130 FBS schools...40 bowl games. Meaning 80 of those 130 go to a bowl. It's now mathematically more difficult to make it to a bowl than it is to miss out on one.

Godfather1•76 months

Actually I have that backwards...more difficult to miss a bowl than to Magee one.

ByUselves•76 months

What happens when you have team's with no affiliation to the city where the game is played. Also, too many insignificant games, to say the least.

Port Royal•76 months

Would you sit in the cold to watch USM vs FSU?... shite no

LG2BAMA•76 months

I don’t get it? Is it supposed to be packed? Looks like a pretty good bowl game crowd

hg•76 months

Quote the crowd? Lol okay. “It’s cold as frick, the stadium is crap, and it’s in Shreveport.”

kciDAtaE•76 months

It’s actually not that bad. Bigger than FSU last home game.

NaturalBeam•76 months

Attendance was pretty solid. Lots of USM folks around town, as well. I take it you don't watch many bowl games before New Year's Eve? This was pretty much the norm, if not slightly better.

Goalman34•76 months

More than some of the other bowl games I've seen so far.

eugene1928LSU•76 months

6-6 teams shouldn't even be in a bowl game. 80% of the bowls now aren't worth the time of day.

lewis and herschel•76 months

That's not a bad crowd, Arizona Purdue was...

Bunyan•76 months

It's sad because I was there and it was a WAY bigger crowd than last year

RFK•76 months

I thought Poulan sponsored this bowl

Quidam65•76 months

For many years they did. But then it changed sponsors a lot of times. Even Duck Commander had it one year.

TbirdSpur2010•76 months

The one I attended awhile back was sponsored by Advocare.

PanhandleTigah•76 months

This is what happens when Bowl Games = Participation Trophies - bowls are no longer a reward for a good season, and they're a huge waste of money.

MusicCityScratch•76 months

Waste of money? How so? Every single conference is rewarded for participating in post-season play. The SEC/ACC will take home 50MM each. The bowls themselves, as their own operating entity, are barely profitable and some lose money but that's due to one main reason and is laid out in their IRS filings: exorbitant compensation for bowl committee execs.

Insideradvantage•76 months

If they were wasting money, you can bet they'd get rid of them yesterday. Rest assured the share holders are making money and as long as that continues so will the bowl.

Quidam65•76 months

This simply proves there are too many bowl games. Unless we really go to a true playoff system where EVERY conference champion gets into the playoff (even if we have to divide P5 and G5 conferences), then the rule should be you have to win eight games (all against FBS schools) or else win your conference championship to make a bowl game.

ColoBama•76 months

No. Just less bowl games. Playoffs are a winner though -- as long as the games aren't on Near Year's Eve.

ColoBama•76 months

Playoffs -- as they are currently -- that is.

Dr RC•76 months

or... maybe just don't have bowls start at noon on Wednesday?

NWLA Tiguh12•76 months

That's actually pretty impressive for a 12:30 game on a Wednesday with 38 deg. weather.

JimboFisherAM•76 months

This is the largest crowd to ever witness the Walkon's Independence bowl. Period!

chinhoyang•76 months

The attendance numbers were a disgrace for one of the top tier bowl games (admittedly, the lower end of top tier) in the country.