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Report: Growing support for 7-win bowl requirement

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16 months ago

Interesting story from my friend Brett McMurphy at CBSSports.com.

Growing belief seven wins should be magic number for bowl eligibility - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com

With mediocre teams drawing anemic crowds to 35 bowl games last season, Brett McMurphy says there's growing sentiment teams should be better -- at least seven wins -- to play in one. The result might be fewer bowls, but better ones.
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16 months ago

I am certainly not against this. Hopefully it eliminates a bunch of just terrible bowls. Teams shouldn't be rewarded for going .500
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16 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

hdrizzle21 said...
I am certainly not against this. Hopefully it eliminates a bunch of just terrible bowls. Teams shouldn't be rewarded for going .500

Yeah, but teams in Conference USA, etc. shouldn't be rewarded for 7 wins while SEC teams sit home with 6.
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16 months ago

DCVolunteer said...
Yeah, but teams in Conference USA, etc. shouldn't be rewarded for 7 wins while SEC teams sit home with 6.

They'll never be able to make everybody happy. I like the 7-win requirement.
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16 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Make it 8!
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16 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Great another reason to water down more regular season games!
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16 months ago

The Bubster said...
Make it 8!

I'm with Bubster, I think there should be an 8 win minimum to go to a bowl.
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16 months ago

Interesting read and personally I am all for it. Way too many crappy bowls out there as it is.
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16 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

I'm all for the 7 win requirement. I also think all your major bowls should be played on Jan. 1. I really hate how they drag out bowl games after the 1st.

This post was edited by orangeasylum on 1/25/2012 at 1:47 PM
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16 months ago

I'm all for 7 or even 8 wins to get in. I hope they change it.
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