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Anybody else seeing trends in bowl games

Posted on 12/28/11 at 7:01 pm
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
22344 posts
Posted on 12/28/11 at 7:01 pm
Just seems to me that the coaching, officiating, and execution on the field has been remarkably sloppy.

Every game has a superfluous amount of penalties, turnovers, questionable coaching, and poor officiating.

Also, total lack of attendance. Maybe it's just me, maybe just coincidence. I don't know, but I can't remember seeing things this bad during bowl season before. Could be I'm just paying more attention this year.
Posted by brg0320
Member since May 2009
3295 posts
Posted on 12/28/11 at 7:03 pm to
Have you seen the teams in these bowls?

That has something to do with the sloppyness. Most of these teams aren't on national tv until they play the bowl game.
Posted by nosaj56
Member since Aug 2007
21991 posts
Posted on 12/28/11 at 7:03 pm to
quote:

Also, total lack of attendance. Maybe it's just me, maybe just coincidence. I don't know, but I can't remember seeing things this bad during bowl season before. Could be I'm just paying more attention this year.
all the bowl games so far exist just for TV
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
22344 posts
Posted on 12/28/11 at 7:13 pm to
quote:

Have you seen the teams in these bowls?


Yeah, I guess it's hard to gauge, but the coaching decisions are probably the most obvious. Some of these guys are making multiple mistakes compounded upon themselves.

And, I've never seen a downed punt where the player's momentum carries him and the ball into the endzone not called a touchback.

The clock management of almost every game played thus far has been atrocious. Even in the same game by both sidelines!

I'm still trying to figure out how you go for 2 from an XP formation, with a holder that obviously can't run an option, with 52 seconds left in a game where both teams have scored 40+ points. A successful try doesn't even win the game. Only a failed one definitely loses it.
Posted by filmmaker45
Member since Mar 2008
14554 posts
Posted on 12/28/11 at 7:20 pm to
Real bowls start...well you could say tonight but tomorrow as well.

Posted by Case Deep
Dupont, LA
Member since Nov 2011
308 posts
Posted on 12/28/11 at 8:42 pm to
They don't give a shite. Any upperclassmen worth a damn is focusing on not getting hurt and getting to the pro-day/combines. They aren't in the normal routine of classes, practice, etc. They are not playing for much.

Also, you lose the guys for a few weeks before practice starts, some mentally never come back.
Posted by TigerPhan27
edgy racial f'n pervert.
Member since Apr 2008
15693 posts
Posted on 12/28/11 at 8:44 pm to
Shitty football tends to be played when you have a month off between games. One of the reasons bowls blow
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
22344 posts
Posted on 12/28/11 at 9:29 pm to
Yeah, these last two responses are most likely the most true.

The majority of payouts is from TV revenue. Schools are losing money.
Taxpayers footing the bill in a lot of cases.

Playoffs are a necessity, if any semblance of a championship is the goal of these institutions. One big excuse you always hear is the travel for fans.

I think if the bowl games thus far are any indication, attendance is not required. As much as I enjoy college football, I can't bring myself to watch this game on TV now.

Every trend/complaint I had in the original post is on full display right now.
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