Quick Question On Currently Airing College Bowl Game on ESPN

[Torn]

Well, when you’ve got 86 spots to fill, sometimes you gotta just settle.

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86 is waaaaay too many….. 15 bowls, 30 teams and the rest get to stay home and watch.

 

[VHinch]

This is the Quick Lane Bowl between Bowling Green [7-5] and Minnesota [5-7]. I thought to be bowl-eligible a college team had to have a minimum of 6 wins during the season. Minnesota only has 5 wins. Did the rules change or were there no other decent teams to play ? Nothing against Minnesota, just curious. Thanks.

If there aren't enough 6 win teams to fill all the bowl spots, 5 win teams are allowed in and they go in order of academic score. This year there were 79 6 win teams and 82 bowl spots. Jacksonville State and James Madison were given 2 of the remaining 3 spots as teams transitioning to FBS, and Minnesota got the last spot with the highest academic score among the 5 win teams.

 

[Cadcom]

The real question is why are you watching the Quick lane bowl game???

 

[Torn]

The real question is why are you watching the Quick lane bowl game???

Keeps the wife out of the living room.

 

[BIKER13]

Keeps the wife out of the living room.

so will an axe

 

[rbstern]

It's the story of the farmer who kills his entire crop, trying to squeeze just a bit more yield.

 

[BIKER13]

safe to say college ball has gone the way of the NFL to me. will watch an orange rot this bowl season

 

[Torn]

so will an axe

But she can shoot and is easily provoked.

 

[Torn]

safe to say college ball has gone the way of the NFL to me. will watch an orange rot this bowl season

Yeah it became a “professional” sport years ago (money, money, money) and now it’s gotten even worse.

 

[mrauditor]

If there aren't enough 6 win teams to fill all the bowl spots, 5 win teams are allowed in and they go in order of academic score. This year there were 79 6 win teams and 82 bowl spots. Jacksonville State and James Madison were given 2 of the remaining 3 spots as teams transitioning to FBS, and Minnesota got the last spot with the highest academic score among the 5 win teams.

Thank you for the detailed info. Appreciate it.