I thought that a team had to win six games to be eligible for any bowl game.
Yes, I thought so as well. But my question is, what if there weren't enough teams to go around? As I say, it almost happened a few years ago, and there's an additional one or two bowls since then.
Maybe they might cancel the game? Nah...
Nope, the one and only exception I know of is if you win an automatic bid through your conference championship.