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

[hakirsch at aol.com]

The funny thing is if UCLA pulls the upset and beats Oregon they stay home and play in Pasadena for the big one.  If they lose,they have to petition to go to a bowl game--presumably a fairly low rated one

Harry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Herman Wang <herms at hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:19:20 
To: <eschoeman at sbcglobal.net>; <nolan at tssi.com>; <hakirsch at aol.com>
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Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Purdue keeps the bucket, is bowl eligible


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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