Harriedhusker Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 My thoughts the right to appear in a owl is an earned privilege. If this team finished with only5 wins, personally I do not feel they earned the right to play in a bowl, especially given the S O S. I am fully cognizant of the advances of an extra 30 days of practice and exposure for recruiting a bowl appearance provides. Just my opinion Quote Link to comment
HuskerMerc44 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 My thoughts the right to appear in a owl is an earned privilege. If this team finished with only5 wins, personally I do not feel they earned the right to play in a bowl, especially given the S O S. I am fully cognizant of the advances of an extra 30 days of practice and exposure for recruiting a bowl appearance provides. Just my opinion I'm of the same opinion.Growing up, not everyone got a bowl. It was a reward for a great year. The record needed is so much lower now. Those extra practices will be huge going into year 2. NU with 5 wins probably gets a bowl still. Our traveling fanbase is attractive. Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 The days of there only being "meaningful" bowl games are long, long gone. Nebraska at 5-7 will be better than many of the 6-6 and 7-5 teams who will be in bowls. I like having a bowl game available to watch every night in the last couple weeks of December, with multiple games on weekends and holidays. I like it even better when Nebraska is one of those games. I also like that the team will get more practices during that time. It's a real inequity that some teams get more practices, while the teams that need them most to get better are not allowed. The strong get stronger, the weak get weaker. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bowfin Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Bowl games are more for the local Chamber of Commerce members to boost tourism than for football teams. This is why the number of bowls exploded. The money from the fans whose teams are 5-7 spends just the same as 12-0 teams. I think a lot of lesser bowls would like to see the Husker team (and their fans that travel well) rather than Northwestern, whose fans don't. Quote Link to comment
GBRedneck Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I count 81 teams last year that would've made a bowl ahead of a 5-7 Husker team. Has a 5-7 team ever made a bowl? Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I count 81 teams last year that would've made a bowl ahead of a 5-7 Husker team. Has a 5-7 team ever made a bowl? I know UCLA made a bowl at 6-7 after losing their CCG in 2011 They lost the bowl and finished 6-8 lol Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Has a 5-7 team ever made a bowl? Not that I can think of. The whole 5-7 clause was put into effect when ESPN decided more bowls were "necessary". The whole bowl system irks me. So much backstabbing and politicking and wasted money and shady dealings go on behind the scenes. Quote Link to comment
GBRedneck Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I count 81 teams last year that would've made a bowl ahead of a 5-7 Husker team. Has a 5-7 team ever made a bowl? I know UCLA made a bowl at 6-7 after losing their CCG in 2011 They lost the bowl and finished 6-8 lol Fresno St. did the same thing last year. Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 The whole bowl system irks me. So much backstabbing and politicking and wasted money and shady dealings go on behind the scenes. There was a lot more of that going on in the olden days you long for. Bear Bryant and some nameless guys who ran the major bowls controlled matchups and therefore who had a shot at #1. Now at least we know the people on the committee who control these things and it's more out in the open. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 The bowl system is a great system to reward players at the end of the season by going and playing a meaningless game and take a vacation. It is the absolute dumbest system for determining a championship. Thank GOD they now have a 4 team playoff. 2 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 The bowl system is a great system to reward players at the end of the season by going and playing a meaningless game and take a vacation. It is the absolute dumbest system for determining a championship. Thank GOD they now have a 4 team playoff. This guy gets it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Hayseed Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I wouldn't want to go to one unless we're 7-5 minimum. Better that the 2nd place team of a lower conference gets rewarded for a good year. Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 The whole bowl system irks me. So much backstabbing and politicking and wasted money and shady dealings go on behind the scenes. There was a lot more of that going on in the olden days you long for. Bear Bryant and some nameless guys who ran the major bowls controlled matchups and therefore who had a shot at #1. Now at least we know the people on the committee who control these things and it's more out in the open. No way, it's worse off now than it ever was. Fiesta Bowl scandal just a few short years ago is proof of that. Quote Link to comment
The Snork Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Oh good ... you mean we still have a shot of going 5-8? Quote Link to comment
Street Novelist Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 And here I was thinking a bowl was supposed to be a reward for a good season. Quote Link to comment
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