College Football Thread

[Brass Cannon 26,735]

22 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

At least 7 schools (including teams with a 5-7 record) have turned down a Birmingham Bowl bid. Watching bowl season die before our eyes. Was a heck of a run. 

If bowls die you will 100% see an expansion of the playoffs sooner than later.  Possibly up to 32 teams 

[AZ Hoosier 11,573]

38 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

At least 7 schools (including teams with a 5-7 record) have turned down a Birmingham Bowl bid. Watching bowl season die before our eyes. Was a heck of a run. 

This is just strange. NCAA says that you need 6 Div 1 wins to be bowl eligible. 5 win teams can play if there aren't enough 6 win teams. But this is not that. All of the butt-hurt teams that didn't make the playoffs are throwing their own special hissy fit and declining the bowl bids. The NCAA needs to grow a pair and force the issue (suspend their membership in the NCAA?) or fine the hell out of them ($1M or more).

 

[LIHoosier 29,227]

50 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

At least 7 schools (including teams with a 5-7 record) have turned down a Birmingham Bowl bid. Watching bowl season die before our eyes. Was a heck of a run. 

If you think about it for awhile, do we really need a Birmingham Bowl? A few of these games that play at 2:30 on a Tuesday in a Walmart parking lot really need to go.

[HinnyHoosier 6,730]

11 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

If you think about it for awhile, do we really need a Birmingham Bowl? A few of these games that play at 2:30 on a Tuesday in a Walmart parking lot really need to go.

I'm sitting in a Walmart parking lot right now. I'll play.

[BtownStrength 1,822]

31 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

If you think about it for awhile, do we really need a Birmingham Bowl? A few of these games that play at 2:30 on a Tuesday in a Walmart parking lot really need to go.

Exactly how I feel. Bowl season is entirely too inflated with bowls that mean absolutely nothing. Let these games rot. Teams declining because they dont give a **** and I don't blame them 

[str8baller 8,317]

11 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

The NCAA needs to grow a pair and force the issue (suspend their membership in the NCAA?) or fine the hell out of them ($1M or more).

NCAA has nothing to do with it. And any encroachment they make into college football will just hasten their demise. As soon as the big two confs figure out what to do about basketball and a new governing body the NCAA is dead anyways. I think the latter is something the big 2 doesn’t want to mess with right now. 

[jermhoosierfan 586]

16 hours ago, Pagoda said:

ND is taking their ball and going home.

If they would have joined the ACC a few years ago in football like they did in all the other sports, they would've played Virginia in the conference championship game and would've kept their spot.  It's time for them to join a conference in football because this makes them look very childish and elitist.  Did the "team" actually vote on this or was the "team" the AD and a few people around him?

[AZ Hoosier 11,573]

If they would have joined the ACC a few years ago in football like they did in all the other sports, they would've played Virginia in the conference championship game and would've kept their spot.  It's time for them to join a conference in football because this makes them look very childish and elitist.  Did the "team" actually vote on this or was the "team" the AD and a few people around him?

Doesn’t matter who decided… they’re all wussies with a capital P.

[Rico 4,009]

Just caught the Notre Dame AD on Dan Patrick.  He stated that ND's relationship with the ACC is strained.

[AZ Hoosier 11,573]

11 minutes ago, Rico said:

Just caught the Notre Dame AD on Dan Patrick.  He stated that ND's relationship with the ACC is strained.

Seems like ND's relationship with everyone is strained.

Dakich was on Fox News this morning suggesting that the ND athletic department agreed to pay coaching/player "bowl bonuses" to all in exchange for a NO vote on the question whether to play in a non-playoff bowl. Can't prove that either way, and it is Dakich's take, but knowing ND, seems incredibly believable.

[Rico 4,009]

22 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Seems like ND's relationship with everyone is strained.

Dakich was on Fox News this morning suggesting that the ND athletic department agreed to pay coaching/player "bowl bonuses" to all in exchange for a NO vote on the question whether to play in a non-playoff bowl. Can't prove that either way, and it is Dakich's take, but knowing ND, seems incredibly believable.

What's it matter if it is true?  You disappointed they won't be playing in a bowl?

[Hoosierfan2017 25,483]

[AZ Hoosier 11,573]

4 minutes ago, Rico said:

What's it matter if it is true?  You disappointed they won't be playing in a bowl?

Not at all. It's kind of funny to see ND all butt-hurt. But it's also somewhat disingenuous on their part - that the players chose not to play, when in fact, they may have been paid to choose not to play.

[Rico 4,009]

8 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Not at all. It's kind of funny to see ND all butt-hurt. But it's also somewhat disingenuous on their part - that the players chose not to play, when in fact, they may have been paid to choose not to play.

If that had happened to my Hoosiers I would be butt-hurt too.