All if the BIG's 10 bowl eligible teams may not be able to go because of a Bowl Shortage

[LambeauLegs]

The BIG sent letters to it's schools today informing them that a team or two of the 10 eligible bowl teams ay not be invited because there is a shortage of bowls? Or is it because to many are good enough to qualify for bowls?

I guess they need to create a few more bowl games now dont they?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/big-ten-tells-schools-one-team-could-miss-000912154--ncaaf.html

Big Ten tells schools one team could miss bowl

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- The Big Ten has informed its schools that one of its bowl-eligible teams could be left out of the postseason

Illinois sports information director Kent Brown says the school received a memo from the league office notifying it of the potential bowl shortage. The league has 10 eligible teams

''Worst-case scenario, there will be nine spots for 10 teams. It could affect us,'' Kent Brown said Thursday.

ESPN first reported an email was sent from a Big Ten official to conference members on Wednesday.

Illinois (6-6, 3-5 Big Ten), which became bowl eligible Saturday by beating Northwestern, is one of the teams most likely to get left out. Penn State is also 6-6 and bowl eligible for the first time in three years after NCAA sanctions for the Jerry Sandusky child-sex abuse scandal. Conference newcomers Rutgers and Maryland each finished 7-5.

Penn State is unlikely to get snubbed. The Nittany Lions have a huge fanbase that is expected to gobble up tickets to the team's first bowl appearance since after the ill-fated 2011 season. The Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium is hoping to land Penn State.

''We got to six wins. We're eligible. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out,'' Illinois quarterback Reilly O'Toole told WSJK radio station in Champaign. ''We did our job.''

Big Ten officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The problem for the Big Ten is tied to its agreements with the Orange and Citrus bowls.

Michigan State, as the eighth ranked team in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, is in position to go to the Orange Bowl. The South Florida game has a deal to take the highest ranked team that does not win a conference championship from among the Big Ten, Southeastern Conference or Notre Dame to face a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

If the Spartans or another Big Ten team go to the Orange Bowl, the Big Ten does not get a spot in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.

The trickle down from losing that spot leaves the Big Ten with agreements for seven bowl spots. Unless the Big Ten gets three teams in the six New Year's Day games that are part of the College Football Playoff, the conference will be one short.

There also will be no at-large spots available in other bowls. There are currently 80 bowl eligible teams to fill 76 spots. All of those spots are accounted for by other conferences with either primary or secondary agreements.

Getting three teams into those six New Year's Day games is possible for the Big Ten. If Wisconsin beats Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game, that would guarantee the Badgers a spot, and could leave Ohio State, fifth in the latest rankings, and Michigan State with good enough rankings to earn their way into the New Year's Six, too.

The Big Ten has agreements with 12 bowls in all, but some spots are shared with other conferences to avoid sending teams to the same games in a short period of time.

 

[williewilliejuan]

Any 6-6 team in a bowl is a joke.

 

[oaknightshockey1]

The term "bowl shortage" should not exist.

 

[brin3535]

Illinois QB: "we did our job" Did ya? 6-6 doesn't deserve a bowl game.

 

[Red_Alert]

Last season the Big 10 couldn't fill all of it's bowl slots.

Penn St (6-6) no longer being on probation, and the addition of Maryland (7-5) and Rutgers (7-5) changed that.

 

[tech_iceman]

Who would you rather have? A 6-6 from the Big 10? Or a 6-6 team from the MAC

 

[PIBuckeye]

there are too many bowls as it is......... IMHO, 6-6 and 7-5 teams shouldn't be bowling.........

lmao at illinois........ "doing there job"..........

 

[HawkeyesRuleURFace]

I wish iowa would give their spot up. They don't deserve shit

 

[TBBishop]

There are bowls out there that don't have iron clad ties to conferences that may invite the team that gets left out. Even more so, if there are too many bowl eligible Big Ten teams then there is likely a conference that doesn't have enough eligible to fill their slots. It doesn't matter though, if your 6-6 and don't make a bowl then you should have been better than 6-6. I doubt that we will ever see the day where going to a bowe game is actually special, but cutting the amount of games in half would certainly do the trick.

 

[fordman84]

The term "bowl shortage" should not exist.

 

[Yapp14]

Bowl Shortage? No I don't believe that. Maybe Bowls with conference affiliations but every year there are more bowl games with stupid names

 

[Yapp14]

Any 6-6 team in a bowl is a joke.

Do they still play that bowl game at the SF Giants park?

 

[Yapp14]

Illinois QB: "we did our job" Did ya? 6-6 doesn't deserve a bowl game.

At Illinois that qualifies as a "nice season"


I think Red Grange would be proud don't you think??

 

[FSUmanager]

Do they still play that bowl game at the SF Giants park?

That was the Emerald Bowl. Then the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Then the Fight Hunger Bowl. This year it is the Foster Farms Bowl and will be held in Levi Stadium instead of AT&T Park.

 

[occupant]

Maybe ESPN can invent another bowl game?

The PIGGLY WIGGLY OH BOY ANOTHER FUCKING BORING NON-CONSEQUENTIAL SHITFEST Bowl?

 

[Wamu]

there are too many bowls as it is......... IMHO, 6-6 and 7-5 teams shouldn't be bowling.........

 

[ericd7633]

Oh no poor Illinois. They suck anyway. The B1G should be fortunate if they aren't invited to a bowl game because they will get the shit beat out of them anyway.

 

[HoHumHokie]

LOL.

The ACC will have 13 bowl teams including Notre Dame.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

While i agree that there are a lot of inconsequential bowls, they're not going away for several reasons. One is that local chambers of commerce love the tourist dollars that accompany a game, and another is that sponsors love to get their names on a game, even if it's only for a short period of time.

As a fan, I like more football but I don't even get to watch most of the bowl games anyway. Too much going on in the holiday season.

 

[HuskerinBig10]

I did a breakdown in some thread, there is something like 60% of the teams in the conferences can qualify for a bowl game.

Add in the CFP, and it jumped to something like 65% of the NCAA division I can go to a post-season bowl game.

A team has to be REAL BAD to not get into a bowl game.