Going 6-6 might not mean a bowl game

By Matt on November 27, 2009 12:51 AM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

Thanks to a discussion I had with website cohort Ben Malley, he did some research into a certain situation regarding bowl games.

It turns out that a 7-5 team from the WAC would have to be chosen over a 6-6 team from the SEC because it is based on the number of wins, regardless of the conference or the team's schedule.

This is one very rare instance where I am actually on the side of the BCS conferences. I am normally for the little guy, but I think a team like SMU (which lost to Washington State) if it goes 7-5, should not be in a bowl game over a 6-6 UCLA team.

It's great for the little teams to get a chance, don't get me wrong, and people who know me know that I support such teams, but I think bowl games should go to the best teams.

There is talk of this happening, with the teams from the BCS conferences getting a little more strength as far as bowl bids, and I think this year will go a long way in determining this.

Thanks to Mr. Malley, we have a list of nine things that could happen this college football weekend(s). If five of these nine things happen, no 6-6 team will make a bowl game this season.

Here is the list he compiled, in order of likelihood:

1) SMU defeats Tulane

2) Marshall defeats UTEP

3) Wyoming defeats Colorado State

4) Bowling Green defeats Toledo

5) La. Monroe defeats Middle Tennesse State

6) La. Lafayette defeats Troy

7) Kansas defeats Missouri

8) UConn and Notre Dame both win out

9) UCLA defeats USC and Arizona defeats Arizona State and/or USC

1-4 look almost guaranteed and one of the other 5 could happen.

Ben was kind enough to compile this, and now I will run down the are already, or could possibly go 6-6 and in which order they should receive bowl bids. This teams will either be from a BCS Conference or well known Independents.

UCLA

Tennessee

Arizona

Georgia

South Carolina

Oklahoma

Connecticut

Notre Dame

Texas A&M

Kansas State

Kansas

Iowa State

Minnesota

Michigan State

Florida State

Duke

Army

I really think it would be a shame for UCLA, Tennessee and/or Arizona not to make it to a bowl game. Those teams have played good schedules and have shown the ability to play with anyone. Beyond that, Georgia, South Carolina and Oklahoma not playing in a bowl game seems unfathomable. The scary thing is that some of these teams are not going to make it. Well also know that if only one 6-6 team goes, it will be Notre Dame which is stupid.

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3 Comments

savage fredd said:

I thought bowl bids were mostly based on how well a team's fans travel and whether or not people will watch them on t.v.

November 27, 2009 10:35 AM

Matt said:

When it comes down to choosing one team over the other, then yes, how the fans travel and how they do on TV factors in, but when it comes to picking the seven win team or the six win team, the team with seven wins has to go.

November 27, 2009 1:20 PM

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