Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:15 pmPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:18 pmThe unlucky 51, in alphabetical order: Akron, Arizona State, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Army, Auburn, Baylor, Bowling Green, Colorado, Duke, Eastern Michigan, Florida International, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kent State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Marshall, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Texas, Ohio, Purdue, SMU, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Toledo, Tulane, UAB, UCF, UCLA, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wyoming.
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:29 pmhow many of those teams could we beat?Pony Soup wrote:The unlucky 51, in alphabetical order: Akron, Arizona State, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Army, Auburn, Baylor, Bowling Green, Colorado, Duke, Eastern Michigan, Florida International, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kent State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Marshall, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Texas, Ohio, Purdue, SMU, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Toledo, Tulane, UAB, UCF, UCLA, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wyoming.
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:33 pmexpony18 wrote:how many of those teams could we beat?Pony Soup wrote:The unlucky 51, in alphabetical order: Akron, Arizona State, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Army, Auburn, Baylor, Bowling Green, Colorado, Duke, Eastern Michigan, Florida International, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kent State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Marshall, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Texas, Ohio, Purdue, SMU, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Toledo, Tulane, UAB, UCF, UCLA, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wyoming.
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:33 pmI'd go with the 2008 SMU squad winning against:expony18 wrote:how many of those teams could we beat?Pony Soup wrote:The unlucky 51, in alphabetical order: Akron, Arizona State, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Army, Auburn, Baylor, Bowling Green, Colorado, Duke, Eastern Michigan, Florida International, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kent State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Marshall, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Texas, Ohio, Purdue, SMU, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Toledo, Tulane, UAB, UCF, UCLA, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wyoming.
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:04 amPony Soup wrote:The unlucky 51, in alphabetical order: Akron, Arizona State, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Army, Auburn, Baylor, Bowling Green, Colorado, Duke, Eastern Michigan, Florida International, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kent State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Marshall, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Texas, Ohio, Purdue, SMU, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Toledo, Tulane, UAB, UCF, UCLA, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wyoming.
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:19 amCalallenStang wrote:Pony Soup wrote:The unlucky 51, in alphabetical order: Akron, Arizona State, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Army, Auburn, Baylor, Bowling Green, Colorado, Duke, Eastern Michigan, Florida International, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kent State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Marshall, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Texas, Ohio, Purdue, SMU, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Toledo, Tulane, UAB, UCF, UCLA, UNLV, UTEP, Utah State, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wyoming.
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How does SMU fall before San Diego State & San Jose State if the list is in alphabetical order?
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:13 amNavyCrimson wrote:What a joke!!!
Half the teams go bowling & probably only 10% - 20% actually deserve it. College football is such a watered-down product now days. No wonder the bowls mean nothing with such low TV ratings.
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:55 amIf the ratings were so low as to not make money, the games wouldn't be shown... but every bowl game is on TV. There's plenty of money being made, even in the lower-tier bowls.NavyCrimson wrote:What a joke!!!
Half the teams go bowling & probably only 10% - 20% actually deserve it. College football is such a watered-down product now days. No wonder the bowls mean nothing with such low TV ratings.
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:09 pmBuddha wrote:If the ratings were so low as to not make money, the games wouldn't be shown... but every bowl game is on TV. There's plenty of money being made, even in the lower-tier bowls.NavyCrimson wrote:What a joke!!!
Half the teams go bowling & probably only 10% - 20% actually deserve it. College football is such a watered-down product now days. No wonder the bowls mean nothing with such low TV ratings.
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:15 pmPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:38 pmbagice wrote:Buddha wrote:If the ratings were so low as to not make money, the games wouldn't be shown... but every bowl game is on TV. There's plenty of money being made, even in the lower-tier bowls.NavyCrimson wrote:What a joke!!!
Half the teams go bowling & probably only 10% - 20% actually deserve it. College football is such a watered-down product now days. No wonder the bowls mean nothing with such low TV ratings.
That is the truth, I saw some article about ESPN making a ton of money televising a crappy bowl or two every day of the week.
The bowl games are a cash cow in how they have bundled them all together to sell advertising, they need quanity, not quality....I would expect more to be added.
Not sure if there is a compete clause or not, but I would like to see the City of Dallas do something with the Cotton Bowl, create a Dallas Bowl or something, would be a shame for it to not have a post season bowl when the Cotton Bowl moves.
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:21 pmStallion wrote:72 teams were bowl eligible 47 were not
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:24 pmorguy wrote:Sure has changed from yesteryear.
It used to be a reward for a successful season.
Rarely would a team outside the top 25 end up in bowl.