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14 teams play for bowl eligibility this week, if 9 don't win we will have our first year of 5-7 bowl teams
ps only 5 of the 14 are favored to win

(11-24-2015 11:23 AM)pesik Wrote:  http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...fill-slots

14 teams play for bowl eligibility this week, if 9 don't win we will have our first year of 5-7 bowl teams
ps only 5 of the 14 are favored to win

It figures this happens the year after Temple misses a bowl game.......

Maybe we can play in two

The world won't end if a 5 win team plays in a 'bowl' game. These ain't the Super Bowl, outside the New Years 6 (and a few others) they are just small exhibition games for the players and fans to enjoy.

(11-24-2015 11:57 AM)shere khan Wrote:  Maybe we can play in two

You beat me to that comment.

I think they'll get to 80. A lot of the underdogs are not big underdogs, and could easily win.

UCF vs KU for the toilet bowl to see which team gets their first win

(11-24-2015 10:44 PM)nosurf2day Wrote:  UCF vs KU for the toilet bowl to see which team gets their first win

In all seriousness, that game would get higher ratings/attendance than a lot of the bowl games that will actually take place. If the alternative is a 5-7-vs.-5-7 match-up, why the hell not?

They may start inviting FCS teams not in the playoffs

(11-24-2015 11:45 PM)UHRedcat96 Wrote:  They may start inviting FCS teams not in the playoffs

Nope. You will see 5-7 P5 teams as the first choices

Too many bowls.

(11-25-2015 07:53 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Too many bowls.

Then don't go...

Some of us love to travel to interesting cities to watch our team play.

Miami and New Orleans were freaking great!

(11-25-2015 07:53 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Too many bowls.

Agree.

(11-25-2015 08:53 AM)Go Navy Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 07:53 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Too many bowls.

Agree.

So don't go....

I'll never understand how your world is somehow adversely affected by a couple 6-6 teams playing in the Bahamas.

Fans need to understand it's not about them...it's about the players and coaches

The market will dictate when there are too many bowls.

(11-25-2015 09:46 AM)Chappy Wrote:  The market will dictate when there are too many bowls.

I think it already has. A lot of teams lose money going to bowls.

(11-25-2015 09:04 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 08:53 AM)Go Navy Wrote:  

(11-25-2015 07:53 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Too many bowls.

Agree.

So don't go....

I'll never understand how your world is somehow adversely affected by a couple 6-6 teams playing in the Bahamas.

Fans need to understand it's not about them...it's about the players and coaches

I won't / don't go. It's just an opinion douchebag.

But at this point it's still worth it for them to spend that money and go... at some point, probably soon, schools will start turning down bowls where the cost can't be justified.

(11-25-2015 09:52 AM)Chappy Wrote:  But at this point it's still worth it for them to spend that money and go... at some point, probably soon, schools will start turning down bowls where the cost can't be justified.

That will never happen in academia. 99% are run by ultra, left-wing liberals who couldn't give a **** less about the financials. That's why we're all spending like drunken sailors right now in a dick measuring contest. The bowls are just another symptom of their stupidity and ESPN taking full advantage of it.

They're spending boatloads on promoting their universities because they know that the college degree (outside of fields like law, medicine, engineering, etc) is not worth the price and enrollments are going to plummet as soon as the American public recognizes this fact. And athletics is one of the best marketing tools a school has, so it's worth a few hundred thousand to go to a bowl and get a 4 hour long commercial for your school on ESPN.

They don't want to be among the schools shutting down in the next 10-20 years, so they are in the arms race now.