Here's the thing: I don't technically want a ton of teams bowling this year if they are bowling for bowling sake. I want five teams to go bowling that I know/firmly believe can go in and actually win. Any team that goes in and is automatically counted out because they haven't been consistent on the field or shown signs of improvement across the season makes the conference take a hit on national television.

Bowl games aren't the most watched thing in the world, but people do take note of them. If we were to send five weak teams from the Sun Belt to five separate bowls, only for all of them to lose, it would look worse on the conference than it does to send five teams bowling. The cons outweigh the pros. This is not to say that we should stop sending lackluster teams to bowls, but that is to say that the entire conference (App and Troy included) needs to pick it up and show big signs of improvement.