"As long as a school meets Academic Progress Rate requirements, it could technically be invited to play in a bowl game even if it is winless. There are currently 39 bowl games in place for this season, so only 78 of the 127 FBS teams playing will fill those slots."
So now bowl games have become on the level of getting participation trophies, blue ribbons, and juice boxes. Will sponsors be forced to have bowls under these circumstances?
Don't even get me started on what shenanigans the PAC-12 is doing in this.
Wow, there are 39 bowl games? I didn’t know there were so many.
I can only think of a few, such as the Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl.
It sounds as if they will be scrambling to recruit teams to play in these games.
The way things are going, will fans be allowed at some of these games? Will the organizers of the bowls take a financial bath if they can’t sell tickets to the games?
We haven’t even turned it on this year.
First time ever. Not a single game.
NCAAF can got to Hades with our blessing.
And take pro sports with it.
Along with all of the BLM preaching from players and coaches and commentators, this is just another reason not to care. For the first time in 35 years, I have not watched a single college football game. I used to love the arrival of college football season, and every fall I followed the weekly rankings faithfully. Each Saturday, I was glued to my TV watching the variety of games on different networks. This year, I have no idea which teams are ranked or who is playing from week to week. This lifelong college football fan won’t be coming back either.
Go Southwest Central Directional Louisiana State!
Re 39 bowls: I’m guessing some of those won’t have bowl games this season. Many are played in nearly empty stadiums anyway.
Once you look at it with that lens, you don't get all bent about crappy teams playing each other.
The NCAA and their masters, the Cartel5, have ruined college sports.
Bump
At least in the beginning, I thought the college football games were an add-on to some kind of local festival (The Tournament of Roses had a football game added to the parade and other activities), so if the local event is canceled because of COVID how much interest is generated to bring in a bunch of tourists for a one-day event / football game to begin with?
Bowl games have been a participation trophy for a long time. All you’ve got to do is look at the “exception” to the rule, that being not enough .500 teams. There’s so many bowl games that’s not even really an exception, happens almost every year.
Season is going to eventually be shut down.
That’s why I never really got into it this year.