CBS Bowl Game Rankings

Big Z · December 6, 2021

Hey at least we are not last!

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ranking-2021-college-football-bowl-games-42-1-orange-rose-gator-among-major-highlights/

VideoEagle · December 6, 2021

From the article "There are no bad bowl games. Any bowl game is better than the infomercial or useless debate show that would've been on if it didn't exist, so we cherish all bowl games."

MeanGreenRoadrunner · December 7, 2021

Instead of adding/creating more bowl games, they need to up the eligibility to 7 wins instead of 6. But that would be too logical of a solution for our institutions of higher learning to figure out and make happen.

MeanGreen22 · December 7, 2021

2 minutes ago, MeanGreenRoadrunner said:

Instead of adding/creating more bowl games, they need to up the eligibility to 7 wins instead of 6. But that would be too logical of a solution for our institutions of higher learning to figure out and make happen.

If you take the bowls for what they are, it’s a much more enjoyable experience. It’s fun for the players, it’s fun for the fans. The issue is when you have a fringe bowl team with fans that don’t travel and put them in a bowl completely across the country. Bowls should be localized much more than they are.

MeanGreenRoadrunner · December 7, 2021

I'll give you that about the regional. bowls.

But I still 7 wins over 6. It means the team had a legit winning season.

Aquila_Viridis · December 7, 2021

If it makes economic sense for someone to put together an extra game, let them. 'Back in the day', if more places, people and sponsors would have been up for more bowl games, there would have been more bowl games.

El Paso Eagle · December 7, 2021

26 minutes ago, MeanGreenRoadrunner said:

Instead of adding/creating more bowl games, they need to up the eligibility to 7 wins instead of 6. But that would be too logical of a solution for our institutions of higher learning to figure out and make happen.

Before 7 wins, make teams finish with at least a .500 record in their conferences.

Matt from A700 · December 7, 2021

I never care for these articles that come out every year, but I especially don't care this year. I'm just glad to be in a bowl playing a winnable game.

Aquila_Viridis · December 7, 2021

The article is pretty funny.

UNTLifer · December 7, 2021

17 minutes ago, Aquila_Viridis said:

The article is pretty funny.

Love the comments about Wyoming and the Camelia Bowl.

Aquila_Viridis · December 7, 2021

I live in NC and I have camelias growing in my yard.

NT80 · December 7, 2021

I agree on raising the Bowl qualification to minimum 7 wins. Currently 84 schools out of 130 in FBS are going Bowling. Only 46 schools stay home. That is excessive and results in many participation trophies handed out in a lot of random matchups of average teams . While it's fun for the players and fans, with only 5 FBS wins (+1 FCS) needed to gain a Bowl, it waters-down the achievement. The main benefit is national media and a spotlight on the program and schools gain 2-3 weeks of extra practices over non-participants!

NT (and Seth) are lucky they are set up for success in this last minute made-up "classic" Bowl game 20 miles from campus. Would we be as excited if the Bowl was same opponent but up in Detroit? Probably not. I would rather FBS someday be like every other level of College and High School football and have a true playoff with meaningful postseason games ending with a true champion achieved on the field.

Aquila_Viridis · December 7, 2021

I don't think anyone is equating the achievement of the Rose bowl with the Camelia bowl.

wardly · December 7, 2021

Guys, there are 42 bowl games, and we have been to 3 of them with losing records. The only way to fill them is with 6&6 teams and one or two with 5 wins. The fans love it, the players love it, and coaches love it because it basically give them spring training in the fall. We were chosen for the Frisco Classic because of the perception that we can fill a 18,000 seat stadium, so lets just do that.

untbowler · December 7, 2021

I know I will get hate for this but impressed by the SDSU and UTSA match-up, to bad it is only in an 18k stadium. Easily the best G5 v G5 matchup

El Paso Eagle · December 7, 2021

24 minutes ago, untbowler said:

I know I will get hate for this but impressed by the SDSU and UTSA match-up, to bad it is only in an 18k stadium. Easily the best G5 v G5 matchup

I think the App State v WKU could be a good game.

BYU looks to be the G5 that got screwed the most. How does BYU go 5-0 against the Pac 12 and end up in Shreveport?

UNTLifer · December 7, 2021

10 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

I think the App State v WKU could be a good game.

BYU looks to be the G5 that got screwed the most. How does BYU go 5-0 against the Pac 12 and end up in Shreveport?

Where else are they going to go? I think the worst part for BYU is that the major attraction in Shreveport is the casinos and, well, there you go. On the bright side, Shreveport is easily navigated via bicycle.

UNTcrazy727 · December 7, 2021

43 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Where else are they going to go? I think the worst part for BYU is that the major attraction in Shreveport is the casinos and, well, there you go. On the bright side, Shreveport is easily navigated via bicycle.

They should be in a NY6 bowl, but the Group of 5 doesn't get a replacement if the top ranked team makes the playoffs. It's a total sham.

wardly · December 8, 2021

3 hours ago, untbowler said:

I know I will get hate for this but impressed by the SDSU and UTSA match-up, to bad it is only in an 18k stadium. Easily the best G5 v G5 matchup

Its a good pairing. Looks like the New Orleans Bowl lost out drawing Marshall.

brooks91 · December 8, 2021

6 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

I think the App State v WKU could be a good game.

BYU looks to be the G5 that got screwed the most. How does BYU go 5-0 against the Pac 12 and end up in Shreveport?

They signed an agreement with the independence bowl but yea, they should’ve gotten a better opponent.

https://www.radiancetechnologiesindependencebowl.com/2020/01/30/independence-bowl-ushers-in-new-era-with-2020-2025-bowl-agreements/

NT80 · December 8, 2021

4 hours ago, wardly said:

Its a good pairing. Looks like the New Orleans Bowl lost out drawing Marshall.

I read ESPN had rights to the CUSA champ and could put them in one of their Bowl properties. The New Orleans and Independence Bowls are not ESPN properties. Thus, they still wanted a good matchup and good attendance so selected them for Frisco (attendance reasons) vs SDSU (record reasons).

But UTSA is NOT happy coming to Frisco instead of the other possible Bowls. Here is some comments:

https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/on-twitter-utsa-fans-call-teams-slotting-to-frisco-bowl-after-historic-season-awful-and-lame-as-hell/Content?oid=27720647

Edited December 8, 2021 by NT80
double-quoted

wardly · December 8, 2021

I don't blame either UTSA or SDSU for being ranked in the top 25 and end up in a piss ant bowl in Frisco.

UNTcrazy727 · December 8, 2021

11 hours ago, NT80 said:

I read ESPN had rights to the CUSA champ and could put them in one of their Bowl properties. The New Orleans and Independence Bowls are not ESPN properties. Thus, they still wanted a good matchup and good attendance so selected them for Frisco (attendance reasons) vs SDSU (record reasons).

But UTSA is NOT happy coming to Frisco instead of the other possible Bowls. Here is some comments:

https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/on-twitter-utsa-fans-call-teams-slotting-to-frisco-bowl-after-historic-season-awful-and-lame-as-hell/Content?oid=27720647

Who would have ever thought someone would describe the NOLA Bowl as a "higher profile" bowl? 🤣

They need to stop bitching. They're playing one of the best G5 teams in the country in a bowl their fans can easily travel to. You can't do much better as a G5.

The only school that REALLY got screwed was BYU.

Edited December 8, 2021 by UNTcrazy727