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[Doctor Detroit]

Nebraska seven losses? No problem, Foster Farms Bowl will still take you!!!!

Appalachian State and Georgia Southern also bowling in their first eligible years.

 

[jplvr]

Nebraska seven losses? No problem, Foster Farms Bowl will still take you!!!!

Appalachian State and Georgia Southern also bowling in their first eligible years.

I don't understand how these smaller bowls still find sponsors to even exist. Everyone who comes to Birmingham leaves saying the same thing: why the hell does this place have a bowl game?

 

[Tom Servo]

Nebraska seven losses? No problem, Foster Farms Bowl will still take you!!!!

Appalachian State and Georgia Southern also bowling in their first eligible years.

I don't understand how these smaller bowls still find sponsors to even exist. Everyone who comes to Birmingham leaves saying the same thing: why the hell does this place have a bowl game?

Because some company wants the exposure? I would say there's something about Birmingham from a marketing standpoint that is drawing companies to sponsor a game there...but I'm an engineer, not a marketer.

 

[Tom Servo]

St. Petersburg Bowl Marshall vs. Connecticut Dec. 26 11 a.m.

ESPN

Beef's Bowl baby!!!

 

[Mister CIA]

No dogs in the fight, but speaking as a casual fan an Alabama/Oklahoma championship would be must-see. Still, kind of pulling for MSU as an underdog.

Clemson, meh. Dabo is one of my least favorite personalities in NCAAF.

ETA: Dabo is one of my least favorite names too.

 

[Jayded]

Lots of respect for the Buckeye coaches and talent. It'll certainly be a tough matchup for the Irish and giving Urban a month to prepare for BVG's defense does not make me confident at all.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

St. Petersburg Bowl Marshall vs. Connecticut Dec. 26 11 a.m.

ESPN

Beef's Bowl baby!!!

Can't wait to see if Ashley is in charge of PR this year.

 

[Tom Servo]

St. Petersburg Bowl Marshall vs. Connecticut Dec. 26 11 a.m.

ESPN

Beef's Bowl baby!!!

Can't wait to see if Ashley is in charge of PR this year.

#paradeofhotdogs

 

[Capella]

Nebraska seven losses? No problem, Foster Farms Bowl will still take you!!!!

Appalachian State and Georgia Southern also bowling in their first eligible years.

I don't understand how these smaller bowls still find sponsors to even exist. Everyone who comes to Birmingham leaves saying the same thing: why the hell does this place have a bowl game?

There could literally be nobody in the stands and it will still make big bucks for ESPN. Hence, it exists.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Word around Norman was that the players wanted to play Clemson to avenge the throttling Clemson gave them last year. The whole be careful what you wish for thing should be applied here I suppose. OU has been playing pissed off since they lost to Texas though, so they can kind of continue that theme. Should be a great game.

 

[jplvr]

Nebraska seven losses? No problem, Foster Farms Bowl will still take you!!!!

Appalachian State and Georgia Southern also bowling in their first eligible years.

I don't understand how these smaller bowls still find sponsors to even exist. Everyone who comes to Birmingham leaves saying the same thing: why the hell does this place have a bowl game?

There could literally be nobody in the stands and it will still make big bucks for ESPN. Hence, it exists.

I get it, but then again, I don't get how it still makes money. Montgomery, AL had a bowl making 3 for the state one year... maybe last year. Just baffling.

 

[Politician Spock]

Notre Dame vs Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.... Hey, did you know AJ Hawk is dating Brady Quinn's sister?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Nebraska seven losses? No problem, Foster Farms Bowl will still take you!!!!

Appalachian State and Georgia Southern also bowling in their first eligible years.

Ironic that Pelini is the coach to thank for Nebraska getting in at 5-7.

By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer

After a bad season on the field for Mike Riley's first Nebraska team, some good work in the classroom by the Huskers when Bo Pelini was coach will keep Big Red playing football this season.

Missouri, however, will pass on a chance to play in a bowl game with a 5-7 record.

The NCAA Division I council approved a plan Monday that will make teams with 5-7 records eligible for at least two bowl bids — and as many as five — based on their Academic Progress Rates.

The council approved a recommendation made by the football oversight committee that was necessary to fill the record 40 bowls after not enough teams met the standard bowl-eligibility requirements. There are 75 teams with at least six victories and a .500 record going into the final weekend of the regular season. Eighty are needed. Only three more — Kansas State, Georgia State and South Alabama — can get to six wins. All three are underdogs in their games.

Based on 2013-14 scores, the latest available, Nebraska has the best APR among 5-7 teams at 985. Pelini, who was fired after last season, was the Huskers coach back then.

The Cornhuskers finished their first season under Riley last Friday with a loss to Iowa, but Nebraska has indicated it will accept a bid if invited.

Missouri is next on the list with an APR of 976, but moments after the NCAA announced that the Tigers would have a chance to play in the postseason athletic director Mack Rhoades released a statement saying the team will not participate. "Our focus remains on identifying the right leader for our program and moving forward with the transition process," Rhoades said.

Missouri is in the process of trying to find a replacement for retiring coach Gary Pinkel, who announced two weeks ago that he was stepping down at the end of the season because he has lymphoma. Kansas State can become bowl eligible Saturday at West Virginia, but with a 976 APR, the Wildcats could get in either way.

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said earlier in the day that he would let the players decide if they wanted to participate in a bowl game at 5-7 after playing West Virginia.

The next four teams are Minnesota (975), San Jose State (975), Illinois (973) and Rice (973).

In a statement, San Jose State University interim president Dr. Susan Martin and athletic director Gene Bleymaier said they would "support an opportunity to participate in a bowl game if invited." The other three schools they were still unsure if the teams would play in a bowl if invited.

"Illinois will continue to monitor the situation and, when appropriate, talk with the Big Ten Conference office and Illinois staff before making a decision," the school said in a statement. The selection process will be market driven and allow the bowls with spots to fill to invite the 5-7 team that makes the most sense for its game — as long as the selection is made in order of best available APR. So Illinois can't be invited until San Jose State is invited.

Bowl organizers prefer teams in their region so fans can drive to the game and Big Ten bowls are bound to be looking for teams. The conference has nine bowl agreements, including the Rose Bowl, plus it is likely to send a team to the College Football Playoff and maybe one more to a third New Year's Six game. The Big Ten has only eight bowl-eligible teams.

In a release, the NCAA said the football oversight committee is planning to form a task force in January to study bowl eligibility in the future.

Looks like Minnesota and San Jose State will actually play each other in the Quick Change Lube and Stooge Bowl in Detroit

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

San Jose vs Georgia State in something called the Cure Bowl. Good times.

 

[Joe T]

McCaffrey should get the Heisman. He has been the best all yardage player all season.

 

[Bobcat10]

Iowa ahead of Ohio St. Conf. Champ game losers not punished at all.

Saw that coming...Iowa played MSU just as tight on a neutral field.

Pretty sure it works out best for most who have a stake in the matter if OSU goes to Arizona and Iowa goes to Pasadena.

 

[Mad Cow]

BYU v Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl. I was telling my wife just yesterday that would be the matchup if the bowl committee was smart. They will have a higher percent of seats sold than ever before. I-15 south is going to be crowded that weekend as fans of both travel up and down.

 

[gump]

OSU -6

Stanford -8.5

Ole Miss -7

FSU -6.5

 

[Capella]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

 

[Capella]

Mandel--

Based on the fact Iowa stayed above Stanford in the final rankings, I now believe Clemson would have finished No. 4 if it lost last night.

 

[The Commish]

These analysts are really struggling to understand that these committee rankings are from one week to the next

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Mandel--

Based on the fact Iowa stayed above Stanford in the final rankings, I now believe Clemson would have finished No. 4 if it lost last night.

Iowa finished ahead of Ohio State who didn't even win their division. That's bad math IMO and a faulty comparison.

 

[Tom Servo]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

JFC

 

[Christo]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

JFC

They didn't play each other this year. In 1978, Nebraska beat OU in week 10 of the regular seasongiving OU its only loss of the season then OU beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

JFC

They didn't play each other this year. In 1978, Nebraska beat OU in week 10 of the regular seasongiving OU its only loss of the season then OU beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

Bama/LSU title game a few years ago was similar.

Not the same conference, but UF had 2 rematches with FSU in 3 years.

 

[Politician Spock]

If two teams didn't play each other during the year, what's wrong with them playing each other in a bowl game? I think OSU vs Iowa would have been a great bowl game this year.

 

[Joe T]

SEC with 10 bowl teams. The conference is way down this year.

Plus WKU making a solid bowl.

GM :finger:

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

Oklahoma Football ‏@OU_Football 2m2 minutes ago
"Another thing I hope is taken into account are looks." Striker on Mayfield's Heisman prospects.

Oklahoma LB says Derrick Henry's too ugly to win the Heisman#Sooners LB Eric Striker hopes Baker Mayfield wins Heisman for sake of his "looks." Doesn't want a guy who looks like "Predator" to win it.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

SEC with 10 bowl teams. The conference is way down this year.

This is the metric now?

1 top ten team? 2 top 18 teams?

 

[Capella]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

JFC

They didn't play each other this year. In 1978, Nebraska beat OU in week 10 of the regular seasongiving OU its only loss of the season then OU beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

Yea this is the same thing.

 

[Joe T]

SEC with 10 bowl teams. The conference is way down this year.

This is the metric now?

1 top ten team? 2 top 18 teams?

It's as good a metric as "top 18 teams". Did you pull that number out of your butt?All teams in the SEC West are bowl bound.

 

[Christo]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

JFC

They didn't play each other this year. In 1978, Nebraska beat OU in week 10 of the regular seasongiving OU its only loss of the season then OU beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

Yea this is the same thing.

Didn't say it was. Guess you missed the part where I said they didn't play each other this year.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

SEC with 10 bowl teams. The conference is way down this year.

This is the metric now?

1 top ten team? 2 top 18 teams?

It's as good a metric as "top 18 teams". Did you pull that number out of your butt?All teams in the SEC West are bowl bound.

Yep, right out of my ### to show you how stupid you sound with your SEC mess. Do you no longer claim that hot garbage SEC East?

Big Ten - 3 of the top 10 (top 7 actually)

ACC - 3 of the top 10

Pac 12 - 83% of their conference is in a bowl

Big 12 - 70% of their conference is in a bowl (just barely below SEC percentage)

SEC - 1 of the top 10

 

[Christo]

Hell, only 3 B12 teams didn't make a bowl. Now there's a metric!

 

[Joe T]

SEC with 10 bowl teams. The conference is way down this year.

This is the metric now?

1 top ten team? 2 top 18 teams?

It's as good a metric as "top 18 teams". Did you pull that number out of your butt?All teams in the SEC West are bowl bound.

Yep, right out of my ### to show you how stupid you sound with your SEC mess. Do you no longer claim that hot garbage SEC East?

Big Ten - 3 of the top 10 (top 7 actually)

ACC - 3 of the top 10

Pac 12 - 83% of their conference is in a bowl

Big 12 - 70% of their conference is in a bowl (just barely below SEC percentage)

SEC - 1 of the top 10

And?

 

[Capella]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

JFC

They didn't play each other this year. In 1978, Nebraska beat OU in week 10 of the regular seasongiving OU its only loss of the season then OU beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

Yea this is the same thing.

Didn't say it was. Guess you missed the part where I said they didn't play each other this year.

I knew that long before you posted it. Doesn't make it any less dumb.

 

[Christo]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

JFC

They didn't play each other this year. In 1978, Nebraska beat OU in week 10 of the regular seasongiving OU its only loss of the season then OU beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

Yea this is the same thing.

Didn't say it was. Guess you missed the part where I said they didn't play each other this year.

I knew that long before you posted it. Doesn't make it any less dumb.

 

[Capella]

Nevada and Colorado State meet in the Home Loans bowl

They're in the same conference.

JFC

They didn't play each other this year. In 1978, Nebraska beat OU in week 10 of the regular seasongiving OU its only loss of the season then OU beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

Yea this is the same thing.

Didn't say it was. Guess you missed the part where I said they didn't play each other this year.

I knew that long before you posted it. Doesn't make it any less dumb.

Dude nobody follows this crap closer than me.

The mountain west commish issued a statement this afternoon announcing how dumb this was and how angry the conference is. Don't pretend like you're telling me something new.

 

[Capella]

For the first time in NCAA history, an insufficient number of deserving bowl-eligible teams (i.e., 6-6 record or better) are available to fill all the bowl games which make-up the current landscape (40 bowls plus the National Championship Game). As a result, a specific group of 5-7 teams ranked according to Academic Progress Rate was granted waivers to expand the bowl-eligibility pool and ensure no bowl game would go dark. Today, we have come to the unfortunate realization another dubious milestone has been reached - two teams from the same conference will face each other in a bowl game later this month. Neither of these developments is good for college football.

MWC commish on 2 MWC teams in Arizona Bowl: Its a travesty (we) have been forced into this situation. Clearly the (bowl) system is broken

Crisco: this is the same thing as Nebraska/Oklahoma in the 70s!!

 

[ffldrew]

I'm thinking those December 26th bowl games will have a lot of empty seats.

 

[cubd8]

So, the playoffs start with a 4:00 PM CT game on New Years Eve followed by the next game. Is this accurate?

Is the first year that other Bowl games would follow them the next day? Rose Bowl is always on January 1st, and I will definitely watch, but it seems sort of backwards.

 

[John Bender]

So, the playoffs start with a 4:00 PM CT game on New Years Eve followed by the next game. Is this accurate?

Is the first year that other Bowl games would follow them the next day? Rose Bowl is always on January 1st, and I will definitely watch, but it seems sort of backwards.

I think it's absolutely awesome the playoff games are on New Years Eve day...

 

[The Commish]

SEC with 10 bowl teams. The conference is way down this year.

Plus WKU making a solid bowl.

GM :finger:

Hell, the B1G managed to get 11 in bowls, so ummmm....yeah? This is the bar now?

 

[Christo]

For the first time in NCAA history, an insufficient number of deserving bowl-eligible teams (i.e., 6-6 record or better) are available to fill all the bowl games which make-up the current landscape (40 bowls plus the National Championship Game). As a result, a specific group of 5-7 teams ranked according to Academic Progress Rate was granted waivers to expand the bowl-eligibility pool and ensure no bowl game would go dark. Today, we have come to the unfortunate realization another dubious milestone has been reached - two teams from the same conference will face each other in a bowl game later this month. Neither of these developments is good for college football.

MWC commish on 2 MWC teams in Arizona Bowl: Its a travesty (we) have been forced into this situation. Clearly the (bowl) system is broken

Crisco: this is the same thing as Nebraska/Oklahoma in the 70s!!

 

[Joe T]

SEC with 10 bowl teams. The conference is way down this year.

Plus WKU making a solid bowl.

GM :finger:

Hell, the B1G managed to get 11 in bowls, so ummmm....yeah? This is the bar now?

Congratulations?

 

[cubd8]

So, the playoffs start with a 4:00 PM CT game on New Years Eve followed by the next game. Is this accurate?

Is the first year that other Bowl games would follow them the next day? Rose Bowl is always on January 1st, and I will definitely watch, but it seems sort of backwards.

I think it's absolutely awesome the playoff games are on New Years Eve day...

I think I would have preferred to have more the playoff start on January 1st when I'm hung over in front of a TV all day.The Ohio St. - ND game and many other still are of great interest to me, but in my mind, i still think these games are more of the preview to the main event.

I'll be watching either way.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

So, the playoffs start with a 4:00 PM CT game on New Years Eve followed by the next game. Is this accurate?

Is the first year that other Bowl games would follow them the next day? Rose Bowl is always on January 1st, and I will definitely watch, but it seems sort of backwards.

I think it's absolutely awesome the playoff games are on New Years Eve day...

I think I would have preferred to have more the playoff start on January 1st when I'm hung over in front of a TV all day.The Ohio St. - ND game and many other still are of great interest to me, but in my mind, i still think these games are more of the preview to the main event.

I'll be watching either way.

I don't understand why the games are on New Year's Eve, people are doing other things with their lives that day. On New Year's Day people watch football and vegetate, now they even managed to screw that simple formula up.

 

[Christo]

#####, #####, #####, #####, #####. All you people do is #####.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

So, the playoffs start with a 4:00 PM CT game on New Years Eve followed by the next game. Is this accurate?

Is the first year that other Bowl games would follow them the next day? Rose Bowl is always on January 1st, and I will definitely watch, but it seems sort of backwards.

I think it's absolutely awesome the playoff games are on New Years Eve day...

I think I would have preferred to have more the playoff start on January 1st when I'm hung over in front of a TV all day.The Ohio St. - ND game and many other still are of great interest to me, but in my mind, i still think these games are more of the preview to the main event.

I'll be watching either way.

I don't understand why the games are on New Year's Eve, people are doing other things with their lives that day. On New Year's Day people watch football and vegetate, now they even managed to screw that simple formula up.

Agreed. So stupid.