[NU Sports] A thought on bowling

[Jonathan Hodges]

I don't think this is possible since the rules are that the bowls with
conference tie-ins have first dibs at those conference teams and that the
teams with winning records must be selected prior to teams with 6-6
records.  Also, the NCAA rules do not allow for official agreements to be
made between bowls and conferences after the start of the season (so that
you don't end up with extra tie-ins to make room for those extra 6-6 teams,
which basically addresses what you're getting at).

The best example as to why that wouldn't work came last year where the
following BCS conference teams were left out of bowls despite having a "bowl
eligible" 6-6 record: Kansas, Pittsburgh, Arizona, and Washington State
(there were also 5 other lower tier conference teams at 6-6 that were left
at home).  Meanwhile, "lower tier" conference teams got to go bowling with
7-5 records thanks to those rules that allowed them to be selected above
teams with 6-6 records, e.g. NIU.

Jonathan

On Nov 20, 2007 1:08 PM, <szeller at comcast.net> wrote:

> Perhaps farfetched, but knowing how much the BT would want the revenue and
> exposure, and can wield influence, how about this scenario:
> The Big Ten office, working with the AD's, talks to some of the at-large
> bowls, and those bowls whose conference does not have bowl-eligible teams,
> and offers some of our 7-5 teams. They find interesting warm-weather spots
> for those attractive-record teams, and their fans are happy with a fun, new,
> different spot to go to. They then fill the bottom two conference-assigned
> bowls with 6-6 NU and Iowa. All ten teams get a bowl, ten bowls get Big Ten
> exposure and fan turnout, the Big Ten is happy, everyone is happy. Possible?
>
> Scott Zeller MD
> Med '86
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