AUHansel 0 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA approved four new bowls Thursday, including a fifth Bowl Championship Series game in Glendale, Ariz., which will host the national championship Jan. 8.The BCS added the fifth game more than a year ago and the NCAA's approval was a formality. The other new games are the International Bowl, which will be played in Toronto; the Birmingham Bowl, and the New Mexico Bowl. The NCAA board of directors also approved a proposal allowing teams with .500 records to qualify for bowl games if the conference has a contract with a bowl game. Also, teams with .500 records could earn bowl bids if all other Division I-A teams with winning records have been taken and postseason spots still remain vacant. The postseason football licensing subcommittee approved 31 games and the number could grow to 32 by the start of the 2006 season. A decision on the Houston Bowl, which was one of 28 bowl games last season, was delayed until June. Representatives from the Big 12, Big East, Conference USA and Mountain West asked for the delay because they want better management of the game. "It is this subcommittee's goal to provide the best experience for student-athletes, coaches and staffs, and the fans and to support the long-term viability of the bowl system," Mark Womack, the subcommittee chairman, said in a written statement. "We had to make some very difficult decisions, but we feel they are decisions made in the interests of a successful postseason." Bowls that were renewed for next season were: the AutoZone Liberty, Capital One, Champs Sports, Chick-Fil-A, Emerald, Fed Ex Orange, Gaylord Hotels Music City, GMAC, Independence, Insight, Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas, MasterCard Alamo, Meineke Car Care, MPC Computers, Motor City, Allstate Sugar, Outback, Pacific Life Holiday, San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia, Fort Worth, Rose, AT&T Cotton, Hawaii, Tostitos Fiesta, Toyota Gator, Vitalis Sun and New Orleans. The subcommittee said nearly $192 million in bowl revenue was distributed last season and that about 1.4 million fans attended last season's 28 bowl games. I understand that it is good to reward teams for a good season, but you don't even have to have a good season to make it to a bowl game anymore. Now, over half of D1 teams will go bowling. This is insane. I watch at most like 12 bowl games a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc4tigers 0 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I personally am a big fan of the Emerald Bowl because the commercials for the Emerald Nuts are freaking hilarious!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny AU-92 0 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Vitalis Sun Bowl? Does anyone actually USE Vitalis anymore? That's just Jeri-curl for old white guys... Nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoAU 1,600 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Vitalis Sun Bowl? Does anyone actually USE Vitalis anymore? That's just Jeri-curl for old white guys... Nasty. 232845[/snapback] Hey wait a minute!! I use Vitalis Actually not, I keep my hair "Army short" - it just sounded funny, and I never really knew what it was. Actually it sounds like a Viagra substitute . As far as the bowl situation goes - before long we'll be naming regular season games with corp sponsprship too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrnfanatc 6 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Vitalis Sun Bowl? Does anyone actually USE Vitalis anymore? That's just Jeri-curl for old white guys... Nasty. 232845[/snapback] Don't get any on ya. Had a sales rep that called on me from time to time that bathed in that stuff. Thank God he retired, I got tired of cleaning the back of the chair after he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boonan 0 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 It was only a couple years ago that there was only 1 non bowl eligable team (the Zips of Akron if I recall)... what are they going to do when they run out of teams? Propbably come up with some stupid exemption rules or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger88 934 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I remember last year the first 10-15 bowls or so really bit the big one. I guess someone is watching though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Bowls have completly lost their luster besides BCS bowls and the top few non-BCS ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUHansel 0 Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 232845[/snapback] before long we'll be naming regular season games with corp sponsprship too! 232847[/snapback] actually...I think they've already done that with the OSU - Michigan game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolltoomer 0 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Getting to go to a bowl game puts you in the top 53% of schools. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogaaufan 27 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I wonder if our congressmen are secretly running the NCAA. Neither seem to miss an opportunity to belly up to the money trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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