Big 12 commissioner: CFB administrators might not allow some bowls to be played

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College football decision-makers have considered allowing some bowls to not be played this year given that not enough teams are eligible, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Sunday.

Although bowls going dark seems unlikely to happen this season, there is deep frustration by some administrators within college football that teams with 5-7 records will be in the postseason. At least two 5-7 teams, and possibly up to five, would have to participate since there aren't enough 6-6 teams to fill the 80 slots created by a record 40 bowl games. About five cities have applied to stage future bowls.

“If we add more bowls next year, where are we going to find 84, 86, 88 eligible teams?” said Bowlsby, chairman of the Football Oversight Committee. “Having bowls go dark may be the way to slow the process down. There are a lot of people that don't even like 6-6, much less 5-7. There are people who absolutely want bowls to go dark.”

When asked if going dark is a viable possibility this season, Bowlsby replied, “The problem with them going dark is you don't end up with both sides (of the participating teams) not being filled. So you're penalizing a team that did everything it should.”

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