletic and Sun Belt conferences will participate in a new bowl game in Orlando, Fla., in 2015, sources said Tuesday.

The addition of the game -- it will be called the Cure Bowl and benefit breast cancer-related charities -- will increase the number of bowls in 2015 to a record 40, although that includes the College Football Playoff title game, so only 78 bowl teams will be needed.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...nning-2015

Waaaa waaaaa more football oh no...... Trust me there is more than enough time for you to get your fill of Scandal and Pawn Stars.

Besides there were bowl eligible teams that sat home last year.

Football is at 60% or so teams qualify for postseason. Basketball is I think around 45% or so.

(04-15-2014 11:24 PM)Zombiewoof Wrote:  I give you the Cure Bowl. Sunbelt vs. AAC

The American Athletic and Sun Belt conferences will participate in a new bowl game in Orlando, Fla., in 2015, sources said Tuesday.

The addition of the game -- it will be called the Cure Bowl and benefit breast cancer-related charities -- will increase the number of bowls in 2015 to a record 40, although that includes the College Football Playoff title game, so only 78 bowl teams will be needed.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...nning-2015

There should be 20 bowls plus a NC game. That's it.

(04-15-2014 11:46 PM)MissouriStateBears Wrote:  Football is at 60% or so teams qualify for postseason. Basketball is I think around 45% or so.

There are well over 300 basketball teams, and 68 make the NCAA tourney.

(04-15-2014 11:54 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:46 PM)MissouriStateBears Wrote:  Football is at 60% or so teams qualify for postseason. Basketball is I think around 45% or so.

There are well over 300 basketball teams, and 68 make the NCAA tourney.

Plus 32 NIT
32 Cit
16 CBI

148 total about a third

(04-15-2014 11:54 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:46 PM)MissouriStateBears Wrote:  Football is at 60% or so teams qualify for postseason. Basketball is I think around 45% or so.

There are well over 300 basketball teams, and 68 make the NCAA tourney.

technically 116 d1 teams make a postseason tourny and there are around 350 d1 teams.

so 33%

(04-16-2014 12:03 AM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:54 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:46 PM)MissouriStateBears Wrote:  Football is at 60% or so teams qualify for postseason. Basketball is I think around 45% or so.

There are well over 300 basketball teams, and 68 make the NCAA tourney.

Plus 32 NIT
32 Cit
16 CBI

148 total about a third

F*** forgot the cit

that brings it up to 42%

And coincidentally basketball first school fans are the ones commenting. For one in football you do not play as many regular season games as you do in basketball. In basketball by the end of the season unless your one of the top programs you usually ready for it to be over. Eliminating bowls would be fine if they increase the number of regular season games. Because what the average fan gets to attend 4-6 games a year and those are usually all home games.

I have been to have been to the Rose Bowl and to the New Orleans bowl. While the festivities and the game were better at the Rose Bowl I had an unforgettable time at the New Orleans bowl and look forward to the next time I can go again.

If you don't want to watch it simply don't watch it. I love when elitist come out and say "Welll boyyy there should only be x number of bowl games!"

Besides the December bowl games regardless of who is playing is better than watching Grandma got ran over by a Reindeer a billion times every year.

How can anyone be against something that benefits breast cancer research. If Mississippi state gets a bowl game for going 6-6 then so should whatever teams fill this bowl.

(04-15-2014 11:54 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:46 PM)MissouriStateBears Wrote:  Football is at 60% or so teams qualify for postseason. Basketball is I think around 45% or so.

There are well over 300 basketball teams, and 68 make the NCAA tourney.

There are well over 100 football teams, and four make the playoff.

Using your logic.

NIT/CBI=Non playoff bowl games

(04-16-2014 12:24 AM)ncbeta Wrote:  How can anyone be against something that benefits breast cancer research. If Mississippi state gets a bowl game for going 6-6 then so should whatever teams fill this bowl.

They are basketball fans.

I really don't see what's wrong with rewarding student athletes for hard work. Yeah these teams won't be the best of the bunch, but let these kids enjoy themselves. It'll also bring tourists to spend money in an area of Orlando that could use a boost in revenue (which will give people jobs, don't see why that is a bad thing), and more money to be spread amongst these conferences' members.
Seriously, I don't get why people complain about so many bowl games. If you don't like it, then don't waste your time watching it or the energy complaining about it.

(04-16-2014 12:27 AM)TrojanCampaign Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:54 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:46 PM)MissouriStateBears Wrote:  Football is at 60% or so teams qualify for postseason. Basketball is I think around 45% or so.

There are well over 300 basketball teams, and 68 make the NCAA tourney.

There are well over 100 football teams, and four make the playoff.

Using your logic.

NIT/CBI=Non playoff bowl games

Nobody is pretending like the Not Invited Tourney and the CBI matter. That's not the case for bowls.

That aside, 68 NCAA teams + 32 NIT teams + 16 CBI teams = 116 teams. There are 351 DI basketball schools.

116/351=~33%, and that's about 50 teams too many IMO. ~66/351=~19% (what I advocate).

78/124 = ~63%.

20 bowl games, plus a NC (what I advocate) would be 40 bowl teams, which would be 40/124=~32%.

If the market supports it and there are eligible teams available then I wonder what the big deal is. If nobody cares then in a few years this bowl will go away.


IMO the more college football the better. I might not make it a priority to watch this game, but if I am sitting at home looking for something to watch on TV I would much rather watch this than anything else on TV.

(04-15-2014 11:53 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:24 PM)Zombiewoof Wrote:  I give you the Cure Bowl. Sunbelt vs. AAC

The American Athletic and Sun Belt conferences will participate in a new bowl game in Orlando, Fla., in 2015, sources said Tuesday.

The addition of the game -- it will be called the Cure Bowl and benefit breast cancer-related charities -- will increase the number of bowls in 2015 to a record 40, although that includes the College Football Playoff title game, so only 78 bowl teams will be needed.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...nning-2015

There should be 20 bowls plus a NC game. That's it.

So Syracuse would never make another bowl game. (Sorry, but couldn't resist...bring on the hate)

Seriously, I do agree there are too many bowl games but I don't watch the ones I don't care for. No 6-6 team should be rewarded -you should at least have a 7-5 record, preferably 8-4.

(04-16-2014 07:13 AM)mac6115cd Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:53 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 11:24 PM)Zombiewoof Wrote:  I give you the Cure Bowl. Sunbelt vs. AAC

The American Athletic and Sun Belt conferences will participate in a new bowl game in Orlando, Fla., in 2015, sources said Tuesday.

The addition of the game -- it will be called the Cure Bowl and benefit breast cancer-related charities -- will increase the number of bowls in 2015 to a record 40, although that includes the College Football Playoff title game, so only 78 bowl teams will be needed.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...nning-2015

There should be 20 bowls plus a NC game. That's it.

So Syracuse would never make another bowl game. (Sorry, but couldn't resist...bring on the hate)

Seriously, I do agree there are too many bowl games but I don't watch the ones I don't care for. No 6-6 team should be rewarded -you should at least have a 7-5 record, preferably 8-4.

I mostly agree with you here. I love college football so I'm not going to complain about having more games to watch but if like some suggest we lower the number of bowls then we need to raise the standards for getting into one. NO 6-6 team should really go bowling I don't care if you are from the SEC or MAC you should have to be 7-5 or better to go to any bowl. As long as 6-6 teams from any league are bowl eligible then I say 40 bowls are fine with me!

I can't for the life of me understand hating more games. If I am busy or not interested I don't watch. That being said why would I want to keep others from watching who wish. College FB comes and goes quick enough. the more the better. I wouldn't care to watch a game with CUSE vs Toledo, but if its on and other people do want to watch it, then I am glad its on for them.

(04-16-2014 07:30 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  I can't for the life of me understand hating more games.

Part of it is knowing that "bowl games" used to be a reward for greatness, and now they are a reward for mediocrity.

My thought: remove the competitive requirement of 6-6 and simply allow every team to schedule an extra exhibition game after the CCGs if they want to. Call it a "Bowl" or a "Classic" or whatever the hell they want. Play it in Orlando or Mongolia or wherever the hell they want.

How many schools are there in FBS now....is it like 130 now with App and Ga Southern coming in?

Bottom line is UL-Lafayette as a Sun Belt member has put like 40K in the New Orleans Bowl the last couple of years....complain about Bowl games all you want, but that's revenue right there. I dont have a problem if they add Bowl games if they are getting 20-30K in attendance in places like Montgomery or Mobile...why should only the P5 have bowls?

I have always maintained that a 7-5 record should be necessary, but we all know the P5 would argue that a SBC 7-5 is not the same as an SEC 7-5....and they are right. Bowl games were always made for TV community events...and more and more community's want them. IMO, the secondary bowl games are necessary for the health of the G5 and when the New Orleans Bowl has 50K in it and P5 Bowls have 40K or less...it puts a chink in the P5 armor.