Marshall Opting out of Bowl Game

[KingWard]

Coach left. Players quit. I love it. The mayhem is beautiful.

Marshall opts out of bowl after transfers, coaching change

Louisiana Tech will replace Marshall as the opponent for Army in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.

www.espn.com

 

[I4CtheFuture]

From the article; "The Independence Bowl would need to replace Marshall with a 5-7 team...."

Ummm.... what??? I thought you had to have 6 wins to be bowl eligible?

 

[Irvin Snibbley]

collateral damage.Hate it for Army(disclaimer-son is in Army).After such a great season to miss out on a bowl is a bummer.

 

[Lurker123]

From the article; "The Independence Bowl would need to replace Marshall with a 5-7 team...."

Ummm.... what??? I thought you had to have 6 wins to be bowl eligible?

They've allowed some 5-7 teams in if they run out of bowl slots.

 

[I4CtheFuture]

They've allowed some 5-7 teams in if they run out of bowl slots.

wow, that's pathetic. I did not know that. The age of the participation trophies is just so disgustingly wrong.

 

[Lurker123]

wow, that's pathetic. I did not know that. The age of the participation trophies is just so disgustingly wrong.

It's hard to justify. I'm the type of fan who watches those lesser bowls though. So for me, I'd watch a 5-7 team rather than no bowl.

 

[I4CtheFuture]

It's hard to justify. I'm the type of fan who watches those lesser bowls though. So for me, I'd watch a 5-7 team rather than no bowl.

I agree with you - sometimes I might watch if the matchup holds some sort of interest. Football is always better than no football. Agreed. I just didn't realize you could make a bowl with only 5 wins. I thought the 6 wins thing was a hard and fast rule. Apparently it's not.

 

[Irvin Snibbley]

Army is AAC champion.Yhey deserve better.

 

[Irvin Snibbley]

Louisiana Tech playing Army

 

[KingWard]

collateral damage.Hate it for Army(disclaimer-son is in Army).After such a great season to miss out on a bowl is a bummer.

Louisiana Tech is a 5-7 team that has enough players to play and sufficient opportunity to practice. I hope Army boat-races them. They certainly did suck today.

 

[18IsTheMan]

nothing would bring me greater joy than to see the whole system burned down