(06-25-2013 04:24 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:10 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:04 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 09:47 PM)CommuterBob Wrote:  I just don't see the B1G sustaining 10 bowl tie-ins. Between the elimination of FCS games, the move to a 9-game conference schedule in 2016, and the fact that there will likely be teams in the playoff/access bowls, I don't see the B1G possibly filling all these spots, and maybe not even ever.

Unless the conference expands again.

Agree to both posts. 10 bowl tie-ins for the B1G; 9 bowl tie-ins for the ACC; seven for the PAC12--- when have these conferences ever had that many teams bowl eligible? It will become more difficult when you consider the B1G will be dropping FCS games and as conferences go to 9 game conference schedules.

2008 - ACC sent 10 out of 12 teams to bowls; now we'll have 15 teams, so 10 becomes even more likely.

and since the 12 team expansion the ACC has averaged 8 bowl eligible teams a year & Notre Dame would make it 9 on average

(06-25-2013 12:36 AM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:16 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  All 6 win teams count toward bowl eligibility and 5-7 teams too with high enough APR scores......

For a 5-7 team to be bowl-eligible is farcical.

The "5-7 with top 5 APR" rule was only for last season, and it was to be used if and only if there were not enough 6 win teams to fill slots, meaning that those 5-7 schools would only be eligible AFTER every 6+-win team had a spot. The rule could change yet again I suppose, but I know enough G5 schools were upset when the rule for bowl eligibility changed to allow 6-win teams ahead of 7+-win teams. I don't think they'll support such action again given how the bowls are shaking out.

(06-25-2013 06:42 AM)mj4life Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 04:24 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:10 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:04 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 09:47 PM)CommuterBob Wrote:  I just don't see the B1G sustaining 10 bowl tie-ins. Between the elimination of FCS games, the move to a 9-game conference schedule in 2016, and the fact that there will likely be teams in the playoff/access bowls, I don't see the B1G possibly filling all these spots, and maybe not even ever.

Unless the conference expands again.

Agree to both posts. 10 bowl tie-ins for the B1G; 9 bowl tie-ins for the ACC; seven for the PAC12--- when have these conferences ever had that many teams bowl eligible? It will become more difficult when you consider the B1G will be dropping FCS games and as conferences go to 9 game conference schedules.

2008 - ACC sent 10 out of 12 teams to bowls; now we'll have 15 teams, so 10 becomes even more likely.

and since the 12 team expansion the ACC has averaged 8 bowl eligible teams a year & Notre Dame would make it 9 on average

Right. And send a team to the playoff or a second access spot and then the ACC doesn't cover their bowls.

(06-25-2013 07:48 AM)CommuterBob Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 06:42 AM)mj4life Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 04:24 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:10 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:04 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Unless the conference expands again.

Agree to both posts. 10 bowl tie-ins for the B1G; 9 bowl tie-ins for the ACC; seven for the PAC12--- when have these conferences ever had that many teams bowl eligible? It will become more difficult when you consider the B1G will be dropping FCS games and as conferences go to 9 game conference schedules.

2008 - ACC sent 10 out of 12 teams to bowls; now we'll have 15 teams, so 10 becomes even more likely.

and since the 12 team expansion the ACC has averaged 8 bowl eligible teams a year & Notre Dame would make it 9 on average

Right. And send a team to the playoff or a second access spot and then the ACC doesn't cover their bowls.

That's true of most any conference, because to get into the playoffs probably means you went undefeated, which means you handed 8 or 9 other conference mates a loss... then they beat up on each other... you start to bump up against the math (especially w/ only 3 OOC games like Pac-12 or Big Ten or Big XII; at least each ACC team could theoretically win 4 games OOC w/o giving a loss to another ACC team)

(06-25-2013 07:48 AM)CommuterBob Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 06:42 AM)mj4life Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 04:24 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:10 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(06-24-2013 10:04 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Unless the conference expands again.

Agree to both posts. 10 bowl tie-ins for the B1G; 9 bowl tie-ins for the ACC; seven for the PAC12--- when have these conferences ever had that many teams bowl eligible? It will become more difficult when you consider the B1G will be dropping FCS games and as conferences go to 9 game conference schedules.

2008 - ACC sent 10 out of 12 teams to bowls; now we'll have 15 teams, so 10 becomes even more likely.

and since the 12 team expansion the ACC has averaged 8 bowl eligible teams a year & Notre Dame would make it 9 on average

Right. And send a team to the playoff or a second access spot and then the ACC doesn't cover their bowls.

Correct. At least 6 slots will need to be filed by the CFP (4 playoff slots, one Orange Bowl opponent, and one opponent to play the top non-AQ champ in an access bowl). That means, at a minimum, at least one conference will have 2 schools tapped by the selection committee, but it could be as high as 3 conferences sending multiple picks. I'd say, for the forseeable future, the odds favor the SEC sending multiple schools to the playoffs/access bowls.