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Now that is the interesting question. I have to believe he would come in Itching to learn from Foster.

Yup, I question if this will ultimately cost the conference money. Say we have two 6-6 teams and they don't go bowling. That means no bowl money for the conference to divide up and less time practicing.

If the big concern is that bowl teams get to practice, then cut the number of bowl games and simply allow a 2 week period during December for all other teams to practice. 40 bowls is way too many. 20 might be a better number. Let all teams work out during December, but lets get back to Bowls actually being a reward for a good season. Playing in Idaho in December, standing on the same sideline as your opponent, playing in a baseball stadium, being away from family to play a 6-6 team during the Holidays is not a reward for these kids.

Someone in the giant recruiting thread reported that QB Caleb Evans from Dallas Texas is making the trip
https://rivals.yahoo.com/byu/football/recruiting/player-Caleb-Evans-163967

I like that we're going to a bowl this year, but I would also like to say our bowl streak means something. If upping the win threshold reduces the number of bowls, that's great. if there's another way to do it to make it more competitive to get to a bowl, I'd probably be for that as well.

First thing that came to mind was "Poor LOLUVA".

Starter for life.

A lot of that came from his relative inexperience as a RB coach.

"He hasn't really coached the position much..."
"Yeah, but he's got a boxing glove on a stick!"

My random thoughts on this proposition for and against.

1. Does eliminating the 6-6 teams from bowls also eliminate the bowl practices for those schools? That would hurt a lot of programs.

2. Currently, tier 2 bowls give limited money to the schools. As a result Tech is really cutting down on the amount of time at the Bowl this year, I think they are traveling on the 23rd, walking through on the 24th, off Christmas, and playing on the 26th. A lot of the little bowls actually costs the Schools money as they their expenses exceed their revenue.

3. As more and more conferences schedule more and more P5 teams rather than FCS schools or G5 teams it is going to be harder and harder to get to 7 wins. This move could backfire on them.

I agree that we've overshot the point of diminishing returns by quite a bit. What I'm not so sure on, however, is whether we've reached the point where bowls are losing money. I think we're quickly approaching that point, if we haven't already hit it.

I'm also hearing a QB might be visiting this weekend.

Does anyone have the info

Personally, I think we've already zoomed past the point of diminishing returns

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