Deja Vous All Over Again

[IdaGriz01]

No, this is not directly FCS football, but there are connections: Wyoming as a early opponent of the Kitties this year, and the Wyoming coach, Craig Bohl.

We've been looking in on the Potato Bowl, which has Wyoming against Kent State, out of the MAC. Just watched a pound-it-out TD drive by Wyoming that looked (not surprisingly) like a typical NDSU drive. The Kent defense looked totally gassed by the time the RB practically walked in for the TD. Still plenty of time (all of 4th Q), but the Golden Flashes (not right now) better get it together or Bohl's team will blow the thing wide open, one crushing run at a time. Currently 35-24 Cowpokes, BTW.

 

[IdaGriz01]

FYI: final score 52-38, Wyoming. Don't imagine Coach Bohl was too pleased that his D gave up that many points.

 

[Mavman]

This is the offense Hauck would love to have, yet everyone bitches we don't score 50+ points a game. haucks dream team would be a D like this year and an offense that score 28-35 pts with about 45 minutes TOP

 

[kemajic]

Wyoming 2-6 in the MWC.

 

[IdaGriz01]

Wyoming 2-6 in the MWC.

And 6-6 overall. By my quick count, there are twenty-one 6-6 teams playing (or have already played) in bowl games this year. (Plus one 6-7 team ... Hawaii.) How teams that barely managed to win half their games "deserve" (a word often used) to be in a bowl game is a mystery to me.

Of course, the real reason is because without them there would not be close to enough teams to fill all the bowl slots.

 

['68griz]

Wyoming 2-6 in the MWC.

And 6-6 overall. By my quick count, there are twenty-one 6-6 teams playing (or have already played) in bowl games this year. (Plus one 6-7 team ... Hawaii.) How teams that barely managed to win half their games "deserve" (a word often used) to be in a bowl game is a mystery to me.

Of course, the real reason is because without them there would not be close to enough teams to fill all the bowl slots.

Rewards for mediocrity are ridiculous.

 

[EverettGriz]

Wyoming 2-6 in the MWC.

And 6-6 overall. By my quick count, there are twenty-one 6-6 teams playing (or have already played) in bowl games this year. (Plus one 6-7 team ... Hawaii.) How teams that barely managed to win half their games "deserve" (a word often used) to be in a bowl game is a mystery to me.

Of course, the real reason is because without them there would not be close to enough teams to fill all the bowl slots.

Well, a 6-5 team made the fcs playoffs.

How teams who barely managed to win half their games deserve a shot to win a "national" championship is a mystery to me.

At least the lower bowls make no suggestion that a 6-5 team could ever be a "national" champion.

 

[CDAGRIZ]

And 6-6 overall. By my quick count, there are twenty-one 6-6 teams playing (or have already played) in bowl games this year. (Plus one 6-7 team ... Hawaii.) How teams that barely managed to win half their games "deserve" (a word often used) to be in a bowl game is a mystery to me.

Of course, the real reason is because without them there would not be close to enough teams to fill all the bowl slots.

Well, a 6-5 team made the fcs playoffs.

How teams who barely managed to win half their games deserve a shot to win a "national" championship is a mystery to me.

At least the lower bowls make no suggestion that a 6-5 team could ever be a "national" champion.

Yeah, but at least they played their Division I* Playoff game on a red field in front of 14 people in person and streaming online only live from Cheney, WA, instead of playing in something ridiculous.

 

[smarsh]

Wyoming 2-6 in the MWC.

And 6-6 overall. By my quick count, there are twenty-one 6-6 teams playing (or have already played) in bowl games this year. (Plus one 6-7 team ... Hawaii.) How teams that barely managed to win half their games "deserve" (a word often used) to be in a bowl game is a mystery to me.

Of course, the real reason is because without them there would not be close to enough teams to fill all the bowl slots.

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I just don't get why people give a shit if a .500 team plays in a bowl game. It's not like you have to watch it. I, for one, am happy they have all these bowl games. Still football and I'm happy to watch it before it's gone for the year.

 

[smarsh]

Wyoming 2-6 in the MWC.

And 6-6 overall. By my quick count, there are twenty-one 6-6 teams playing (or have already played) in bowl games this year. (Plus one 6-7 team ... Hawaii.) How teams that barely managed to win half their games "deserve" (a word often used) to be in a bowl game is a mystery to me.

Of course, the real reason is because without them there would not be close to enough teams to fill all the bowl slots.

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I just don't get why people give a shit if a .500 team plays in a bowl game. It's not like you have to watch it. I, for one, am happy they have all these bowl games. Still football and I'm happy to watch it before it's gone for the year.

 

[IdaGriz01]

Well, a 6-5 team made the fcs playoffs.

How teams who barely managed to win half their games deserve a shot to win a "national" championship is a mystery to me.

At least the lower bowls make no suggestion that a 6-5 team could ever be a "national" champion.

I totally agree. But let's face it ... there's never more than one (that I can recall), and that one is almost always Northern Iowa. Who knows why the committee seems to love the Panthers?

Trouble is, there weren't that many alternatives toward the end. Personally, I'd have given the nod to Rhode Island (7-4). One of those wins was over UMass,. The Minutemen are a sad case, but it was still an FBS "upset."

 

[Htowngriz]

And 6-6 overall. By my quick count, there are twenty-one 6-6 teams playing (or have already played) in bowl games this year. (Plus one 6-7 team ... Hawaii.) How teams that barely managed to win half their games "deserve" (a word often used) to be in a bowl game is a mystery to me.

Of course, the real reason is because without them there would not be close to enough teams to fill all the bowl slots.

Well, a 6-5 team made the fcs playoffs.

How teams who barely managed to win half their games deserve a shot to win a "national" championship is a mystery to me.

At least the lower bowls make no suggestion that a 6-5 team could ever be a "national" champion.

Sub-.500 teams have made the NFL playoffs multiple times.

 

[3-7-77]

But let's face it ... there's never more than one (that I can recall), and that one is almost always Northern Iowa. Who knows why the committee seems to love the Panthers?
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That 'committee' is a joke. Look how it loaded one side with quality teams compared to the cake walk side.
I'll take this opportunity to take my shot at those 'move up' squawkers. Wyoming, FBS, got its shot at whatever fame it deserved in the vaunted 'Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.' Oooooh!

 

[IdaGriz01]

Well, a 6-5 team made the fcs playoffs.

How teams who barely managed to win half their games deserve a shot to win a "national" championship is a mystery to me.

At least the lower bowls make no suggestion that a 6-5 team could ever be a "national" champion.

Sub-.500 teams have made the NFL playoffs multiple times.

First of all, there are fewer teams involved in the NFL system. Not compared to the FBS so-called "championship" ... there probably aren't even 32 teams consistently in consideration for that. But the bowl system needs over 80 teams to fill all its slots.

More importantly, the money machine and the draft and the free agent system for the NFL have resulted in a higher level of "equity" among those teams. So they knock each other off on a regular basis ... but you still have to fill all the playoff spots.

As the NIL becomes more of "a thing" to go along with the transfer portal, it will be interesting to see how (or if) it leads to more, or less, equity in the college game. And I have no clue ... it could go either way. I think it will become harder for major programs to stockpile top-level talent (it already has, to some extent, especially at the QB position). But it also means that major programs will be better able to attract top-level talent (new, or from the portal) to fill specific holes.

I lean toward a "rich get richer" notion. All other things being equal (personality, glamor, etc.), a backup QB or 5th wide receiver for an Alabama or Notre Dame will likely attract more NIL money than one who plays for, say, Vanderbilt or BYU. It will be harder for a player to give that "bird in the hand" up for more playing time and "exposure" at a lesser program. So my guess is that NIL will widen the gap between top and bottom college programs, i.e., even less equity. But who the Hell knows?