"The NCAA announced plans to add a one-time replacement bowl game for this year's bowl season, according to The Action Network's Brett McMurphy. "
BREAKING: NCAA has added a 42nd bowl, allowing all 84 bowl-eligible teams to play in a bowl, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. The bowl will be in Texas, date TBA, on an ESPN Network. The new bowl allows Hawaii (6-7) to play in @HawaiiBowl vs. Memphis https://t.co/sWuCgscvVT— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 2, 2021
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Bowls are meaningless.
Still fun to watch though
Great Football > Good Football > Ok Football > Bad Football > No Football
The logic checks out
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"Wiry"
You know I kind of was like this is super stupid when I first saw it. When I thought about it more, after so many bowls didn't happen last year, I'm happy they did this. Let the guys that are still around on eligible teams get to go bowling.
And more relatively cheap live programming for the Entertainment & Sports Programming Network.
Win-win.
Yay for the teams that now get to go bowling, but stuff like this further devalues the bowl games and to me is more evidence that the entire system needs to be scrapped
I feel like they should just allow all teams to have bowl practices regardless if they go to a bowl or not, and I would get behind cutting the bowl games down to half, like 8 wins to go or something.
Once you get past some of the top tier bowls the only real reason you want to go to one is for the extra practices given the limited number of reps these guys get the rest of the year. I think it can be key for development of the younger guys just to have the extra practices.
I'm sure it's also a good experience for players to have the excitement of a bowl game.
But it's often not great football.
Further devalues the bowl games? Yeah sure.
I remember watching the AstroBlueBonnet Bowl as a kid - like 50 years ago. Was that anything more than an extra game for the players, a travel opportunity for alumni/fans, and programming for TV?
Getting invited to a bowl game used to mean something. It meant you had a successful season and as such you got rewarded. In 1999 there were 24 bowls. This year there will be 42. It's basic supply and demand. The market is now flooded with bowls and because of that bowls have lost some of their value.
I agree that more bowls means more practice time, excitement for players, and other positive perks, but being selected for a bowl used to mean a lot more than it does in 2021
I wish they would reduce them and not expand. Liked when a bowl game meant something and it was for good teams. Ideally I'd like an 8 team playoff with the 5 main conference winners and 3 at large the highest rated G5 team included as long as they are ranked in something like the top 12 in the AP. Then have maybe 8-10 additional bowl games so you have 24-28 teams in post-season games and they are for the truly good teams, not 6-6 or 7-5.
Yeah I know, I'm old. Bah, humbug!
Ideally I'd like an 8 team playoff with the 5 main conference winners and 3 at large the highest rated G5 team included as long as they are ranked in something like the top 12 in the AP. Then have maybe 8-10 additional bowl games so you have 24-28 teams in post-season games and they are for the truly good teams, not 6-6 or 7-5.
Do this and add one more regular season OOC game for everyone.
I love bowl season. More than March Madness. I'm here for this.
Fuck yeah, send everyone to a bowl. 128 team playoff here we come!
Awesome! I'm not one to complain about more college football to watch!
I know people complain about how many bowls there are, but I'm glad smaller teams who made the mark won't get overlooked while teams that fell apart in the back half of the season get rewarded.
edit: i can't math. I went to art school. Point still stands
1983 Bowl season
Date Game Site Result Ref.
Dec 10 1983 Independence Bowl Independence Stadium
· Shreveport, LA (16) Air Force Falcons 9, Ole Miss 3
Dec 17 1983 California Bowl Bulldog Stadium
· Fresno, CA Northern Illinois Huskies 20, Cal State Fullerton 13
Dec 27 1983 Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl
· Orlando, FL (17) Maryland Terrapins 23, Tennessee Volunteers 30
Dec 22 1983 Hall of Fame Classic Legion Field
· Birmingham, AL West Virginia Mountaineers 20, Kentucky Wildcats 16
Dec 23 1983 Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy Stadium
· San Diego, CA (9) BYU Cougars 21, Missouri Tigers 17
Dec 28 1983 Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium
· El Paso, TX Alabama Crimson Tide 28, SMU Mustangs 7
Dec 26 1983 Aloha Bowl Aloha Stadium
· Honolulu, HI Penn State Nittany Lions 13, Washington Huskies 10
Dec 30 1983 Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
· Memphis, TN (13) Boston College 18, Notre Dame Fighting Irish 19
Dec 30 1983 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium
· Jacksonville, FL (10) Iowa Hawkeyes 6, (11) Florida Gators 14
Dec 30 1983 Peach Bowl Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
· Atlanta, GA North Carolina Tar Heels 3, Florida State Seminoles 28
Dec 31 1983 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Astrodome
· Houston, TX Oklahoma State Cowboys 24, (20) Baylor Bears 14
Jan 2 1984 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome
· New Orleans, LA (3) Auburn 9, (14) Michigan Wolverines 7
Jan 2 1984 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl
· Dallas, TX (7) Georgia Bulldogs 10, (2) Texas Longhorns 9
Jan 2 1984 Orange Bowl Orange Bowl
· Miami, FL (1) Nebraska Cornhuskers 30, (2) Miami Hurricanes 31
Jan 2 1984 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium
· Tempe, AZ (14) Ohio State Buckeyes 28, (15) Pittsburgh Panthers 23
Jan 2 1984 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl
· Pasadena, CA (14) UCLA Bruins 45, (4) Illinois Fighting Illini 9
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And a 9-2 Virginia Tech team snubbed by the each Bowl for an 8-3 UNCheat team that lost to UVA the WEEK before VT beat UVA 48-0(serves the bastards right to get stomped by FSU in the bowl. Back then it still meant at least a little bit. And we got a bit of revenge on the state of North Carolina several years later by beating NC State in the 1986 Peach Bowl on a last second field goal-and I was there for it-VT first ever bowl win!
I was at that Peach Bowl too!!!! The toe baller Chris Kinzer for the win and topped it off with a running bird throw down the wolfpack sideline!!!!! Glory Days.....
I was there too.
I haven't ever had peach schnapps again.
EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY!
I would prefer it if teams that weren't "bowl-eligible" could just be like, "Hey anyone want to play somewhere? I know a guy with a stadium".
More football is alright with me
Happy they made the waiver for Hawaii, and with the COVID travel restrictions, allowed them to participate in the bowl game.
NCAA needs to identify a better way to help Hawaii, in lieu of giving visiting teams that extra home game.
I'm excited for all the players that have the opportunity to play in a bowl game. For every player that opts out, there are ten that are excited to play perhaps their last game of football ever.