Texas Under-Achieves On and Off The Field

[Red_Alert]

With 80 Bowls (81 if you count the NCG) the NCAA will allow (5-7) teams to go if all slots cannot be filled with 6 win teams.

If Texas (4-7) can beat Baylor they will become a (5-7) team.

There are still 9 bowl slots unfilled and 17 teams looking for their 6th win today and tomorrow.

If Nebraska loses to Iowa they will be the first (5-7) team in due to being #6 in Academic Progress Rate (APR). #'s 1-5 in APR have already qualified for a bowl with 6 wins.

Nebraska is 985 (6th)
Texas at 958 is a lousy (71st)

The average APR is 960, so Texas is below average at 958. Of the 17 teams Texas is 10th in APR

Football APR Rankings 1 - 129 (AAC in Bold)

Teams that can qualify for a bowl at (5-7) and their APR.

Nebraska (985) T-6th
Va Tech (977) T-18th
Washington (977) T-18th
Indiana (977) T-18th
Missouri (976) T-23rd
Kansas St (976) T-23rd
Minnesota (975) T-25th
San Jose St (975) T-25th
Illinois (973) T-31st
Texas (958) T-71st
ULL (953) T-80th
Old Dominion (951) T-82nd
ECU (950) T-87th
Buffalo (948) T-92nd
Kentucky (945) T-100th
S. Alabama (943) T-106th
Tulsa (941) T-114th
Georgia St (940) T-118th

 

[Red_Alert]

The extra 3+ weeks of practices that going to a bowl provide are a benefit.

 

[Wishbone]

Letting teams go to a bowl with a losing record is just silly. So is the idea of Texas beating Baylor.

 

[occupant]

WELL, THEY ARE DOWN TO THEIR 3RD STRING QUARTERBACK.

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

The actual rule is vague.

It technically only applies to the TOP FIVE APR guys. Those teams are already eligible.
That is not a hard rule anyway. It was only a temporary safety net when such a case was nearly impossible.
No actual rule or clarification has ever been set.
Nobody expected the need for half a dozen or more (5-7) teams to fill slots.

After that it is just guessing:

1)The clarification is likely going to be a re-set that FCS wins will not qualify towards the 5 wins.
Teams win 5 FBS wins will take precedence over teams with 4 FBS wins + 1 FCS. That makes sense as it is bad enough for a (5-7) team to get in....yet alone a (5-7) team with FCS wins.

2) Bowl affiliations will also matter.
If the ACC cannot fill all its slots, it can cherry pick an ACC team over another (5-7) team outside the top 5 APR.
The various bowls have been bid on...the conferences will want their teams in their bowls.

 

[Red_Alert]

The real issue is that there are too many bowls.

40 should be reduced to 30.

However, I won't be shamed if Nebraska gets one at (5-7). Those extra practices are huge for the underclassmen going into 2016.

The point of the thread is how bloviating Texas Under-Achieves across the board. They don't even have the Academic Standards excuse for their abject failures on the football field.

 

[Pariah]

I think we need to stop picking on Texas. I'm starting to feel guilty.