[NU Sports] Purdue keeps the bucket, is bowl eligible

[Herman Wang]

UCLA is likely in a bowl.  Here is the relevant NCAA rule- 2. A conference team that is 6-6 and plays in a conference championship game and 
loses to finish with a record of 6-7 may apply for a waiver to allow that team to be 
considered for a postseason bowl. Conditions that will be considered in such a waiver 
include whether or not all other conference teams under consideration have 6-6 records 
and there are not a sufficient number of eligible teams to meet the conference's bowl 
commitments.
http://blogs.dailynews.com/ucla/2011/11/looks-like-the-pac-12-is-wrong.html
The Pac-12 currently has 6 bowl-eligible teams, with 7 bowl tie-ins.  UCLA would presumably get the 7th slot, maybe even the 6th, if the conference sends both Oregon and Stanford into the BCS.

> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:55:56 -0800
> From: eschoeman at sbcglobal.net
> To: nolan at tssi.com; hakirsch at aol.com
> CC: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Purdue keeps the bucket, is bowl eligible
> 
> Herbstreit mentioned the UCLA bowl situation on the ND telecast tonight.  He 
> wasn't sure if a conference tournament is considered for bowl eligibility (how 
> many 6-6 teams have gone to their conference championship)?
> 
> He (or Brent) mentioned something about a "waiver", which may mean that someone 
> would make it up as they go along.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com>
> To: hakirsch at aol.com
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> Sent: Sat, November 26, 2011 11:45:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Purdue keeps the bucket, is bowl eligible
> 
> Harry, I think we were only a few plays away from winning today's
> game.  Take away their two scores late in the first half and the
> score is tied.  Give us a TD instead of a turnover on the 3
> and it's a whole new ball game.
> 
> FWIW, I TOTALLY disagree with the headline on the ESPN story
> about today's game.  We weren't 'beat up' by MSU, we GAVE 
> them the win on a silver platter.  :sigh:
> 
> The stats were remarkably even, which is also inconsistent with
> being 'beaten up'.  
> 
> But 6-6 and a probable bowl game, possibly even a winnable one,
> still looks pretty good to me today, given how things looked 6 
> weeks ago.  For sure our season, even with today's loss, ended on 
> a far higher note than Ill-Noise's.  I still think most Husker
> fans don't understand why they lost that game.
> 
> I have an associate in Tennessee who's a big UT fan, they lost to 
> Kentucky today (for the first time since 1984) to finish at 5-7.  
> (Not sure if the Liberty Bowl reps on hand were disappointed or
> relieved.) 
> 
> UT would trade records with us in a heartbeat!
> 
> USC is beating the stuffing out of UCLA tonight, and UCLA will be
> playing in their conference championship game next week with their
> 6-6 record.  I wonder if they lose to Oregon next week if that 
> means they aren't bowl eligible, since they would have a losing 
> record at that point?  ESPN doesn't have them tagged as 
> bowl eligible.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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