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USA Today Sports section today had an article that said the NCAA is going to most likely put a cap on bowl games to the current number, for fear that additional bowls will not be able to fill their slots.

This season, apparently any team with a 6-5 record will be going to a bowl, even 6-5 Akron out of the MAC and 7-4 Troy from the Sun Belt looks headed to bowl games. If there were one fewer bowl eligible team, there would not be enough to fill the spots without special waivers.

This could be bad news for us and the planned bowls in NYC and Toronto. There were 5 other proposed new bowls mentioned in the article (atlanta, Miami, Denver... i forget the other 2).


There is also an issue with attendance with 3 bowls - the New Orleans, the Silicon Valley, and the Orlando bowl that used to be the Tangeriene (don't remember new corporate name). There is a 3 year requirement of 25k for bowls, and these 3 are apparently in danger of missing that requirement. Don't know what the Sun Belt would do if the New Orleans bowl was lost... that is there only bowl.

Could we be stuck with only the bowl tie-ins we now have?????

EDIT - here is the article:

<a href='http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bowls/2004-11-30-bowl-cap_x.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/foo...-bowl-cap_x.htm</a>
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its true; do we need any more bowls? They were barely filled up this year.
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Some of the current bowls will be gone soon and will be replaced by new bowls.

Who remembers the Cherry, Garden State, Copper, Bluebonnet, All-America or Freedom Bowls?
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wvucrazed Wrote:USA Today Sports section today had an article that said the NCAA is going to most likely put a cap on bowl games to the current number, for fear that additional bowls will not be able to fill their slots.

This season, apparently any team with a 6-5 record will be going to a bowl, even 6-5 Akron out of the MAC and 7-4 Troy from the Sun Belt looks headed to bowl games. If there were one fewer bowl eligible team, there would not be enough to fill the spots without special waivers.

This could be bad news for us and the planned bowls in NYC and Toronto. There were 5 other proposed new bowls mentioned in the article (atlanta, Miami, Denver... i forget the other 2).


There is also an issue with attendance with 3 bowls - the New Orleans, the Silicon Valley, and the Orlando bowl that used to be the Tangeriene (don't remember new corporate name). There is a 3 year requirement of 25k for bowls, and these 3 are apparently in danger of missing that requirement. Don't know what the Sun Belt would do if the New Orleans bowl was lost... that is there only bowl.

Could we be stuck with only the bowl tie-ins we now have?????

EDIT - here is the article:

<a href='http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bowls/2004-11-30-bowl-cap_x.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/foo...-bowl-cap_x.htm</a>
the game in NYC is not a bowl game. it would be a championship game for the 12 team BE 04-cheers
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I'm not sure construction of the Big Apple bowl has even started....so needless to say it is several years away from becoming reality....I am very suprised that the NCAA would consider this since all parties are making money with the bowls.....But I'm sure the poster above is correct...some bowls are going to die and will be born

-- If the NYC bowl finally gets done...the NCAA will find a spot for it....The toronto bowl I thought was a good idea for the BE...but I guess we will have to wait and see what happens



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pirate65 Wrote:
wvucrazed Wrote:USA Today Sports section today had an article that said the NCAA is going to most likely put a cap on bowl games to the current number, for fear that additional bowls will not be able to fill their slots.

This season, apparently any team with a 6-5 record will be going to a bowl, even 6-5 Akron out of the MAC and 7-4 Troy from the Sun Belt looks headed to bowl games.&nbsp; If there were one fewer bowl eligible team, there would not be enough to fill the spots without special waivers.

This could be bad news for us and the planned bowls in NYC and Toronto.&nbsp; There were 5 other proposed new bowls mentioned&nbsp; in the article (atlanta, Miami, Denver... i forget the other 2).


There is also an issue with attendance with 3 bowls - the New Orleans, the Silicon Valley, and the Orlando bowl that used to be the Tangeriene (don't remember new corporate name).&nbsp; &nbsp; There is a 3 year requirement of 25k for bowls, and these 3 are apparently in danger of missing that requirement.&nbsp; Don't know what the Sun Belt would do if the New Orleans bowl was lost... that is there only bowl.

Could we be stuck with only the bowl tie-ins we now have?????

EDIT -&nbsp; here is the article:

<a href='http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bowls/2004-11-30-bowl-cap_x.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/foo...-bowl-cap_x.htm</a>
the game in NYC is not a bowl game. it would be a championship game for the 12 team BE 04-cheers
Incorrect. Read: <a href='http://www.bigeast.org/sports/football/releases/06-14-04.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.bigeast.org/sports/football/rel...es/06-14-04.asp</a>
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