To become bowl eligible, your team must finish the season 6-6 or better. I've never really thought that being 6-6 was such a great accomplishment that it deserved an extra game at the end. But I always played along. However, this expansion just reinforces my point. How much more watered-down can these meaningless games become? I mean come on, not to state the obvious, but 6-6 is just one game better than a losing season! You should have to be 7-5, in my opinion, but that's neither here nor there.
Anyways, this now means that 70 out of 120 FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision, a.k.a., Division I) schools will get to go to a bowl game. Wow, what a privilege. 58% of all teams can now "earn" a bowl bid. In comparison, only 65 (likely soon to be 68**) out of 347 men's basketball teams make it into the NCAA tournament. That's 19% (or 20% with 68 teams).
Sadly this is just another ploy for more money. Instead of the NCAA wasting time with expanding the bowl system, they should be working on something the fans actually want. (As well as the players, many would argue.) Like, oh, I don't know, maybe figuring out how to organize a playoff system so there can be a true champion?
I hate how corrupt the NCAA is at the top. I know, you probably couldn't tell, huh? Where's the DCAA (Democratic Collegiate Athletic Association) when you need it.
Source: ESPN
**At least they didn't totally mess up March Madness by expanding to 96 teams. I can live with 68; even endorse it. Now I just wish they would make the play-in games bubble teams playing for a spot at maybe a 10 or 12 seed, instead of for a 16 seed as it stands now.
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