re: Bowl Matchups Thread

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They should seriously change it to 7 or 8 wins. Being .500 and going to a bowl is

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I've said for awhile now that Bowls should be 8, possibly even 9 wins. I seem to get mixed reactions when I suggest this, as some think there is no downside to more football. I say no one really gives a shite about mediocre (sometimes even flat terrible) football from teams who have shake weights and ab rollers in their weight rooms. If only the teams that had 9 wins were allowed to play in a Bowl this year, the following teams would have a post-season:

Missouri
South Carolina
Alabama
Auburn
LSU
Florida State
Clemson
Duke
Miami
Ohio State
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Baylor
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Stanford
Oregon
Arizona State
UCLA
USC
Louisville
UCF
Cincinnati
Bowling Green
NIU
Ball State
Marshall
ECU
Rice
Fresno State

That's 30 teams that're decent at worst in 15 Bowls. If we expanded it to teams with 8 wins, then we'd have:

Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Virginia Tech
Georgia
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
Texas
Washington
Houston
Louisiana
WKU
Buffalo
Middle Tennessee
North Texas
Utah State
Boise State
Notre Dame
BYU

Enough teams for 24 Bowls with one odd team out. Bowls are supposed to be a reward for a good season. 9-3 is a good season. .500 isn't good or bad, I don't know why we need 35-40 Bowls every year that no one cares about. If all we really cared about was more football, Arena League would be booming as a bridge from spring to real football season. But it isn't exactly booming, because no one really cares about crap teams.