Navy Could 'Paralyze' Bowl Selection Process

[Mavric]

If they wait to determine the New Year's six, pretty much all the top half of the B1G will have to wait to see how many teams get selected.

When Navy hosts Temple on Saturday for the American Athletic Conference title game, there will be a large contingent of bowl officials with a rather specific rooting interest.

"I don't want to be un-American," one bowl official said, "but nearly everyone in the bowl industry, quite frankly, is rooting against Navy."

That official technically isn't rooting against Navy, just what happens if Navy wins. That's because if Navy wins the American and is in contention for the Group of 5 bid in a New Year's Six bowl, the College Football Playoff selection committee could delay announcing the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion team until Dec. 10 when Navy plays Army, six days after its final rankings are revealed.

The domino effect on other bowls could "paralyze" the system, a source said.

Delaying the Group of 5's bid to the Cotton Bowl would affect many bowl games involving Group of 5 teams. Officials would have to delay placing teams in bowls without knowing whether a conference champion could get pulled up to the Cotton Bowl. Additionally, opponents in those bowl games wouldn't know whom they were playing in addition to the obvious logistic and financial issues involved with waiting another seven days before planning travel, buying tickets and other factors.

ESPN

[teachercd]

Can navy end up 12-2 this year?

[Redux]

I hope they do, lets make those criminals earn their dirty money.

[VectorVictor]

I hope they do, lets make those criminals earn their dirty money.

 

Wait...lots of pronouns here. Are Navy the criminals in your sentence?

 

I mean, sure that Stealth Destroyer costs a LOT of money, but that's more on the politicians that approved funding than the Navy itself, right?

 

[RunMickeyRun02]

I hope they do, lets make those criminals earn their dirty money.

Yep, go Navy!