(11-29-2019 08:36 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  

(11-29-2019 08:02 PM)thanksjim Wrote:  Thank you Wikipedia for keeping things simple.

3 of the following teams can win to clinch the 78 total slots.

Boston College, Michigan State, Troy, ULM, Colorado, Oregon State, UNC, Liberty

Troy is the last game of the day and are getting crushed.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NCAA_football_bowl_games

The remaining 5-6 teams and their matchups:

BC @ Pitt (7-4)
Maryland (3-8) @ Michigan State
App. State (10-1) @ Troy
UNC @ N.C. State (4-7)
ULM @ Louisiana (9-2)
Colorado @ Utah (10-1)
Oregon State @ Oregon (9-2)
New Mexico State (2-9) @ Liberty [6-5 but needs 7 wins due to 2 FCS Ws]

I’m guessing barring big upsets, Michigan State, UNC and Liberty win their games and maybe BC.

(11-30-2019 02:52 AM)GoFlashes8 Wrote:  Troy got blown out so they are done. Pitt will win and Colorado & Oregon State will get smoked. Michigan State & Liberty will win big. I think Army @ Hawaii has bowl implications as well.

(11-29-2019 09:56 PM)AlphaFlash Wrote:  I don't want to spend all night lamenting what happened in 3 games. We did have the best season in 7 years, went undefeated at home, killed Akron in their preppy stadium and played strong against most of the other conference opponents.
I was truly entertained watching this team. Even sat through a crappy weather game. I don't think I did that since I was required to in band.

(11-30-2019 10:47 AM)anti-zip Wrote:  A couple weeks back there was talk on here of Kent declining a bowl offer in we ended up 6-6. I'm assuming that isn't a possibility at this point?

I'm regards to the money games. I don't know if playing three of them made this team better or not, but I have a very hard time believing we gain a competitive advantage by not playing a MAC level team until the first MAC game. This year we got "lucky" in that Kenneshaw gave us a very competitive game that we were able to win. But in an ideal world that competitive game would be one of the money games instead. The finances aren't transparent so I can't say we do or don't need the 3 money games. I do find it odd that other MAC teams wouldn't need to but we do, but let's assume that we need them. I think most would agree that only 1 game against a NC contender is enough. You can still schedule three money games without being irresponsible about it. You might get slightly smaller checks playing Purdue instead of Penn State but it's worth it for so many reasons in my opinion. I'm already thinking next year hinges on Crum and McKoy getting out of Bama and Penn St healthy.

(11-29-2019 08:36 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  The remaining 5-6 teams and their matchups:

BC @ Pitt (7-4)
Maryland (3-8) @ Michigan State
App. State (10-1) @ Troy
UNC @ N.C. State (4-7)
ULM @ Louisiana (9-2)
Colorado @ Utah (10-1)
Oregon State @ Oregon (9-2)
New Mexico State (2-9) @ Liberty [6-5 but needs 7 wins due to 2 FCS Ws]

I’m guessing barring big upsets, Michigan State, UNC and Liberty win their games and maybe BC.

(11-29-2019 10:42 PM)goldenflash99 Wrote:  We get in due to sheer number (or lack) of qualified teams. There are 78 slots and currently 75 eligible teams. 7 more teams could gain eligibility Saturday. Of those, 3 are double digit underdogs, and BC is an 8.5-point dog at Pitt, making it very possible there are exactly 78 bowl eligible teams.

Now think about this. In 2020, there are 3 MORE bowl games.

(11-29-2019 09:29 PM)cleveland Wrote:  

(11-29-2019 09:09 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  How the hell do you play the same team twice? LOL! And a 2-9 team at that, one they barely squeaked by and then 2 FCS games. That being said, I don’t see them getting picked over us. We would each have 5 FBS wins, but we’ve had a stronger schedule.

REMEMBER ... selection has little to do with strength of schedule and a whole lot to do with 'politics.' --- Regional teams, teams that (wink-wink) say they will lock in so much $$$ --- teams with a 'profile.' will all get the nod when the records are the same.

Repeat SOS has very little to do with being picked for a bowl game.

(11-30-2019 07:10 PM)Muskrat Wrote:  Burden, "money and gold ol boys" matter in the NCAA basketball tournament, too.

As it is now, 60% of the teams go bowling. With three more bowl games, and the total number of teams staying at 130, it would be 64.6%. That will probably mean that many years sub-.500 teams will go, unless they allow two FCS wins to count instead of the current one.

(11-30-2019 06:53 PM)burden Wrote:  

(11-29-2019 09:29 PM)cleveland Wrote:  

(11-29-2019 09:09 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  How the hell do you play the same team twice? LOL! And a 2-9 team at that, one they barely squeaked by and then 2 FCS games. That being said, I don’t see them getting picked over us. We would each have 5 FBS wins, but we’ve had a stronger schedule.

REMEMBER ... selection has little to do with strength of schedule and a whole lot to do with 'politics.' --- Regional teams, teams that (wink-wink) say they will lock in so much $$$ --- teams with a 'profile.' will all get the nod when the records are the same.

Repeat SOS has very little to do with being picked for a bowl game.

Thank you. Everybody is talking like logical thinking goes into the smaller bowl selections. Only money and good ol boys matter. This isn’t the NCAA basketball tournament.