The House of Blue

Agreed! Would like to see them either cut back to 11 games, eliminating one OOC cupcake, and then say "Six wins is fine" or leave it at 12 games, but tell schools that they have to win seven.

I looked at the bowl lineup yesterday and saw that Ga. Tech is playing in the Sun Bowl and they have a losing record, 6-7, after losing to FSU in the ACC championship game.

Thanks for the info because I hadnt seen that one yet. That just proves my assertion that the criteria is a joke. I know they played for the conference championship but a 6-7 record being rewarded, give me a break. Why didnt KY get a bowl bid with their 2-10 record remember their fans would have followed them, oops maybe they wouldnt have this year. I am really interested in knowing if there is anyone out there that thinks a 6-7 or 6-6 recoed should be rewarded with a bowl bid, please let me know and why? I dont attack people for their opinions and wouldnt do that now but I would like to hear why they feel it is alright.

From a school's perspective I only see one negative with the current bowl system and that is that the school must sell their quota of tickets or pay for the unsold balance. Other than that the positives are great. More money to the conference to split to the member teams, 2 more weeks of practice, etc. If someone is going to sponsor the bowls then it's all good. I will agree that watching some of the matchups is not enticing but no one forces us to. Once again if someone is willing to continue to pony up the money for the {Insert Obscure Company Name Here} Bowl then this will continue to happen.

If you don't like 'em ...

... don't watch 'em.

But to complain on the proliferation of bowls and rain on other folks enjoyment is just bad form.

The reason La Tech is not in a bowl is they were invited to one of the bowls (my memory fails me now) but asked for more time as they thought they were being invited to other ones. They were given a time to answer the bowl invite and did not respond in time and the bowl moved on.

"La Tech athletic director Bruce Van De Velde told The Associated Press that Independence Bowl organizers offered a spot in their game on Saturday afternoon, but the Bulldogs had other possible options still available to them. Van De Velde said he asked the Independence Bowl for more time to make a decision, but was told by game organizers that they couldn’t wait."

Thanks for the info. I hadnt heard that. They made their bed so now they will have to lie in it. Again thanks for the info.

I am sorry but you can not say "mediocrity" any more because that word can hurt people's feelings. You may however say "insufficiently spectacular performance" instead. There, doesn't that make for a better world we may all enjoy? Group hug, please.

Signed, Bleeding Heart.

That is better than saying 'mediocrity" oops there I go again.

Not sure of the circumstances as to why, but I think MTSU declined a bowl invitation.

I hate the bowls. When I was a kid they were played New Years Day. Period. I'm old school enough to still remember being light headed for a day or two afterwards from watching one after another all day. I can accept they drag them out to give each major bowl a national stage leading up to the NC. But there is no way in hell the BBVA bowl should be played the day before the National Championship. Get that crap over with early. If everybody wants to have a bowl then start scheduling them in mid December. Get rid of Georgia Tech at 6-7 early on so it's not even a memory. And get rid of the bowl/conference affiliations. Either that or add 3 more bowl games and let everybody play one.
They used to mean something special.

So if UK wins 6 games next yr you do not like the idea of us going bowling ???????

It helps the kids get better in football by haveing a ton of xtra practices. It helps the school get more money for the programs.

A win win I do think.

If you dont like those games just dont watch them nor pay them any attention.

I dont worry about things that do not concern me or UK.