If I'm counting right, college football teams only get 22 weeks of on field practice per year with coaches, not counting bowl prep. 15 extra practices (3 weeks) is a 13.6% increase in practice time. So ya, it might get us 1-2 more wins.
Does anyone actually know what they're talking about on this?
Us being mid 60s is irrelevant if the top 64 teams are already bowl eligible and there is a spot left.
Edit: just read a breakdown from a week ago and Nebraska needed a miracle, so you're probably right.
I imagine the # of bowl games is determined mostly by sponsors and revenue. It's weird to say there are too many; nobody is forced to watch any of them. Teams losing money in bowl games is a non issue; they are not forced to play in a bowl game. They can say no. There's really no problem with having more football.
The nose of the ball hitting the pylon is a simple concept. Ya, that's a touchdown if the player has control of the ball when the football touches the pylon. Control is the only question. I don't believe he had control long enough to call it a catch before he crossed the plane/the ball started moving. The juggling started about a yard before he crossed into the endzone.
What is the rule in college football for possession when it comes to making a football play? The only time he has any semblance of control of the ball without it wiggling is immediately as the ball hits his hands, and that only lasted a split second. I didn’t think this was that close of a call and should have been an INT.