No win requirements for bowl game eligibility this season.

By: Hokie Fireman
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on September 24, 2020, 8:49 PM | 27 comments

So this means if Tech wants to it already has bowl streak to 28 years already.

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H_ighlander_okie's picture H_ighlander_okie | 5 years 9 months #

Dibs on the Sugar Bowl...

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Alum07's picture Alum07
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| 5 years 9 months #

Dukes Mayo Bowl here we come!

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vtcivengr's picture vtcivengr | 5 years 9 months #

So could a team hypothetically host its own bowl game as a fundraiser?

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H_ighlander_okie's picture H_ighlander_okie | 5 years 9 months # ^

I'd give my life for a snow tailgate and Enter Sandman.

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KingJames's picture KingJames
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| 5 years 9 months #

Fuente keeps the bowl streak alive!

KopHokie's picture KopHokie | 5 years 9 months #

What if we go 1-0 and end up in the orange bowl!

Just put a huge asterisk next to this season right now and get it over with

HomebrewHokie08's picture HomebrewHokie08
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| 5 years 9 months #

I guess we will see who the bowls really like.

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.

Jander75's picture Jander75 | 5 years 9 months #

So the streak will survive...

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VTV8's picture VTV8 | 5 years 9 months #

At this point can we just make every game a friendly scrimmage (except UVA of course)? Just play for fun and take the seriousness out of it all. This season is just like Whose Line is it Anyway where the points are made up and the score doesn't matter.

I want to see O-linemen coming in as tight-ends. Trick play hijinks a minimum of every other possession. I want to see Harlem Globetrotter pranking where the mascot gets involved. Suit up a dog and go full on Gridiron Bud. Deliberately run up the score - just to end in a tie. Let's stamp a giant asterisk across the whole season and have some fun.

vtnerf's picture vtnerf
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| 5 years 9 months #

Huh, loluva does have pull.

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lepakkkkk's picture lepakkkkk | 5 years 9 months #

Can't wait to see this winless Rutgers vs Kansas bowl game.

NickVT10's picture NickVT10 | 5 years 9 months # ^

47 punts, 11 turn overs, 9 total points.

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lepakkkkk's picture lepakkkkk | 5 years 9 months # ^

All 9 points scored in Overtime

hokienator's picture hokienator | 5 years 9 months #

Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

mogwaiaredangerous's picture mogwaiaredangerous | 5 years 9 months #

i'm gonna chime in as the wet blanket and point out that we don't know how many bowls will actually bother with a game. would not be at all surprised to see a lot of lower-tier bowls decide it's not worth it financially and pack it in till next year. There could conceivably be a very small number of bowls to fight over.

hokie07ME's picture hokie07ME | 5 years 9 months # ^

All the more reason to host our own "Blacksburg Bowl" to keep the streak alive or just take the asterix for the season like so many other FBS schools in conferences that shut it down.

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macraw83's picture macraw83 | 5 years 9 months # ^

Except there's a fairly long approval process, you can't just conjure up a bowl game a month before it's supposed to be played.

hokie07ME's picture hokie07ME | 5 years 9 months # ^

This is 2020. I say we give it a shot anyway. Invite a team, drum up publicity, and dare the NCAA to do shit about it.

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HokieRif's picture HokieRif
| 5 years 9 months # ^

I was thinking the same thing.... Non-new year's 6 bowls already had a hard enough time selling out (even the non-playoff new-years 6 have a major challenge) - a socially distanced / limited crowd bowl from a financial standpoint would be a huge financial lose I would l think.

macraw83's picture macraw83 | 5 years 9 months # ^

I would have to imagine that most bowls get the majority of their revenue from TV money and advertising, considering how few tickets get sold to most of the games. I expect that most of them will decrease their per-team payouts a bit to make it through this season, just to stay in business for next year.

KingJames's picture KingJames
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| 5 years 9 months # ^

Yeah the bowls make money, the schools lose money going to bowls half the time.

Vtkey's picture Vtkey
| 5 years 9 months # ^

At least this year there shouldn't be a problem with mandatory ticket allocations, as people can't really attend anyway.

InEnemyTerritory's picture InEnemyTerritory
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| 5 years 9 months #

I can't wait for the reaction when LOLUVA goes .500 and doesn't go to a bowl in a year when everyone is eligible.

Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in bad humor.

bluehokie2006's picture bluehokie2006 | 5 years 9 months # ^

They'll spin it like they are standing in solidarity with the Ivy League.

Smlltwnsthrnlwyr's picture Smlltwnsthrnlwyr
| 5 years 9 months # ^

They'll spin it like they are standing in solidarity with the Ivy League.

Let's be honest here. You know what those arrogant bastards really think.

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Jhalf's picture Jhalf | 5 years 9 months # ^

Was going to comment about UVA living rent free in your head but then I saw your username and remembered where you live.

Carry on!

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bluehokie2006's picture bluehokie2006 | 5 years 8 months #

Looks like it's official now: