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(10-16-2016 04:41 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  

(10-16-2016 04:10 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(10-16-2016 04:00 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  I am prepared to take a punishing for this. I just don't like college football's bowl system. I'll be happy if we get in a bowl with six wins but it will feel very "great job you finished .500!"

While I'm a huge ODU fan this is probably why I like basketball more than football. To each their own. Go Blue!

Is getting an invite to the CBI, CIT or Vegas 16 any better? In the case of the CBI you don't even need a .500 record and can be invited over teams win better records.

No it isn't, and I don't like those tourneys either other than the fact that we get extra practice (just like a bowl game). Do you like the bowl games for .500 teams?

The bowl games are as much for the players as it is the fans. Even a crappy bowl is a great (life/football) experience for these guys. You only go round once as they say.

(10-16-2016 07:15 PM)Quagmire Wrote:  

(10-16-2016 04:41 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  

(10-16-2016 04:10 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(10-16-2016 04:00 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  I am prepared to take a punishing for this. I just don't like college football's bowl system. I'll be happy if we get in a bowl with six wins but it will feel very "great job you finished .500!"

While I'm a huge ODU fan this is probably why I like basketball more than football. To each their own. Go Blue!

Is getting an invite to the CBI, CIT or Vegas 16 any better? In the case of the CBI you don't even need a .500 record and can be invited over teams win better records.

No it isn't, and I don't like those tourneys either other than the fact that we get extra practice (just like a bowl game). Do you like the bowl games for .500 teams?

The bowl games are as much for the players as it is the fans. Even a crappy bowl is a great (life/football) experience for these guys. You only go round once as they say.

Also, like the bowl games, or not, for a football program to get bowl invites is a big plus both in terms of outside perception, and more importantly on recruiting. I believe all of that is even more beneficial to a fledgling program such as ours.