2021 Bowl Season - more eligible teams than bowl spots

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Have I ever mentioned I love bowl games?

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Do you have him on record as saying that? Most coaches like the bowls simply to allow more practice days.

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When did you grow up? I remember 7-3 and even 6-4 teams going to bowls when I was a kid in the 50’s and early 60’s. I don’t remember the 40’s since I was only born in 1947. I know aTm went to the Cotton Bowl in January 1968 with a 6-4 record in the 1967 season. When I was a freshman at LSU, they went to the Cotton Bowl with a 7-3 record and beat #2 ranked and previously unbeaten Arkansas 14-7. In 1956 Tennessee went to the Gator Bowl with a 7-3 record.

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I’m talking about on average. You just didn’t have fourth place teams going to bowls. There weren’t many and a lot of people were left out.

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Yes, and anybody who’s been on these boards for any amount of time knows why. Do you still work with the Texas Bowl people?

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Nope

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My solution to there being “too many” bowl games is to not watch the ones I’m not interested in.

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I already do that which comes down to all the games UH isn’t playing in.

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And the schools in the bowls are obligated to buy 10,000 tickets at face value to cover the costs !!

It is like a confidence racket for the “local” communities !!

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My favorite bowl, after the one UH is playing in, is one filled with Gumbo . . . . .

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