Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPN Dec 9
Bob Bowlsby said there is “growing conversations” toward making 7-5 records requirement for being bowl eligible

Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPN 23h23 hours ago
John Swofford said ACC AD’s voted to increase bowl eligibility to 7-5 record. Obviously would have to pass nationally before any changes

Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPN 23h23 hours ago
John Swofford said ACC AD’s voted for 7-5 bowl eligibility would allow 6-6 teams to fill any open spots, but no 5-7’s

Good

Should have always been this way IMHO

Awesome. And reduce the damn number of bowls to about 20 (excluding the playoff bowls), eliminate conference tie in (except for highest ranked conference team not in the playoff). Only top 25 teams guaranteed a bowl berth, their opponents selected from available teams with 7 or more wins.

Keep going. 10 wins minimum.

No more turd bowls.

What we need is bowl reductions ....

SEC has already stated they are against this proposal. My guess is all the other G5's would be against it as well. Most AD's would be against such a proposal. I doubt it passes. I think you will see the brakes placed on any new bowls being approved.

The schools are the ones most hurt by the bloated bowl system. Why would they oppose this?

I agree, the only way I can see this happening is reducing the bowls. We have way too many obscure bowls.

(02-18-2004 02:08 AM)RacerJoe01 Wrote:  I actually like Brown in the race for the Ivy League crown.

Bowlsby and swofford. Worst 2 conf commisioners in sports. Everyone lol when they open their mouths

Be careful what you wish for. Less bowls could likely mean less (or even none) bowl opportunities for G5 schools.

The chances of them having enough 7-5 teams to fill less bowl games will be pretty good.

I'm tired of the P5 controlling everything as it is. I don't want them to ruin my holiday season by monopolizing the bowls. I enjoy watching teams I don't normally get to see in the minor bowl games.

(12-10-2015 01:48 PM)bearcatfan Wrote:  Be careful what you wish for. Less bowls could likely mean less (or even none) bowl opportunities for G5 schools.

The chances of them having enough 7-5 teams to fill less bowl games will be pretty good.

I'm tired of the P5 controlling everything as it is. I don't want them to ruin my holiday season by monopolizing the bowls. I enjoy watching teams I don't normally get to see in the minor bowl games.

FCS games don't count for anybody. That should help

ESPN won't allow the reduction of bowl games until after their next contract. They make good money for a cheap investment on the minor bowl games.

(12-10-2015 01:48 PM)bearcatfan Wrote:  Be careful what you wish for. Less bowls could likely mean less (or even none) bowl opportunities for G5 schools.

The chances of them having enough 7-5 teams to fill less bowl games will be pretty good.

I'm tired of the P5 controlling everything as it is. I don't want them to ruin my holiday season by monopolizing the bowls. I enjoy watching teams I don't normally get to see in the minor bowl games.

I agree, the low level bowls don't bother me at all. Just extra games to watch if you are so inclined. It is good exposure for some of the smaller or up and coming programs and extra practice time as well. I do like the rule they had a few years back (not sure if it is still active) that all 7-5 teams have to be placed before any 6-6 teams. I never understood if ESPN or some city want to finance a bowl game, why would anyone care to stop it. that being said - i don't like these 5-7 teams being selected.

Reduce the number of bowls? No way! Why do y'all hate college football? The bowls are first off, TV events for the making of profit, but they are also great goals for the players. It's a unique end to a great season in a great sport. The only way I'd reduce the number of bowls is if we went to a 16 team playoff, all conference champs plus 6 at-large.

Like it matters. They are all exhibitions. Who cares if they are 7-5 or 6-6 or 5-7.

JUST LET US GAMBLE ON IT!

(12-10-2015 01:56 PM)vick mike Wrote:  Reduce the number of bowls? No way! Why do y'all hate college football? The bowls are first off, TV events for the making of profit, but they are also great goals for the players. It's a unique end to a great season in a great sport. The only way I'd reduce the number of bowls is if we went to a 16 team playoff, all conference champs plus 6 at-large.

I'm not of the camp that want's to massively reduce bowls but when you are having to invite multiple 5-7 teams I think that is too much. There is room for like 80 teams to go to bowls out of what like 128 FBS teams? That's more than half, I think we should cut it down to where around 60 teams go to bowls.

7-5 record at minimum
0 FCS wins count
Each conference his only guaranteed 1 tie in
Top 4 go to playoff
5-25 are guaranteed bowl slots
Teams cannot play other teams from their conference except for in the playoff

Swofford failed to disclose that while the AD's voted to only allow Bowls with 7-5 records or better, they also voted to allow two FCS victories to count toward the 7 wins. The ACC is notorious for their underwhelming schedules...here is what NC State threw out there this year OOC...

Troy
Eastern Kentucky
Old Dominion
South Alabama

When you have schedules like that...you can be 3-5 in a mediocre conference and go bowling. Maybe Swofford should focus on this type of scheduling within his conference rather than worry about Bowl Standards. In other words focus on the quality of those 7 wins.

A decrease in bowls will hurt only the G5 and I mean all of the G5. The bowls will be falling all over themselves to make sure that they lock up P5 matchups and disregard any others. The P5, especially the SEC, believes that any 6-6 P5 team is better than any 7 or 8 win G5 team. Also, coaches won't favor this at all. To much risk in staying home.