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

[Alan Abrahamson]

How does getting whacked 50-0 figure into things?

Assuming, of course, that UCLA loses again next week to Oregon, and
probably by another obscene score ...

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On Nov 26, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Herman Wang <herms at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Arizona State last year was ineligible for a bowl because although it finished 6-6, two of its wins were over FCS schools, and the NCAA only lets you count one of those wins towards bowl eligibility.
> For UCLA, I think the relevant clause is this-  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.
> With only six currently bowl eligible-teams and seven bowl tie-ins, the Pac-12 is short of the teams necessary to fulfill its bowl commitments.  Thus, UCLA being eligible at 6-7 would ensure that the fulfillment is met.
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>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Purdue keeps the bucket, is bowl eligible
>> To: herms at hotmail.com
>> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:26:00 -0600
>> CC: eschoeman at sbcglobal.net; nolan at tssi.com; hakirsch at aol.com; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
>> From: nolan at tssi.com
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Arizona State applied for a waiver last year (under different
>> circumstances) and got turned down, so those waivers are far from
>> automatic.
>> --
>> Mike Nolan
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