SEC has secured 10 bowl spots

[blackoutpony]

Seriously?

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... ources-say

[Pony147]

They had 9 bowl-eligible teams last year, although they had 2 more teams that went 5-7. A little bit of a reach, but not entirely absurd

[GRGB]

Seriously?

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... ources-say

This will approach impossible to fill if they go to 9 conference games, and will be impossible if they only play Div4 non-conference.

[Stallion]

Big 12 had 10 bowl teams with only 11 schools last year

[GRGB]

They had 9 bowl-eligible teams last year, although they had 2 more teams that went 5-7. A little bit of a reach, but not entirely absurd

both those 5-7 teams had a 1aa win, and at least 1 cheap-o non-conference wins (Miss beat UCF, Tenn beat Akron and Troy). So they would instead be 3-9, 4-7 in Div4-land.

There are going to be a ton of bowls available for non Div-4 if they keep moving in that direction (or they just say you only need to be 5-7 to make a bowl).

[GRGB]

Big 12 had 10 bowl teams with only 11 schools last year

no they didn't.

The big12 has TEN teams, not eleven.

And they had NINE teams with non-losing records. Iowa snuck in with a 6-6 (3-6) record, with 2 of the wins over a 1aa and a non-Div4 Tulsa.

Furthermore, they had FOUR 7-5 teams (TCU had a 1aa win, and vs. nonDiv4 SMU; WVa had a 1aa win plus a W vs. MAC's Marshall, again Non-Div4). There are 2 teams that the likelihood is that AT BEST they go 1-1 if you replaced their non-Div4 non-conference opponents with Div4.

BAYLOR beat a 1aa, UL-Monroe and SMU (all nonDiv4). So maybe they go 2-1, or 1-2. If 1-2, they aren't a bowl team.

Texas Tech went 4-5, but 3-0 in nonConf against first year Texas State, NW State, and UNM. Basically, 2 1aa's, and the worst Mountain West team. Replace that with 3 Div4 teams and they are again at best 2-1, or 1-2. They miss the bowl.
And if all the sorry teams from the Big12 play all the sorry teams from the Big10, someone's gonna lose those games. end result, the Big12 would be lucky to have 7 of the 10 as bowl eligible, not 9.

Same goes for each Div4 conference.

And we haven't even delved into the fact that half of the B10, Sec, P12 all get 7 or 8 home games (or only 4 "road" games, plus 1 neutral site). That ain't gonna happen when they go to 9 conf games and only Div4 non-Conference. In years they have 5 home conference games, they will get 2 road non-Conference and vice versa.

[ponyinNC]

Big 12 had 10 bowl teams with only 11 schools last year

Well, if this new Div 4 takes off, they can expect about 3-4 bowl spots any given year when they can no longer feast on Northwest Regional Arkansas State College...

[Pony ^]

With the OCC schedules they play, they are only 2 wins away...

[PonySnob]

Was the last time we played a team from the SEC during Cavans tenure? I remember a game at the Cotton Bowl against Ole Miss where we lost a 20+ point lead during the second half.

[Grant Carter]

Was the last time we played a team from the SEC during Cavans tenure? I remember a game at the Cotton Bowl against Ole Miss where we lost a 20+ point lead during the second half.

9/15/2012

[PonySnob]

Was the last time we played a team from the SEC during Cavans tenure? I remember a game at the Cotton Bowl against Ole Miss where we lost a 20+ point lead during the second half.

9/15/2012

Still hard to think of A&M in the SEC.

[SMU89]

Big 12 had 10 bowl teams with only 11 schools last year

Well, if this new Div 4 takes off, they can expect about 3-4 bowl spots any given year when they can no longer feast on Northwest Regional Arkansas State College...

Is that the one with the Worthless Miracle?

[Big Hoss]

This is absolutely absurd. If you are 10th in your conference, regardless of how good that conference is, you do NOT deserve to go to a bowl game. No wonder the conferences are so friggin' unbalanced.

[TidePony]

9 teams at most - 10 is way optimistic. Capital One Bowl still there ... Ugh.