[Husker] 12th game and 6-6

[BRADALAN at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/29/2005 6:22:22 PM Hawaiian Standard Time,  
nolan at romaine.tssi.com writes:

'Prefer'  doesn't necessarily mean 'require', but it sounds like they may
have  changed the Bylaws to require 7-5.  I guess we'll have to wait and
see  the final wording when it hits the NCAA's online version of  the
regulations.

Given the close call they had in filling all the  bowl slots last year
and at least 1 more bowl game in the works, it seems  to me that requiring
a 7-5 record will result in virtually all of those  12th games being
against 1-AA schools.




Personally,  I think 7-5 should be the minimum record for bowl  
qualification.  The NCAA didn't have trouble filling the bowl slots, the  major conferences 
(like ours) did.  There are plenty of 7, 8, and sometimes  even 9-win teams 
in minor conferences every year that sit home for the holidays  because 6-5 or 
6-6 teams from the BCS conferences are getting guaranteed  berths.
 
Additionally, (this will never happen because no BCS conference will ever  
risk losing the guaranteed income of a BCS berth) the BCS bowls should be filled 
 using the final BCS rankings only.  1 plays 2, 3 plays 4, etc. then  
everyone else fills their bowls from what's left.  The idea of any team  that 
finishes in the top 6, or 5, or even 3 (like K-State a few years ago) not  getting a 
BCS bid is bogus, as is an 8-4 conference champion from a weak  conference 
getting one.
 
Just my 2 cents, and the way I think it would be if things were fair  instead 
of profit-based.
 
GBR!!!
 
BTW,  the baseball team came back with a nice 8-1 win over OU today to  even 
the series.
 
Brad Bredenkamp