Interesting conversation on College Gameday today. There is a petition for 5-7 teams to go to a bowl. There might not be enough 6-6 teams to fill all the bowl slots. If this comes to pass, I see no way we would be skipped over with the #1 schedule in the country.
Does this team make a bowl at 5-7?
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CycloneErik
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I'm sure computers would say we're the best or nearly the best of the 5-7 teams, we'll be ranked above plenty of 6-6 and even 7-5 teams from BCS AQ leagues.
Not that I'm giddy about the ideas of teams with losing records in bowls, but if a 5-7 team plays in a bowl, better a 5-7 team that played ranked teams almost every week than a 5-7 team with an average or bad schedule.
Not that I'm giddy about the ideas of teams with losing records in bowls, but if a 5-7 team plays in a bowl, better a 5-7 team that played ranked teams almost every week than a 5-7 team with an average or bad schedule.
Trying to keep mediocre conferences out and awarding schools that play tough schedules, that is what I got out of Herby.
If Texas loses next week, a 5-7 Longhorns team would get selected for a bowl over a 5-7 Iowa State team.
Should have won a 6th game. That would have left no doubt. But they couldn't do it.
There's your should have, could have, would have.
Should have won a 6th game. That would have left no doubt. But they couldn't do it.
There's your should have, could have, would have.
Of course if the hawkeyes were 5-7 they'd get an automatic bid to a New Years day bowl game, because they're Iowa.
Yep. Said it when we were in Tempe. "Glad we're here...but 6-6 teams shouldn't be playing bowl games." It used to be an accomplishment to make it to a bowl game, and especially New Years Day bowls. Now? Yippee. You went .500. Here's a crappy bowl just because we want your money.
