re: Looks like teams with very bad records could get to go bowling this year.

I say this with no irony... Shreveport and Frisco will be fighting over an Arkansas bowl invite this year, even if the team goes winless.

They can match them up with a low level Big 12 (ex SWC) team like Texas Tech or an "angle" match up like Kansas and sell 40,000-50,000 tickets.

Bring out the Poulan weedeaters!!

You’re going to see a lot of regional teams in bowl games. Like Tulane playing in the New Orleans bowl or Louisiana Tech in the independence bowl. Cut down on travel. Attempt to get tv money

I would love it if the Independence bowl could manage to bring in a good SEC team. For old times sake. Way before the onslaught of way too many damn bowl games, we'd have some real solid and even legendary programs come to the game. It is one of the oldest bowls around and yet, keep getting outspent and dropped in the pecking order. Best era was in the 90s when we had the SEC big XII tie in. And got like the 4th selection out of each conference. And even before that when LSU came to the bowl for the first time and faced lil' Nicky and Michigan St. 2 years later, it was LSU and Notre Dame. Most of you youngsters probably can't even fathom this, but we were hyped to be in Shreveport during bowl season.

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You’re going to see a lot of regional teams in bowl games. Like Tulane playing in the New Orleans bowl or Louisiana Tech in the independence bowl. Cut down on travel. Attempt to get tv money

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You had that back in 2013 with Cajuns vs. Tulane. Over 50,000 which is their highest ever.

It would actually be smart for more bowls to do that. Granted, preferred to be two teams matching up that at least have winning records, but try to make it a regional matchup vs. two teams that normally wouldn't play against each other.

Welcome to the LHSAA Tank Bowl.

Anticipation is high for this classic match up between two 0-10 teams.

This year is already fricked.

Let's have a 65 team tournament to determine the champ this year. 2 lowest seeds have a play in game.

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If the Alamo bowl or Texas bowl tried to do this with UT and A&M I guarantee A&M would legit refuse to play in it.

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Sounds like LA Tech for Independence Bowl around 2006 or so when Cajuns were a possibility, or LA Tech again not wanting to play ULM in Indy Bowl and being left out in the cold.

I could see UT, Baylor and A&M refusing to be matched up with UofH in a bowl game. But let’s be honest, if Alamo Bowl and Texas Bowl wanted to make a ton of money, you figure out how to get matchups like that. SMU as well on a good year, Texas Tech, etc.

Same would happen in Louisiana if LSU ever fell back to the DiNardo years (won’t happen, they’re way past that point), and they were potentially matched up with a 10-2 Tulane, LA Tech, or Cajuns team. They wouldn’t step foot into Indy Stadium or Superdome for a bowl game.

And that’s a shitty attitude for a school to have.

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If the Alamo bowl or Texas bowl tried to do this with UT and A&M I guarantee A&M would legit refuse to play in it.

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There isn't a chance in hell Texas would agree to a game in a bowl this year either.

Neither school is going to be cool with the first game in 9 years being played at a stadium that won't be allowed to be at max capacity.

Also, the Alamo Bowl isn't an SEC affiliate. This year's SEC/Big 12 bowls are the Texas and Liberty. Unless everyone decides to just play at the closest bowl possible A&M isn't going to go back to the Texas since we were just there last year. Even in a non pandemic year the idea of A&M and Texas playing each other in the Liberty would be a non starter for the admins and donors on both sides.

Sun Bowl might have the two worst teams from a P5 Conference.

The 7th place Pac12 team vs. the 7th place ACC team.

b/c it's viewed as a lame low level bowl that isn't worthy of being the spot used to rekindle the rivalry.