(10-01-2017 03:06 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(10-01-2017 09:23 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  Running total, regular season AAC vs G4, 2015-2017:
29-5.

Adding in exhibition games still 30-13, .698

Are bowl games not officially counted? Exhibition games? I count Houston's win over Florida St in the Peach Bowl as an official game, not an exhibition game.

Bowl games are played are often different circumstances then regular season. Besides academic suspensions making some players ineligible, some stars (McCaffery for example) choose to sit out in fear of an injury affecting their draft status. Games are generally played in warm weather climates, making it unfair for cold weather teams. Weeks to prepare for one team are not the norm in regular season, where less then a week to prepare is the norm.

So yes, bowl season is completely different then regular season for some of the reasons above (and I probably forgot other reason as well).