Six Wins Required to get to a Bowl?

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shouldn't be needed anyway. Pare the number of participation bowls back down to an equitable level. Should get rid of a lot of the .500 teams as well and mostly be 7-5 or better.
 
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I don't get it. Why keep a school from your conference from possibly getting a bowl invite?
 
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NCAA baseball and basketball is 64 teams. Same should be for football, then you'd have interesting and quality post season play.
 
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GVF said:
NCAA baseball and basketball is 64 teams. Same should be for football, then you'd have interesting and quality post season play.
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Counter argument: if football were the kind of sport that allowed its players to run through a 64-team playoff, it would be the kind of sport that could be played 2 or 3 games a week, and 30-game regular seasons.

Fact is, the wear and tear on bodies in football is much heavier than basketball, even very physical basketball. Don't see us ever going to a 64-team playoff.
 
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Most of the bowls are absolutely worthless.. should cut the bowls atleast half... let teams practice whether they go to a bowl or not until Dec 20.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Most of the bowls are absolutely worthless.. should cut the bowls atleast half... let teams practice whether they go to a bowl or not until Dec 20.
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The schools get paid. The players get a trip. You get a couple of weeks of games. What's not to like?
 
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I'm not a fan of a lot of the cheesy teams and matchups in the plethora of bowls either. But, I can't understand the disdain people have for TOO MANY bowl games and the attitude that NCAA or someone needs to do something about it.

If schools and the players etc wanna play a final neutral site bowl, then why should anyone care? Just don't watch it. Its still better entertainment that 90% of the garbage on cable anyway. Even if it's a 7-5 MAC team vs. 5-7 ACC team w good grades.
 
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livefaith said:
I'm not a fan of a lot of the cheesy teams and matchups in the plethora of bowls either. But, I can't understand the disdain people have for TOO MANY bowl games and the attitude that NCAA or someone needs to do something about it.

If schools and the players etc wanna play a final neutral site bowl, then why should anyone care? Just don't watch it. Its still better entertainment that 90% of the garbage on cable anyway. Even if it's a 7-5 MAC team vs. 5-7 ACC team w good grades.
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heck, I like pulling for the kids with good grades in the San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.
 
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GAVol said:
The schools get paid. The players get a trip. You get a couple of weeks of games. What's not to like?
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Baffles me.
I don't have interest in watching many of them but it doesn't offend me.
Apparently knowing how to change the channel is a work in progress for some.
 
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GAVol said:
The schools get paid. The players get a trip. You get a couple of weeks of games. What's not to like?
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Depending on the school, and the bowl, some don't recoup travel and other expenses involved in bowl game participation, considering the payout of lower-tier bowls can be as low as $200,000.
 
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BeardedVol said:
Depending on the school, and the bowl, some don't recoup travel and other expenses involved in bowl game participation, considering the payout of lower-tier bowls can be as low as $200,000.
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The counter argument is the "free" airtime and the marketing impact of playing on TV.
 
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BeardedVol said:
Depending on the school, and the bowl, some don't recoup travel and other expenses involved in bowl game participation, considering the payout of lower-tier bowls can be as low as $200,000.
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This. Any bowl inviting a 5-7 team isn't going to pay much. UT (and most P5) schools would lose money going to these games.
 
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GAVol said:
So 38 bowls offends you. What number doesn't offends you? 12? 25? 30?

I get what you're saying. There are some bad games every year. But what does it hurt?
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Everyone outside of the 4 teams selected for the playoff is effectively playing for a participation trophy. So basically, anything other than 3 bowl games is an inconsistent answer with that point.
 
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GAVol said:
The counter argument is the "free" airtime and the marketing impact of playing on TV.
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"Here's the University of Tennessee coming into the W.G.A.F. Bowl with a 5-7 record after dropping 3 of their last 4 games"....is that the marketing impact you want?
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
That's my perspective, too.

Participation trophies are cool in soccer leagues for six-year-olds. And that's about it.
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And for some schools, that will never be a real player, that's all they can strive for. If you don't watch them, don't see a cause for concern.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
That's my perspective, too.

Participation trophies are cool in soccer leagues for six-year-olds. And that's about it.
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Back story here, I remember when my son was 5 and signed up for little league basketball, went to practice one time, then caught pneumonia and was in hospital for a bit. Of course, had to give up the basketball. At the end of season, he was invited to the party for them. I took him, and the coach told me that they had a trophy for him also. I said no, wouldn’t teach him what being competitive is all about. As a mother, it was hard to see him being there and not getting one. I explained it to him after the party. Maybe in hind sight, shouldn’t have taken him to begin with, but that young man to this date, fights and works hard for what he wants. Proud mother here.
 
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