Are there going to be enough bowl eligible teams. 16 teams need 1 more win to get bowl eligible for 9 more required bowl spots. By my very rough look at at least 5 of them will be underdogs in their last game.
https://new.cbssports.com/college-footba...mes-ahead/
If not enough 6 wins team they pick 5 win teams I believe by APR,
https://new.cbssports.com/college-footba...mes-ahead/
So that could leave a shot for Navy or theoretically Tulsa to sneak into a bowl at 5-7 with a last game win.
Checking the APR listing, Tulsa is kind of low so I don't know if they have a shot. Navy is normally top 20 there but dropped to 66 this year, I imagine the number of players who left in covid time impacted that. Still, maybe not out of reach depending on how the end game plays out.
All things being equal, I have to think Navy is a far more attractive option to bowl organizers than the Hurricanes (no offense intended, Tulsa).
(11-20-2022 01:14 PM)coogrfan Wrote: [ -> ]All things being equal, I have to think Navy is a far more attractive option to bowl organizers than the Hurricanes (no offense intended, Tulsa).
Rice will try to win to get in the regular way.
Either way Rice gets in.. would love to play Navy in a bowl.
I saw another list that had Navy right up there with Rice at the top of this year’s APR.
(11-20-2022 03:05 PM)owl at the moon Wrote: [ -> ] (11-20-2022 01:14 PM)coogrfan Wrote: [ -> ]All things being equal, I have to think Navy is a far more attractive option to bowl organizers than the Hurricanes (no offense intended, Tulsa).
Rice will try to win to get in the regular way.
Either way Rice gets in.. would love to play Navy in a bowl.
I saw another list that had Navy right up there with Rice at the top of this year’s APR.
Navy is the Temple Owls rival! Hands off!
Thought I heard on ESPN that there are now 76 bowl eligible teams and something like 13 or that can get win #6 this week.
(11-20-2022 03:26 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Thought I heard on ESPN that there are now 76 bowl eligible teams and something like 13 or that can get win #6 this week.
From the link I posted , 9 spots, 13 teams going for them. Probably at least 5 not favorites (my guess). So odds are 8 +/- win leaving 1 open spot. Of course it could be none or several.
(11-20-2022 01:14 PM)coogrfan Wrote: [ -> ]All things being equal, I have to think Navy is a far more attractive option to bowl organizers than the Hurricanes (no offense intended, Tulsa).
Why would the Miami Hurricanes be less than an attraction than Navy, and what does Tulsa have to do with it?
(11-20-2022 03:09 PM)vick mike Wrote: [ -> ] (11-20-2022 03:05 PM)owl at the moon Wrote: [ -> ] (11-20-2022 01:14 PM)coogrfan Wrote: [ -> ]All things being equal, I have to think Navy is a far more attractive option to bowl organizers than the Hurricanes (no offense intended, Tulsa).
Rice will try to win to get in the regular way.
Either way Rice gets in.. would love to play Navy in a bowl.
I saw another list that had Navy right up there with Rice at the top of this year’s APR.
Navy is the Temple Owls rival! Hands off!
You can have ‘em for the annual game… but it’s been a minute and it’ll be another couple years before we get to play in-conference.
Always love when we play an academy.
(11-20-2022 03:48 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: [ -> ] (11-20-2022 01:14 PM)coogrfan Wrote: [ -> ]All things being equal, I have to think Navy is a far more attractive option to bowl organizers than the Hurricanes (no offense intended, Tulsa).
Why would the Miami Hurricanes be less than an attraction than Navy, and what does Tulsa have to do with it?
Being attractive to a bowl has zero to do with it. Goes strictly in order of APR.
Interesting data point. Army can get to 6 wins if they win out, but they have two FCS wins and can only count one, so technically all they can be a is a 5 win team for bowl eligibility.
I still can't believe that 82 of 131 FBS teams go to a bowl game.
Would be like March Madness having 220 teams in it. Lol
Should be a for cause firing if you miss 3 years in a row.
(11-21-2022 09:38 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]I still can't believe that 82 of 131 FBS teams go to a bowl game.
Would be like March Madness having 220 teams in it. Lol
Should be a for cause firing if you miss 3 years in a row.
It is crazy to think how much it has changed. It 1997 Navy went 7-4 and did not even get a sniff at a bowl invitation. Now we are looking at maybe 5-7 best case and.... well maybe a shot still.
More bowls = more college football so I am okay with it though.
Even more crazy, past administrations used to not let the team go to bowl games. Three different Navy teams were final AP top 5 in the 1940s but did not go to bowl games. It was a different world.
20 bowl games or 60 I still only watch the same 4-5.
Some of these early bowl games I think the only people who watch them are recidivist gamblers and bedridden in nursing homes whose remote battery died and the tv is stuck on that channel.
One win away teams and odds (from ESPN game tracker):
Rice (994) at North Texas - UNT -13.5
Auburn (983) at Alabama - AL - 21.5
Missouri (983) vs. Arkansas - ARK -3
Michigan State (983) at Penn State - PSU -18
Miami (982) vs. Pittsburgh - Pitt -6.5
Georgia Tech (979) at Georgia - UGA -35.5
Miami-Ohio (977) vs. Ball State - MIO - 3.5 (two 5 win teams, so someone will get 6)
Vanderbilt (973) vs. Tennessee - Tenn -13.5
Ball State (973) at Miami-Ohio - see above
Buffalo (968) vs. Kent State - Buff -4
Louisiana (955) at Texas State - UL -5.5
Georgia Southern (952) vs. Appalachian State - APP -4.5
Florida Atlantic (949) vs. Western Kentucky - WKU -7
UAB (945) at Louisiana Tech - UAB -17.5
Southern Mississippi (934) at UL Monroe - USM -3
UTEP (934) vs. UT San Antonio - UTSA -18
So just going by who is favorites, that would be like 5 teams getting their sixth win on Saturday, leaving a significant opportunity for some 5 win teams.
Two 5 win teams playing each other so it is really 11 teams for 8 spots (vice 13 teams for 9 spots). 4 are favorites, so that would theoretically leave 4 spots.
Navy's APR is 970 per what I found (big drop from last year 988). So I think Navy is out barring major chaos. Oh well.
For the Rice guy, you look like a lock.
clt says bowls can be fun
(11-21-2022 09:38 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]I still can't believe that 82 of 131 FBS teams go to a bowl game.
Would be like March Madness having 220 teams in it. Lol
Should be a for cause firing if you miss 3 years in a row.
https://www.theonion.com/ncaa-expands-ma...1819594781
Nah, expand March Madness all the way.
(11-21-2022 11:31 AM)ghostofclt! Wrote: [ -> ]clt says bowls can be fun
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(11-21-2022 09:38 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]I still can't believe that 82 of 131 FBS teams go to a bowl game.
Would be like March Madness having 220 teams in it. Lol
Should be a for cause firing if you miss 3 years in a row.
Well, there are the NIT and CBI tournaments. So that's like, what, 120 men's college basketball teams playing in postseason games, if my math is correct? (I'm including the First Four teams and the play-in game teams). And this is not even counting the conference tournaments as part of the postseason.
I hope a 4-8 Tulsa gets into Camelia and Monty gets a 10 year extension.
Mostly as a parting gift for Rath