Memphis gets a free Trip to Hawaii

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Covid

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Illinois could take Hawaii’s place. **

 

[ckDOG]

Live look at Rick Barnes

 

[QuaoarsKing]

"COVID, injuries, and transfers."

The bowl system is dying. The schools and players don't care anymore. At the very least, they need to play them immediately after the regular season instead of having a long break, giving time for players to start looking around.

 

[PBDog]

Bowl games are now equivalent to HS football pre-season jamborees

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

"COVID, injuries, and transfers."


The bowl system is dying. The schools and players don't care anymore. At the very least, they need to play them immediately after the regular season instead of having a long break, giving time for players to start looking around.

They might would care if there were only 20 bowl games like it use to be instead of 42 Bowl games ?
Then again, NFL money, NIL money, coaching carousel money, maybe not?
It’s kinda sad for us older guys - 40 and older who remember the Bowl games as a nice reward for a good to great season.
Maybe it’s time to return to that ?

 

[QuaoarsKing]

They might would care if there were only 20 bowl games like it use to be instead of 42 Bowl games ?
Then again, NFL money, NIL money, coaching carousel money, maybe not?
It’s kinda sad for us older guys - 40 and older who remember the Bowl games as a nice reward for a good to great season.
Maybe it’s time to return to that ?

Probably not. As long as the bowls don't have any consequences and are separated by several weeks from the regular season, you're not going to see any change. Players and coaches will start moving around, transferring, preparing for the next level, etc., in the period between the regular season and bowls, rather than after the bowls, no matter how many there are.

You don't see this at all in the FCS, because their postseason is a 24-team playoff that starts the week after the regular season ends.

 

[047Dog]

Probably not. As long as the bowls don't have any consequences and are separated by several weeks from the regular season, you're not going to see any change. Players and coaches will start moving around, transferring, preparing for the next level, etc., in the period between the regular season and bowls, rather than after the bowls, no matter how many there are.

You don't see this at all in the FCS, because their postseason is a 24-team playoff that starts the week after the regular season ends.

Which I find hilarious. The lower divisions have had playoffs for decades yet when it comes to D1 the excuse has always been about education. B-b-b-b-but they’d miss too much school. ********. IAA and Division 2 athletes can prioritize and make it work but the athletes in D1 can’t?

 

[RiceDawg]

Memphis gets another break smh