Utah beating by a touchdown with byu coming back from 35-0 deficit
App State beating Ohio U on a last second field goal.
I love the bowls!
App State beating Ohio U on a last second field goal.
I love the bowls!
I love those "meaningless" bowl games
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Appy St. Vs Ohio was a great game! Looking forward to the shootout between La.tech and Arkst. Looks like this will be Bells last game with AS.
Driskel the former gator QB has 3500 passing yards and counting this year. Patrick might have been much better off to go play for coach Holtz for next season.
These bowl games are really nothing more than exhibition games which is why you can't put much stock in the results, but it's better TV than college hoops this time of year.
The wins and losses count. Bowl appearances and performances are big recruiting tools. Coaching incentives are often based on bowl appearances. The extra practice time is real (assuming coaches know how to run a practice). Plus you often have teams playing that normally don't face each other often....if ever. Finally, bowl season is the best time of the sports year. Kicks the crap out of March madness IMO.
I LOVE THE BOWL BECAUSE I LOVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!!!
Something stupid, something stupid, DESERVES, something stupid, everybody gets a trophy, something stupid, something stupid.
I can't believe that a UK fan would make fun of any bowl game.
IMO, has nothing to do with trophies. It's college Football...Sports alternatives right now are pretty slim: meaningless bball games, not only college but the nba is deplorable. NFL is okay. It's the sports season's last hurrah before heading off into hibernation until mid March.
You were 90% right, I fixed it for you.
Here is just one example, the FCS playoff game between Northern Iowa and North Dakota State drew 1.644 million viewers while the Texas upset over North Carolina in mens basketball drew 1.257 million viewers (per LHL today)
That being said, there are a number of conference commissioners and ADs that think there are way too many bowls which are a waste of time and money for the participants, leading to embarrassing "crowds" at largely empty stadiums. In short, they believe many of the games are meaningless made solely for TV entertainment.
Maybe they're right but if you think these games don't mean much watch the reaction from the winning teams. It's obviously a big deal to them.
I didn't watch but a little bit of one of them yesterday, but it appears there were some great games. I just don't care about these bowl games. I'll care about the bigger ones, and the ones with SEC teams in them, but even then with the playoff now....just not very interesting to me with UK not making one. Honestly the one bowl I'm probably most excited to watch outside of the new years 6/playoffs is the Bahamas Bowl because I"m an alumnus of MTSU who is playing in it. I'm glad one of my teams made a bowl.
I just would rather watch some great tv show than these crappy bowls, but just how I feel. I started watching Utah-BYU, but quickly realized I'd rather continue to binge watch Sons of Anarchy on Netflix. One is just much more interesting than the other, and it's strange because during the regular season I'm college football dang day. Maybe I'm still bitter about UK choking and not getting into a bowl, or maybe I'm just at the point of my life where I want more balance on what I do instead of watching sports ALL the time.
I just would rather watch some great tv show than these crappy bowls, but just how I feel. I started watching Utah-BYU, but quickly realized I'd rather continue to binge watch Sons of Anarchy on Netflix. One is just much more interesting than the other, and it's strange because during the regular season I'm college football dang day. Maybe I'm still bitter about UK choking and not getting into a bowl, or maybe I'm just at the point of my life where I want more balance on what I do instead of watching sports ALL the time.
I think they played yearly until Utah went into the PAC-EVERHOWMANY. Maybe called it the Holy War, referring to Mormans I guess?
I love bowl games but when losing teams have to be selected there are too many!!!
A program like UK could use the extra practice but only if they win six or more games.
A program like UK could use the extra practice but only if they win six or more games.
Well lets see a one of them put their nuts where their fat mouths are, and turn down a bowl offer & stay home
think that's ever gonna happen?
love bowl games because I love the sport of American tackle college football, and want to view it as often as possible. and I am not alone, as these bowl games are each an individual business. businesses that don't make money go out of business and cease to exist. as the number of bowls is exploding I'd say they are making pretty good money supplying a product the public wishes to partake in.
Actually teams turning down bowl bids isn't that uncommon. Mizzou was one of the 5-7 teams that could have gone this year but turned it down. Louisiana Tech turned down a bid in 2012 when they were 9-3.
It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.