(05-16-2014 02:35 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 02:22 PM)axeme Wrote:  The particular numbers really mean nothing. You either pass or fail. All else is irrelevant. Beyond that, there is no meaningful difference in the actual "passing" scores.

Actually they do if you are a 5-7 team.

What does it matter as long as you are safely on the good side of the line?

(05-16-2014 03:31 PM)axeme Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 02:35 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 02:22 PM)axeme Wrote:  The particular numbers really mean nothing. You either pass or fail. All else is irrelevant. Beyond that, there is no meaningful difference in the actual "passing" scores.

Actually they do if you are a 5-7 team.

What does it matter as long as you are safely on the good side of the line?

If the bowls run out of the eligible 6+win teams then they can pick from the 5-7 teams but only in order of APR rank.

This year Jerry Palm is predicting that 1 bowl slots will not be filled by an eligible team. If that were to happen then the highest APR ranked 5-7 team would get the invite to the bowl game...and it doesn't matter if they are AQ or non-AQ.


So kind of does matter if you are in the top 10% but after that its like you said just a pass/fail thing.

(05-16-2014 03:40 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 03:31 PM)axeme Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 02:35 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 02:22 PM)axeme Wrote:  The particular numbers really mean nothing. You either pass or fail. All else is irrelevant. Beyond that, there is no meaningful difference in the actual "passing" scores.

Actually they do if you are a 5-7 team.

What does it matter as long as you are safely on the good side of the line?

If the bowls run out of the eligible 6+win teams then they can pick from the 5-7 teams but only in order of APR rank.

This year Jerry Palm is predicting that 1 bowl slots will not be filled by an eligible team. If that were to happen then the highest APR ranked 5-7 team would get the invite to the bowl game...and it doesn't matter if they are AQ or non-AQ.


So kind of does matter if you are in the top 10% but after that its like you said just a pass/fail thing.

A rule that could get a 5-7 MAC team into a bowl? (shudder)
Yikes. This is a bad thing. I've seen 5-7 MAC teams.

(05-16-2014 06:23 PM)axeme Wrote:  A rule that could get a 5-7 MAC team into a bowl? (shudder)

Yikes. This is a bad thing. I've seen 5-7 MAC teams.

Particularly worrying regarding how well they travel out of conference if they are 5-3 in conference play.

(05-16-2014 06:23 PM)axeme Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 03:40 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 03:31 PM)axeme Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 02:35 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 02:22 PM)axeme Wrote:  The particular numbers really mean nothing. You either pass or fail. All else is irrelevant. Beyond that, there is no meaningful difference in the actual "passing" scores.

Actually they do if you are a 5-7 team.

What does it matter as long as you are safely on the good side of the line?

If the bowls run out of the eligible 6+win teams then they can pick from the 5-7 teams but only in order of APR rank.

This year Jerry Palm is predicting that 1 bowl slots will not be filled by an eligible team. If that were to happen then the highest APR ranked 5-7 team would get the invite to the bowl game...and it doesn't matter if they are AQ or non-AQ.


So kind of does matter if you are in the top 10% but after that its like you said just a pass/fail thing.

A rule that could get a 5-7 MAC team into a bowl? (shudder)
Yikes. This is a bad thing. I've seen 5-7 MAC teams.

This years top MAC APR team is Toledo.

If they happen to be 5-7 and make a bowl it will make up for last year.