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re: Should 6-6 teams be allowed to go to bowls?
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:05 pm to AlabamaAlum07
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:05 pm to AlabamaAlum07
Why are you against it?
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Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:10 pm to UFFan
6-6 SEC team... yes
6-6 B1G, WAC, ACC... no
6-6 B1G, WAC, ACC... no
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:43 pm to GoT1de
Bowls are and always have been exhibitions; there's no reduction of the idea of a bowl game as accomplishment- it has never been much of anything beyond an exercise in more football.
People who tell you otherwise are gilding the past, as a better time simply because it was different; they don't account for the explosion parallel to bowl games, of the size of FBS football. Yes, bowl games have increased at a higher rate, but it isn't the first time we've seen bowl expansion faster than Bowl division expansion.
People who tell you otherwise are gilding the past, as a better time simply because it was different; they don't account for the explosion parallel to bowl games, of the size of FBS football. Yes, bowl games have increased at a higher rate, but it isn't the first time we've seen bowl expansion faster than Bowl division expansion.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 5:14 pm to BoardReader
7-5 is fine by me. But I say we also open it up to the better FCS schools as well (Mcneese, North Dakota State, Jacksonville State, Sam Houston State etc.). Give them the choice...FCS playoffs or money from a bowl game. It may make sense for them to play in a semi-local bowl game. I would imagine the New Orleans bowl would have been quite happy to have McNeese play The Sun Belt champ. It would also make for better games imo at the lower end of the bowl spectrum.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 5:15 pm to UFFan
I enjoy some of the non-playoff bowls.
I saw some weird play in the Bahamas Bowl a couple of years ago. I think it was WKU and some other random team. Neither were conference champs, but it was fun to watch.
Nick Saban took Bama to Shreveport. The practices leading up to that game did a great deal to change the program there. If a rinky dink bowl is good enough for Lord Saban, then who am I to be against 6-6 teams practicing more.
I saw some weird play in the Bahamas Bowl a couple of years ago. I think it was WKU and some other random team. Neither were conference champs, but it was fun to watch.
Nick Saban took Bama to Shreveport. The practices leading up to that game did a great deal to change the program there. If a rinky dink bowl is good enough for Lord Saban, then who am I to be against 6-6 teams practicing more.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 5:19 pm to UFFan
I would prefer to be set at 8-4.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 5:25 pm to The_Joker
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This. It blows my mind that some of you want to watch less football at the end of the season.
You really want to watch North Carolina A&T play Alcorn State? Or Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State? Western Kentucky and South Florida? Akron and Utah State? Toledo and Temple?
Western Michigan and Middle Tennessee?
Marshall and Connecticut?
Those and more were some of the bowl games we were "lucky" enough to see. No, thank you.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 5:27 pm to DawgsLife
I watched most of them. But, to be fair, I love me some foozeball.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 5:28 pm to BoardReader
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People who tell you otherwise are gilding the past, as a better time simply because it was different;
Not because they were different, but because the bowl games were ALL interesting. be honest. Did you watch
Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State play last year?
Posted on 8/6/16 at 5:30 pm to jimmy the leg
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I watched most of them. But, to be fair, I love me some foozeball.
I love me some foozeball, too....but wow.
Good for you, then! I hope you enjoyed them. When it comes to bowl season, I don't have to watch only teams I am interested in, but I could care less about some 6-6 team that played 3-4 high school teams to fill out their schedule.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 5:54 pm to UFFan
No
Posted on 8/6/16 at 6:12 pm to DawgsLife
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Not because they were different, but because the bowl games were ALL interesting. be honest. Did you watch Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State play last year?
Absolutely. I'm a college football fan-- and a football fan in general. The reason we have so many games, is because people want football in sufficient demand to have them. Last year's New Orleans Bowl was entertaining.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 6:16 pm to BoardReader
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The reason we have so many games, is because people want football in sufficient demand to have them.
Not sure i agree with this. The reason there are so many is because the backers/creators want to make money. You will see some fall away and disappear. The public simply will not support that many, imo. When there were fewer bowl games some went belly up. now that there are so many, only the REALLY hard core fans will watch. I usually watch 10-15 Bowl games and the Playoffs. I have to admit, though, that seeing Georgia Southern and Georgia State play in a bowl game is interesting to me.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 6:54 pm to DawgsLife
The ratings give them enough stroke for the networks to make money. Even the shittiest bowl pulls more viewers than most baseball games. Heck, Western Kentucky and versus South Florida had over a million viewers ( the least amount of viewers listed) and it was on at 2:30 on a Monday afternoon. People watch, at least enough of them. The old days didn't have the TV package that exists today. I predict even more bowls...and, I'm sure I watch many of them.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 7:04 pm to UFFan
I hope because that's the only way we go bowling this year .
Posted on 8/6/16 at 7:08 pm to DawgsLife
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You really want to watch North Carolina A&T play Alcorn State? Or Louisiana Tech and Arkansas State? Western Kentucky and South Florida? Akron and Utah State? Toledo and Temple? Western Michigan and Middle Tennessee? Marshall and Connecticut?
Yes...
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Those and more were some of the bowl games we were "lucky" enough to see. No, thank you.
Must have been rough being forced to watch football.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 7:10 pm to notabertfan
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I hope because that's the only way we go bowling this year .
Leave the board like you said you would, moron.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 8:31 pm to UFFan
Yes to 6-6 teams but no to 5-7 teams unless there's an exceptional reason and APR isn't enough imo (though even my no on 5-7 teams is a weak 'no' and I'd be fine with a few of those if they come from decent conferences and maybe just had a tough schedule). Bowl practices give a huge edge to teams that make a bowls compared to teams that don't. Those weeks of practice matter going into the next year even for 6-6 teams.
This post was edited on 8/6/16 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 8/6/16 at 10:13 pm to IAmReality
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They've made making a bowl a completely meaningless "achievement"
this right here.^^^ I vote no 6-6 teams shouldnt. there are too many meaningless bs bowls. they shouldnt have a record requirement. just cap it at something reasonable like 15 bowls plus the playoff. that gets the top 34 teams into the post season. if you aint top 34 nobody really gives a frick about you anyway.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 10:17 pm to UFFan
Why not let them? Is the game being on television causing you that much of an issue? Theyre kids playing the game they love and most of them probably won't ever play that game again after they graduate. They work hard and a little TV time isn't the worst thing that's ever happened to them, plus money is made off of it.
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