re: 70 teams bowling, 50 are not.

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I don't get what the problem is. If you don't want to watch, don't watch.

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Total agreeance. I wonder if those people saying there are too many bowls really understand that they are advocating for LESS football. I would never do that. Football season is already the shortest of all the seasons. More bowls = more football. I don't care if they are inferior teams playing to half-empty stadiums. More football is good. Less is bad.

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Oh, now don't go inserting logic into this thing.

I agree with you 100%. You put the 8 or so top teams into the brackets and then, those teams that do not make the playoff get snatched up by the bowls. We get a legitimate champion and the alums, chambers of commerce, sponsors, teevee networks, etc preserve their revenue streams.

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Yup, you have conference champions play in a playoff with couple of wildcards and the rest play in bowls and collect money and swag bags.

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8 wins should be the minimum to attend a bowl.

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.500 teams should not be bowl eligible

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The Rose Bowl people will fight you to the death over that one.

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James Carville will blow it up for you!

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Making it an 8 win cutoff is completely absurd. It totally ignores strength of schedule. Going 7-5 in the SEC is far more impressive than going 8-4 in the MAC.

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Just give the MAC minimum bowl spots.

I still don't see what the problem is regardless. What does it hurt to have these teams play in their crappy bowls? The argument that "The accomplishment of making a bowl has been diluted" is kind of odd to me. The accomplishment is in making a good bowl. I noticed they're having a similar discussion on the MSB and this quote reflects pretty much what I think about it, "I would hope that people wouldn't have to be told which games are important."

I've just heard this so many times and I can't imagine why people would care.

If LSU or Bama goes 6-6, the coaches will gladly accept a bowl bid. It gives you an extra month of practice time, and is especially important for the younger players.

As a TCU fan most would think I support a playoff system, but I don't, I support the bowl system; perhaps with a Plus-One format.

But what I do support is reducing the number of bowls and getting rid of bowl tie ins except for the champions of conferences. No more SEC #7 or ACC #6 bull shite, tie ins should only be for the champions of conferences and the rest of the bowl slots should be at-large. This way we can avoid bowl matchups such as the TicketCity Bowl this year featuring two teams that went 3-5 in conference play. Without tie ins, Boise State could be in the Holiday Bowl playing Nebraska instead of the boring rematch there.

I think that there should be a rule to where you must at least finish with a .500 record in conference to get to a bowl. I am tired of seeing Kentucky schedule 4 garbage non conference opponents every year and getting to a bowl by going 2-6 in the SEC. They have done this more than once.

I also support the idea of not allowing any wins over FCS teams to count towards bowl eligibility. This means you must be over .500 against FBS opponents to be bowl eligible.

You must be at least 7-5 to go to a bowl. No more 6-6 teams.

Also, teams that are 6-6 or 7-5 should not be playing on or past New Year's Day under any circumstances. New Year's Day should be reserved for the elite. It's stupid that 6-6 Florida State is playing on New Year's Day last year in the Gator Bowl when far more deserving teams played earlier.

I think these ideas are common sense that most fans would agree with.