Would you go if your team is sub .500?...

[dawgstudent]

http://blogs.indystar.com...record-ok-for-bowl-game/</p>

Having a hard time finding six wins on Purdue’s schedule?

Maybe the Boilermakers only win five and still go bowling. It’s possible.</p>

Teams need at least a 6-6 record to become bowl eligible, according to the NCAA.</p>

However, discussions are ongoing to allow teams with losing records
to play in bowls, in case there’s not enough 6-6 teams. This according
to a story from the San Diego Union-Tribune.</p>

With 35 bowls, the math says you need at least 70 teams to finish 6-6
or better. A couple of highlights from the article written by Brent
Schrotenboer. </p>

There are fewer chances for teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision
(FBS) to get “easy” wins. FBS teams each year schedule teams from the
slower, smaller Football Championship Subdivision in order to increase
their chances of getting the minimum six victories for a bowl berth.</p>

Last year, FBS teams were 89-5 in such games. By season’s end, there were 71 bowl-eligible teams for 68 bowl berths.</p>

This year, FBS teams are 63-6 against the FCS, according to the NCAA,
with 21 more such games left on the schedule. That means, at most, FBS
teams will have 84 “easy” wins, down from 89 last year, when there were
just enough teams eligible to fill the 34 bowls.</p>

Another factor: Southern Cal is ineligible for postseason play the next two years, dropping the pool of candidates.</p>

“I don’t necessarily think it’s a good thing if you have a losing
record and you’re going to a bowl,” said San Diego State athletic
director Jim Sterk, who previously served on the NCAA bowl subcommittee.
“I don’t think that’s good for college football.”</p>

It’s not good for college football, but that doesn’t mean the NCAA will do anything to stop it from happening. </p>

</p>

 

[MeridianDog]

But a sub.500 bowl game would be the pits to watch on TV. I'd probably still manage to have a good time.

There certainly wouldn't be a lot of pressure to keep up the winning record through the bowl game would there?.

 

[boomboommsu]

A playoff. just saying/

but to answeryour Q, hell yes i go. if its a good price/location/atmosphere etc., i go no matter the record. as state fans, we're used to cheering for ****** teams.

 

[patdog]

It's been pretty obvious that the day is going to come when not enough teams are bowl eligible to fill all the spots. I think I'd rather see a I-AA team in a bowl game before a 5-7 I-A team (especially considering that 1 of the 5 wins was probably against a I-AA team). But I can see that the bowls would rather take a 5-7 BCS team over a I-AA team.

 

[jakldawg]

Since the best ones get the chance to play for an actual championship in a playoff format (other than the obvious reason$$$)? Are the players missing out on being part of the Chamber of Commerce dog-and-pony shows that bowl games essentially are? A team with a losing record in a bowl game would make the "bowl games are an honored traditional reward for an outstanding season" argument for keeping them around even more laughable (but am I calling my relatives in Shreveport to see what they're doing over the holidays as I type this?...maybe).

 

[8dog]

isn't the Mobile bowl always looking for someone? They'd love have us I would think.

 

[Todd4State]

it's MSU football. If I will go watch them play in Ruston and Murfreesboro, why not?

I always thought it would be kind of funny to have the two worst teams in college football play in a bowl somewhere like The Vet in Jackson or somewhere crappy like that. It could be Western Kentucky vs. Eastern Michigan.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

These young men play 12 games a year. They have rules that do not allow them to reap any benefits at all. ( I understand the rules aren't always followed). A bowl game is the one thing, by the rules, where a player gets something for all that hard work they put in. They get a trip to to normally a pretty good place. They get to enjoy some things that city has to offer and they even get some legal swag.

So from a players perspective, they deserve a trip as some sort of payback for all that work they do during the year. If 35 bowl games can make money is definitely a question. But I am all for rewarding these kids if it is possible.

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

..bowl MSU is in, regardless of record.


If the bowl system is so flawed it allows teams with losing records in bowls..how would that be Miss. State's fault? If you are in a bowl, you are in a bowl. End of story.

 

[patdog]

1. A chance to play on national TV in a time slot where you're the only game on.

2. A legitimate chance to beat a I-A team. Remember, this is a 4-7 (I-A record) team you're playing on a neutral site. The I-AA team would have a very good chance to win that game.

Edit: Actually, I was a little confused on #2. The I-AA team would be playing a 6-6/5-7 MAC/Sunbelt team. Still a very good chance for the I-AA to get a win though.