[NU Sports] Changes in bowls coming?

[Roy S. Lamberton]

Besides the fact that appears aimed at both the Big 10 (12) and the SEC....

Having a winning record is probably a good thing, altho it could potentially cut down our
(NU's) bowling. Maybe it would help us win one, however, since a 7-5 team coming out of
the Big 10 would be playing a more closely matched team from somewhere else.

You mean we wouldn't have the Papa John's Vegetarian Pizza Bowl any more? Or the Stihl
Chainsaw Humanitarian Bowl?

Yes, the NCAA should allow December (or early January) practices to level the field a bit.
My only concern are the players who are hurt at the end of the season. There might be a
tendency for underclassmen who are dinged up from the season, to practice when they should
be mending. A kid who is hurting might needlessly strain an injury in an attempt to
maintain his position going into the Spring Drills.

But as long as teams use the December Bowl workups to actually train next year's starters,
fairness dictates that either they reduce the number of those pre-bowl practices, force
the teams to work on their starters the same as they would during the regular season, or
let everyone have the December practices.

IMHO of course.

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Nolan
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:01 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Changes in bowls coming?

This article suggests that there may be a movement to require 7 wins for bowl eligiblity,
possibly as soon as 2014.  

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16996317/growing-belief-seven-wins-should-b
e-magic-number-for-bowl-eligibility

This could result in a half-dozen or more bowls going away.

Buried towards the bottom of the article is the suggestion that the NCAA should allow all
teams to have December practices, not just bowl-bound teams.
--
Mike Nolan

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