FBS Football Bowl Tie-in Thread

hickory_cornhusker · **Posted:** Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:16 pm

BePcr07 wrote:

tkalmus wrote:

tute79 wrote:

That gets us to 38 bowls, by someone's count.
Will we have 76 bowl eligible teams ? No. Not without a pile of 6-6 squads....

Confirmed 39 (including the NCG)
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... boca-raton" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

excluding all the ineligible teams, there would not be enough 6+ wins schools to fill 39 bowls

Looking at last year I did a quick count and got 73 bowl eligible teams plus 4 more who were ineligible but had the record to be bowl eligible. Also, the Big 12 really helped this with 9 of 10 teams eligible. I doubt they'll have too many years when 9 of their 10 teams can pick up 3 conference wins.

And with the Big Ten giving up their FCS games those are 14 more losses FBS teams need to take possibly hurting the number further.

louisvillecard01 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:04 pm **Posts:** 544

A new bowl has just been approved for the Bahamas, involving some rotation among the MAC, SunBelt, C-USA, maybe AAC. Perhaps it's time to just drop the won/loss criteria and everyone gets to go someplace. Really only a handful of bowls outside the playoffs will end up having any real meaning. More practice time for teams and maybe some fans shall get to go to desirable places.

tute79 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:25 pm **Posts:** 2162

I submit that only the 4-team playoff has ANY meaning.

However, the other 4 games that occur during semi-final week have a HUGE pay-out.

But as far as who wins them - who cares ? They are "just another game".
ESPN will try to hype them. they may present some interesting match-ups, but the pressure will mount to go to an 8 game plyoff,
and create 4 quarter-final bowls (probaly the same ones in the current rotation) that will have much more intense / relevance.

TKthunder · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:40 pm **Posts:** 1584

tute79 wrote:

I submit that only the 4-team playoff has ANY meaning.

However, the other 4 games that occur during semi-final week have a HUGE pay-out.

But as far as who wins them - who cares ? They are "just another game".
ESPN will try to hype them. they may present some interesting match-ups, but the pressure will mount to go to an 8 game plyoff,
and create 4 quarter-final bowls (probaly the same ones in the current rotation) that will have much more intense / relevance.

I think they'd have to consider allowing a top seed to host (or sponsor nearby if stadium isn't 80K) if going to 8, but if they used the bowl I think you're right.

I think ESPN and the big conference would also like to keep an eilte status (like calling them BCS bowls) for a few top tier tie-in bowls even if they go to an 8 team playoff so I think Florida (possibly Orlando/JAX/TB), Texas (Hou/SA), California (SD/SF) would all receive a 2nd bowl and maybe 1 in the North like Detriot, Indy or NYC.

46566 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:06 am **Posts:** 234

Does anyone else think that eventually there will be a 8 team playoff and the bowls will be something to fill up the week? (I.E. Have the playoffs Saturday and bowls games Tuesday thru Friday) Basically turn the 3 weeks of playoffs into 3 unofficial weeks of football.

tute79 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:25 pm **Posts:** 2162

Yeah.

Suppose in a given year, the Sugar and Rose get to host semi-finals.
I could see THAT YEAR the Fiesta, Orange, Cotton and Peach (Chick-fil-A) perhaps moving to one week earlier and hosting quarter-final games.

So you will still have NFL on Saturdays and Sundays in there, but if New Years and Christmas fall mid-week,
ESPN would wnat more bowl programming for those mid-week holidays when guys would otherwise be bored after opening presents and putting away their snuggies and Chia-pets.

So that's where some bowl games involving non-top-8 teams enters the picture.

TKthunder · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:40 pm **Posts:** 1584

USF site post about the future AAC lineup...

http://www.voodoofive.com/2013/10/10/48 ... up-sort-of

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 8685

Article out of Birmingham(previously posted in another thread)discussing conference affiliations,individual bowl payouts, and conference bowl payouts at http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013 ... _show.html

sec03 · **Joined:** Sat May 20, 2006 2:09 pm **Posts:** 1806

Youtube video of 3/15/2014 of ACC Commissioner Swofford speaking about petitioning the NCAA to allow individual conferences to determine their own conference championship game participants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOSHaiH7 ... e+youtu.be

If successful, wonder if Notre Dame shall be worked into the equation with the ACC?

tute79 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:25 pm **Posts:** 2162

You may be onto something SEC !

EITHER:

It's a way to accommodate the Golden Domers

OR

The ACC is contemplating un-zippering the divisions, going to a North-South alignment, but allowing for 1st and 2nd place teams in a strong division play in the CCG.

For the latter to occur, there would have to be some rule such as the 2nd place team having a conference record that is better than the champion of the weak division by a pre-determined number of wins.
Such as a 7-1 2nd place team trumps a 5-3 champ from a weak division.

Something like this might be a way to appease FSU / Miami / Clemson if it was suggested that they all play in the South division.

TKthunder · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:40 pm **Posts:** 1584

tkalmus wrote:

tute79 wrote:

That gets us to 38 bowls, by someone's count.
Will we have 76 bowl eligible teams ? No. Not without a pile of 6-6 squads....

Confirmed 39 (including the NCG)
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... boca-raton" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

40th bowl has been approved.

Cure Bowl in Orlando (at the Citrus Bowl) between AAC/SBC.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... nning-2015" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the story...

Quote:

Five new bowls will debut this season: Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. (MAC vs. Sun Belt), Detroit Bowl (ACC vs. Big Ten), Bahamas Bowl (rotation of American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt), Miami Beach Bowl (American vs. C-USA, MAC and Sun Belt) and Boca Raton Bowl (rotation of American, C-USA and MAC).

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 8685

ESPN article reporting that NCAA has approved a 3 year moratorium on new bowl games and will study the current bowl situation for "possible" future changes.Link at http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... bowl-games

tute79 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:25 pm **Posts:** 2162

DAMMIT !!!!

Tomorrow I was prepared to announce the "MyPillow.com Bowl" in scenic Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

To be aired on ESPNU at 3 am on December 23rd....

AND NOW THIS !!!!

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