Why? You don't have to watch. I'd be fine if there were bowls for 2-10 teams.

Nov 13, 2018
10:02:50am

Thrill All-American

i wouldn't watch, but those types of teams need the extra 20 days or so of practice more than the teams that made the bowls.

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Stewart Mandel the lead college football writer at The Athletic has in his bowl

cwilke1

11/13/18 9:45am

Too bad. I was looking forward to playing North Texas

Indy Coug

11/13/18 9:47am

i mean i want BYU to go bowling, but in general it should be more exclusive.

v1k0u6

11/13/18 9:48am

I wish all 6-6 & 7-5 would be left out.

Downtown

11/13/18 9:49am

Wyoming had a great team in '96, finished rankings #22, and didn't go bowling

Downtown

11/13/18 9:56am

Wow that is fascinating. That season 1995 the WAC had a 4-way tie for first

cwilke1

11/13/18 10:08am

Yep...and again, Wyoming at 10-2 left out of '96 and was really an underrated

Downtown

11/13/18 10:11am

So it seems like the old too system was too harsh if there was no bowl for a

cwilke1

11/13/18 10:16am

Well, in that case it was too harsh, but it was also an exception.

Downtown

11/13/18 10:20am

There was less bowel games back than.

Beetdiggercoug

11/13/18 3:07pm

Oops Bowl...Ha

Beetdiggercoug

11/13/18 3:09pm

That's all you think needs to be corrected in your post. 😹

Bluegoogles

11/13/18 5:17pm

No team (including BYU) should go to a bowl with a 6-6 record. There are too

Costanza

11/13/18 9:51am

Why? You don't have to watch. I'd be fine if there were bowls for 2-10 teams.

Thrill

11/13/18 10:02am

Bowl games should be rewards for a very good season not losing half your games.

Costanza

11/13/18 10:14am

That’s not why bowl games exist.

Everyman

11/13/18 10:21am

One teeny-tiny problem. Only 3 bowl games sell well anymore. CFP semi's & final.

TrueBlue67

11/13/18 1:45pm

I do agree those teams need more practice. Let them practice.

Costanza

11/13/18 10:14am

Meh. Extra football is always a good thing. No matter how meaningless

nslcougar

11/13/18 10:25am

No. If you are watching Georgia State vs. Western Kentucky in the Cure Bowl

Sandstone Cougar

11/13/18 10:34am

I meant extra BYU football. But for fans of any team in a bowl game, it's a

nslcougar

11/13/18 10:42am

I think Mandel simply forgot about BYU because we are Indy

CaliWG

11/13/18 10:17am

No he mentioned BYU in his opening paragraphs.

cwilke1

11/13/18 10:30am

yea, I think the issue is that rule applies to contracted bowls.

whiteninja

11/13/18 10:31am

That's the only reason Mandel forgot about byu?

Bluegoogles

11/13/18 5:19pm

maybe Stewart Mandel is wrong when he gives the rule that 7-5 teams must be

cwilke1

11/13/18 10:31am

Good find

Indy Coug

11/13/18 11:00am

I do know that 6-6 teams must go before 5-7 teams, but I think that's it.

dYrtbYkerYder

11/13/18 3:36pm

THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER

BYU Fan

11/13/18 4:01pm

BYU is going to finish 7-5 so it wont be an issue

pappabear246

11/13/18 10:56am

The Yewts have to vacate their win on 11/24/18 already? Nice.

notsofast

11/13/18 12:08pm

No, but I am calling it BYU. Come back and see me in a couple of weeks and I

pappabear246

11/13/18 7:32pm

7-5 record beats a 6-6 record

Heinz57

11/13/18 11:03am

BYU will be 7-5, so moot point.

Benfica1

11/13/18 11:16am

You want to go bowling? ... Don't lose to NIU at home.

canndyman

11/13/18 12:11pm

I am more concerned about lost practice time

Bleeding Blue

11/13/18 12:32pm

A 6-6 BYU team should turn down an invite.

Sooner Cougar

11/13/18 12:32pm

NO way. Our young bucs need the extra practices alotted fr bowls. Wilson

OmahaThunderCoug

11/13/18 1:02pm

Yeah, but think of all the lost eligibility!

squidmark

11/13/18 1:42pm

Well, maybe that would be a good thing and be the catalyst for getting us into..

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