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re: Stopping bowl opt-outs
Posted on 12/7/25 at 5:42 pm to DaleGribblesMower
Posted on 12/7/25 at 5:42 pm to DaleGribblesMower
Birmingham Bowl is having a nightmare. 6-6 Georgia Southern is in the game. But Baylor and Rutgers at 5-7 have turned them down. Supposedly Auburn and Florida State have,too.
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Posted on 12/7/25 at 5:43 pm to Roaad
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Maybe ND should just schedule American and CUSA squads for all 12-games.
ND Tuesday night MACtion on NBC will be lit! No more hating because they will be in a conference!
Posted on 12/7/25 at 5:45 pm to lionward2014
Shouldn't have preseason polls to begin with
Posted on 12/7/25 at 5:45 pm to lionward2014
Right?
They dominated the western southern ag conference.
Put em in!
They dominated the western southern ag conference.
Put em in!
Posted on 12/7/25 at 5:52 pm to DaleGribblesMower
The playoff is kind of correcting the error that so many people complained about with the “there is too many bowls”
1980 there were only 15 bowls, now there is 40
I’ll miss garbage games in December, but this is what a lot of yall wanted
1980 there were only 15 bowls, now there is 40
I’ll miss garbage games in December, but this is what a lot of yall wanted
Posted on 12/7/25 at 5:56 pm to Cosmo
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Im shocked their athletic department was fine with leaving like 8-9 million on the table That is the payoff for their likely bowl
Why play and prove the committee correct?
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:09 pm to DaleGribblesMower
This shite's hilarious
Everybody worried about Lane, meanwhile the entire college football landscape is fricked......using Lane as an excuse, lol. He's the best thing they have going for them.
Everybody worried about Lane, meanwhile the entire college football landscape is fricked......using Lane as an excuse, lol. He's the best thing they have going for them.
This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:11 pm to DaleGribblesMower
quote:Oh no, I’m sure they’ll be so upset about not being ranked in the preseason poll after they’re ranked in the top 15 after week 1
So why not make it to where if a team opt out of the bowl they cannot start in the AP top 25 the next year?
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:14 pm to LSUDAN1
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Baylor has opted out too.
They had a losing record and already packed it in. The Birmingham bowl isn’t worth getting a few extra practice days.
This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:15 pm to DaleGribblesMower
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So why not make it to where if a team opt out of the bowl they cannot start in the AP top 25 the next year?
That doesn’t mean shite
How about if you opt out, (team or player), you aren’t eligible to play in the postseason the following year
So no CFP or bowl game the following season
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:19 pm to LUS Tiger in FL
No poll that counts should be out til week 5
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:21 pm to DaleGribblesMower
No senior or junior who might enter the draft next spring will play in a worthless bowl. So it would not be the top ranked Notre Dame team we’ve watched all season. It will be equivalent to fielding a Notre Dame spring practice team.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:25 pm to I-59 Tiger
quote:Probably going to see more of this with schools having to pay players directly.
Birmingham Bowl is having a nightmare. 6-6 Georgia Southern is in the game. But Baylor and Rutgers at 5-7 have turned them down. Supposedly Auburn and Florida State have,too.
Smaller bowl games are often money losers for the teams playing in them. The bowl payout goes to the conference to split between their members. The schools incur a lot more travel costs for bowls because they have to be in town for multiple days instead of traveling in on Friday and heading home right after a normal road game. If the school can’t sell out their ticket allottment, they may have to eat that cost for the unsold tickets.
ETA: Teams have the benefit of extra practices if you were playing in a bowl game. But now that has less value with all the annual roster turnover with the transfer portal.
This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:33 pm to Roaad
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Maybe ND should just schedule American and CUSA squads for all 12-games.
Maybe they should join the AAC or CUSA
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:34 pm to Deplorableinohio
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No senior or junior who might enter the draft next spring will play in a worthless bowl. So it would not be the top ranked Notre Dame team we’ve watched all season. It will be equivalent to fielding a Notre Dame spring practice team.
Im sure those other kids would love to play and get a chance to show their stuff. Fans should support that.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:43 pm to chalmetteowl
yes
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:52 pm to DaleGribblesMower
Or, maybe a corrupt selection committee shouldn't promote an inferior three loss SEC team into the playoffs over a more deserving independent.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:54 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
In the old days, sure, you would be 100% right. Those days are over. Never to return.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:56 pm to I-59 Tiger
Bowls are finally going to be scaled down
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:05 pm to Dire Wolf
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1980 there were only 15 bowls, now there is 40
Does ESPN get the blame for this? Allowing any sponsor who wants to slap their name on a bowl have one and fill it with shitty teams after the fact.
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