There are literally too many bowl games

[Ragingcroc]

Too many bowls? At least 2 losing teams will play in bowls

75 bowl elgible teams, 3 possible to get eligibility next week and 80 open spots for bowls.

 

[B_dub]

Not for Kansas.

 

[trojanfan12]

Yes there are.

And I will try to watch at least part of every damn one of them too.

 

[scoutyjones2]

There aren't even enough 500 win pct teams to fill the bowls...freaking hilarious!

 

[SeeYouNT]

5 win teams, woohoo!

What happened to the Notre Dame rule?

 

[Xulu Bak]

This has been the case for a long time. It's all about $$$.

 

[rmilia1]

Well Nebraska gets a bowl for sure now. That's nice lol

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Er'body gets a trophy.

 

[outofyourmind]

Did the OP just say there is too much football??
No fucking way.

 

[CorpRebel]

Er'body gets a trophy.

Sad but TRUE!

 

[Jakology]

Did the OP just say there is too much football??
No fucking way.

We all love the game, but let's be real man. All these bowl games are like the NIT of college basketball. Do you see basketball teams gloating about how awesome they did in the NIT? Hell no. Because most people don't even bother to watch it. I'll watch, because I'm a sucker for the sport, but man, you gotta admit there's going to be some pretty shitty teams playing.

 

[ericd7633]

Since both teams suck 5-7 Missouri against 5-7 Nebraska would at least be interesting for the rivalry factor...

 

[Red_Alert]

Too many bowls? At least 2 losing teams will play in bowls

75 bowl elgible teams, 3 possible to get eligibility next week and 80 open spots for bowls.

In other news, water is wet.

 

[fredmccallyRTR]

The more football the better for me, but maybe all shouldn't be given equal status with the title "bowl"....perhaps call them "cups" or "shot glasses" instead.

 

[whywork2]

Too many bowls? At least 2 losing teams will play in bowls

75 bowl elgible teams, 3 possible to get eligibility next week and 80 open spots for bowls.

The Hokies with a last minute field goal, you're BOWL ELGIBLE.

 

[Rolltide94]

What cracks me up is when people say "we played x number of bowl teams from last year". That used to mean something when there were less than 20 bowls...now there are more bowl teams than not.

 

[Runeman]

We all have a choice. watch or not watch. No need to screw it up for those of us who like watching them.

 

[gobigred]

Since both teams suck 5-7 Missouri against 5-7 Nebraska would at least be interesting for the rivalry factor...

 

[Codaxx]

This has been the case for a long time. It's all about $$$.

Funny thing is a lot of these bowls cost the University money. I am not sure they are helping anyone, but the bowl organizers and ESPN

 

[Red_Alert]

Funny thing is a lot of these bowls cost the University money. I am not sure they are helping anyone, but the bowl organizers and ESPN

Yup.

The bowl committees are made up of city politicians and business owners from the host city.
They fill some hotel rooms, get restaurant business, and some local tourist attraction business.
The business owners make money and the city itself makes money from the taxes off of hotels and restaurants. The networks make money from commercials during the game.

The players do get some swag.