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There were 32 teams that got to go to Bowl games in 1992.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:25 pm
For a total of 16 games per year (for Bowl games).
Now, there are 80 teams making it in, out of 120.
Is this really fair? It seems like cheapened football to me.
If you are going to do that...at least put the larger Universities together so we can all share the same money this way.
I don't get it. 32 used to make it.
Why 80 all of a sudden?
Now, there are 80 teams making it in, out of 120.
Is this really fair? It seems like cheapened football to me.
If you are going to do that...at least put the larger Universities together so we can all share the same money this way.
I don't get it. 32 used to make it.
Why 80 all of a sudden?
This post was edited on 11/14/16 at 7:29 pm
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Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:26 pm to Mister Tee
Same reason there can't be any winners at field day anymore.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:28 pm to Mister Tee
Money and sponsorships. But the number of bowls has diminished the accomplishment and the CFP is killing attendance at most of the bowls.
But I watch as many of them as I can.
But I watch as many of them as I can.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:33 pm to Master of Sinanju
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$$$$$$
Yep. This x 1,000. But there is something called law of diminishing returns. The product on the field is watered down. It's this corporate nonsense and PC everyone gets a participation trophy. It sucks and it ruins the college football experience but it's a reality that we have since the late 1990s and sooner or later the money will dry up. I mean it's fairly obvious to even a marginal football fan that most of these bowls have a half filled stadium. If the school's fans aren't traveling to nice "tropical" destinations you'd think that the television networks would wake up to that. They don't though. Somebody has to cover the bill for all of those empty seats. Corporations write them off as taxable I guess. It's becoming a joke though.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:35 pm to Mister Tee
On one hand, I hate it.
On the other, it's Christmas season and there's a frickton of college football on.
Got family in town you don't want to talk to? Drink and watch football. Got family in town you want to talk to? Drink and watch football.
On the other, it's Christmas season and there's a frickton of college football on.
Got family in town you don't want to talk to? Drink and watch football. Got family in town you want to talk to? Drink and watch football.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:36 pm to Mister Tee
I like having a ton of bowl games to watch. However, I do think there are way too many people trying to hop on the gravy train
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Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:37 pm to Sid E Walker
I watch too. But most of these games are pointless.
The end of the season should be more like a tournament. Like it used to be.
Power Universities vs. other Power Universities.
The end of the season should be more like a tournament. Like it used to be.
Power Universities vs. other Power Universities.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:38 pm to StringedInstruments
Exactly.
I'll never understand the There's Too Many Bowl Games crowd... who wants less college football?... and who's putting a gun to your head making you watch it?
I'll never understand the There's Too Many Bowl Games crowd... who wants less college football?... and who's putting a gun to your head making you watch it?
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:44 pm to auzach91
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Same reason there can't be any winners at field day anymore.
couldn't be farther from the truth. BOWLS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS. anybody can host one. all they have to do is find an underwriter, get a TV slot and sell the tickets. it's called CAPITALISM. communities do it for the same reason communities have festivals. fill the hotels and restaraunts.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:44 pm to Mister Tee
I can agree to a point. But, on the other hand, it's kind of boring though and basically proves nothing.
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Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:45 pm to Mister Tee
LSU was 2-9 in 1992.
We may have been close to qualifying in the new "bowl landscape."
We may have been close to qualifying in the new "bowl landscape."
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:46 pm to Mister Tee
It used to mean something to get to a bowl. Hell we got to bowl games during our probation years of 6-6. The bowl system is a joke.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:46 pm to Mister Tee
The independence bowl used to be a good bowl 
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:46 pm to StringedInstruments
You just described my brain man. College football is awesome and the bowls let you watch teams and players you normally wouldnt.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:52 pm to lowspark12
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I'll never understand the There's Too Many Bowl Games crowd... who wants less college football?... and who's putting a gun to your head making you watch it?
All of this.
This post was edited on 11/14/16 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:54 pm to Mister Tee
more football/more beer.. i'll take more games... 
Posted on 11/14/16 at 7:55 pm to Kcoyote
I just think that if you aren't in the Top-32 in football by the season's end..then you need to call it a season. Just work harder next year.
I love College Football...but if you can't make the top 32 at the end of the season, then you don't deserve a "Bowl" in the first place when all things are said and done.
Just my opinion.
It jeopardizes the integrity of the game.
I love College Football...but if you can't make the top 32 at the end of the season, then you don't deserve a "Bowl" in the first place when all things are said and done.
Just my opinion.
It jeopardizes the integrity of the game.
This post was edited on 11/14/16 at 8:25 pm
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