5-7 teams leap frog .500 teams in bowl selection process

[SpaceRaider]

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...The Mountain West Conference does not approve of the matchup in the Arizona Bowl.

The inaugural bowl, played on Dec. 29, pits Colorado State vs. Nevada. Both teams are in the Mountain West and Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson wasn't happy about the pairing announced Sunday. After the teams were made official, Thompson released a statement expressing the displeasure of the conference.

CSU and Nevada are playing each other in the bowl game because there weren't enough 6-6 or better teams for the 80 bowl slots available. Three 5-7 teams made it to bowl games (those teams were chosen based on Academic Progress Rate), and the conference said it felt the way the 5-7 teams were placed into bowl games was unfair. It wanted the teams at the back of the line behind all of the teams at .500 or better.....

 

[Raiderclyde]

5-7 teams have absolutely no business getting in a bowl; the academic portion of saves some face by the NCAA and conferences, but they are really are about 7-10 too many bowls now. Also, have issues with ninth and tenth place teams from P5 conferences making bowl games. No more than seven teams per conference. It's about the $$$ and television, of course.

 

[MTFNBY5]

I agree with every point made, Raiderclyde.

Regardless, since San Jose St. got in with a 5-7 record at least one of the 5-7 squads was from the G-5. Wonder how MT's APR compared to the three 5-7 teams that got bowls, not that I want the Blue Raiders going to a bowl with a losing record.

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

And people say that there is no caste system in the US.....