Latest Bowl Projections

[Parrott]

It was going to take a small miracle for the Cajuns to get in, meaning two teams would have had to turn down a bowl bid. Notre Dame decided to stay home, but UCLA and the MAC schools are going.

Didn't work out. There will be two new bowls next year, but we will have to see how many of the existing bowls survive. There might be a few on the way out.

No. We didn't have a chance at any point this week.

igeaux.mobi

[jllanclos]

Indy being one of them? Seeya turkeys!


igeaux.mobi

[ManAboutTown]

Mike Adams just picked off Favre
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[Cajun90]

It was going to take a small miracle for the Cajuns to get in, meaning another team would have had to turn down a bowl bid.

Didn't work out. There will be two new bowls next year, but we will have to see how many of the existing bowls survive. There might be a few on the way out.

igeaux.mobi

You would think a few bowls would have to go.

I'm of the opinion that the Cajuns were deserving this year because of the current bowl setup. I believe six teams were invited with 6-6 records including the likes of Florida St. and Michigan State. No reason we shouldn't have wanted the Cajuns to have that same oppurtunity.

However I think we now have to many bowls. Not by a lot but when you get to the point of struggling to get teams without losing records to play I think you have gone too far. I think the total number of bowls needs to get down to a level where you generally have a few 7-5 teams sitting home every year.

[Just1More]

_ You would think a few bowls would have to go.

I'm of the opinion that the Cajuns were deserving this year because of the current bowl setup. I believe six teams were invited with 6-6 records including the likes of Florida St. and Michigan State. No reason we shouldn't have wanted the Cajuns to have that same oppurtunity.

However I think we now have to many bowls. Not by a lot but when you get to the point of struggling to get teams without losing records to play I think you have gone too far. I think the total number of bowls needs to get down to a level where you generally have a few 7-5 teams sitting home every year. _

I agree. I think some bowls are going to disappear. I can't see how many of the advertising sponsors (and title city underwriters) are going to be able to justify the spends in the current economic climate... considering some were struggling long before these recessionary times.

I have my doubts about the Cajuns ever making a bowl game, but it would be about our speed to get invited to the one that right before kickoff announces they can't pay to keep the lights on.

[Parrott]

I've alway been of the opinion that only teams with winning records overall and in conference play should be in bowls. But the NCAA knows a 6-6 SEC team that wins two conferences games will outdraw two or three MAC/Sun Belt/WAC schools.

The NCAA is all about money, and that's why it will take something outside of its control to eliminate the bowls. It's easy money.


igeaux.mobi

[Oiler]

_ Yes, one of three bowl-eligible teams out this year and one of four last year.


igeaux.mobi _

And two out of three are SBC schools. Nothing short of a seven win season will ever be good enough for most schools in non BCS conferences.

[Oiler]

On a positive note, having two non BCS conference teams participate in a BCS bowl (even if they are playing each other), means more money for all non BCS schools.

[Hammer58]

_ On a positive note, having two non BCS conference teams participate in a BCS bowl (even if they are playing each other), means more money for all non BCS schools. _

I guess that's one way for the BCS to ensure one less undefeated non-BCS team at the end of the bowl picture.

[rhineaux]

_ I guess that's one way for the BCS to ensure one less undefeated non-BCS team at the end of the bowl picture. _

John Feinstein was talking about the same thing in an interview on NPR's Morning Edition this morning. The other thing he mentioned, which was the first thing that came to my mind last night, was that it also doesn't subject any BCS team to the potential beat-down that Alabama took last year. If TCU played Florida, and beat them, the ____-storm that would ensue, especially on the heels of the Utah/Bama game last year, would exploit the BCS' weaknesses that much more.

Something else that Feinstein mentioned briefly, that I hadn't heard about, was that the BCS had hired Ari Fleischer to be their new spokesman. To loosely quote Feinstein, 'Ari is good at spinning things, and it's obvious that the BCS is more concerned with defending it's faults than fixing them.'

[biged05]

_ I guess i will have to dust off my MT hat as well. _

I found mine last night. Couldn't remember where i had put it but i found it and it's ready to go!

[DrumRoll]

The other thing he mentioned, which was the first thing that came to my mind last night, was that it also doesn't subject any BCS team to the potential beat-down that Alabama took last year. If TCU played Florida, and beat them, the ____-storm that would ensue, especially on the heels of the Utah/Bama game last year, would exploit the BCS' weaknesses that much more.

One drive stood in the way of your scenario for this potential "beatdown" this year, an out of bounds kick, a horse collar, and an instant replay booth that added 1 second back to an expired clock...

Otherwise, the potential was there. The BCS has it's faults, it's likley that any system would, but if you rolled back the clock 20 years, we would have Alabama playing in the Sugar Bowl and Texas would be headed to the Cotton/Fiesta Bowl :-)