Yeah I'll Still Be Watching Bowl Games...

[Jimdish255]

Tough looking at a lot of the teams playing and wondering how we could possibly have sucked so bad that we didn't make a Bowl. If we had a do-over now I think we probably get in. Nonetheless, here's the schedule:

http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=9301782&type=story

 

[huskymedic]

BCSGuru9:50pm via web
9 eligible teams snubbed by bowls: CMU, Toledo (MAC), FAU (CUSA), SJSU (MWC), USA, Texas St, Troy, UL Monroe, WKU (Sun).

 

[Jimdish255]

BCSGuru9:50pm via web
9 eligible teams snubbed by bowls: CMU, Toledo (MAC), FAU (CUSA), SJSU (MWC), USA, Texas St, Troy, UL Monroe, WKU (Sun).

That's tough. For sure a couple of teams that would be favored against a half dozen selects. Mostly a pick-em situation though.

 

[Colt house75]

BCSGuru9:50pm via web
9 eligible teams snubbed by bowls: CMU, Toledo (MAC), FAU (CUSA), SJSU (MWC), USA, Texas St, Troy, UL Monroe, WKU (Sun).

very tough indeed...should be noted Toledo ended at 7 & 5 with tough loss to Akron and WKU finished at 8 & 4 with notable wins over Kentucky and Navy.
Perhaps, they also don't travel as well as schools selected...but we're assured that P5 politics and ESPN played into it.....

 

[nimzovich]

Actually 10 teams were uninvited, as UTSA (7-5 of CUSA) was also snubbed. There were 80 eligible teams for 70 spots. This demonstrates the importance of tie-ins to the lesser conferences in the new landscape of college football. The MAC, CUSA and Sun Belt combined for 22 eligible teams, but had only 11 bowl tie-ins. Last week, the Sun Belt tried to buy its way into a couple of bowls, but negotiations failed.

A Moutain West team being shut out is sobering. Could an American Conference team be shut out in the next 5 years? That is not impossible, but not very likely, as, with 3 bowls added, there will be 76 spots from 2014-2019. But with 12 teams in the American(11 in 2014), and only 6 tie-ins in 2014, 2015, and 2017, an American team or 2 could be scrambling.