NCAA Bowl Games-What Happened!!

[TheShadow]

New Year's Day is one of the biggest days on the NCAA Football sched.
6-8 bowl games yearly.
This is the first time,since I started following them in the 70's,that I can recall NO GAMES scheduled!!!!!
So sad!

 

[blackrock13]

When they started adding corporate names to the bowl game titles i loose any real attachment. and then they have teams with 6-6 records or not even rated in the top 25 teams playing for a win, it;'s gets to be really watered down. As for the empty schedule, it's the almighty buck going to the NFL, not much more. All the bowl games would do is water down the audience.

 

[maurice93]

New Year's Day is one of the biggest days on the NCAA Football sched.
6-8 bowl games yearly.
This is the first time,since I started following them in the 70's,that I can recall NO GAMES scheduled!!!!!
So sad!

No one wants to go head to head with Sunday NFL. They will be back next year (but less then before), as they stretch games out for a week.

 

[maurice93]

I don't understand why fans get so annoyed at the 6-6 or 7-5 teams going ot a bowl game, or the number of bowl games. Yes, we get it for most the games are totally uninteresting Simply don't watch and don't whine about it. Is it that hard to do?

Hardcore college football junkies and fans of the team can watch those games and that is all they are targeted at.

I ignore most of the games other then some of the BCS games, but if Syracuse makes a lower bowl I will watch it. For a team like Syracuse, sadly making a bowl game is a significant goal and achievement based on where they were at.

 

[John Henry]

New Year's Day is one of the biggest days on the NCAA Football sched.
6-8 bowl games yearly.
This is the first time,since I started following them in the 70's,that I can recall NO GAMES scheduled!!!!!
So sad!

Bowl games are on Monday .

 

[blackrock13]

I don't understand why fans get so annoyed at the 6-6 or 7-5 teams going ot a bowl game, or the number of bowl games. Yes, we get it for most the games are totally uninteresting Simply don't watch and don't whine about it. Is it that hard to do?

Hardcore college football junkies and fans of the team can watch those games and that is all they are targeted at.

I ignore most of the games other then some of the BCS games, but if Syracuse makes a lower bowl I will watch it. For a team like Syracuse, sadly making a bowl game is a significant goal and achievement based on where they were at.

You're right about the hardcore fan, but the bowl games are simply for bragging rights and marketing for the alumni money. For the senior ball player who is not going onto the pros they are a great way to exit the arena and the memories live a loooooooong time, but some times the match ups make you shake your head.

 

[shack]

You're right about the hardcore fan, but the bowl games are simply for bragging rights and marketing for the alumni money. For the senior ball player who is not going onto the pros they are a great way to exit the arena and the memories live a loooooooong time, but some times the match ups make you shake your head.

All true, but do not explain why companies pay good bucks to sponsor/advertise these meaningless mediocre games that have such limited fan interest.

As maurice said, these games would get slaughtered in ratings if they went head to head with the NFL. Not to mention the fact that which networks will broadcast these games when they've paid billions of dollars for the NFL rights.

Back in the day, we had Rose, Cotton, Orange and Sugar bowls. Probably the top 8 teams in the country. Those games were meaningful. Greed=expansion=mediocrity.

 

[Rockslinger]

Back in the day, we had Rose, Cotton, Orange and Sugar bowls. Probably the top 8 teams in the country. Those games were meaningful. Greed=expansion=mediocrity.

There must be 1,000 bowl games now. Heard there is even a "Pinstripe Bowl". What in blazes is the Pinstripe Bowl?

 

[scouser1]

There must be 1,000 bowl games now. Heard there is even a "Pinstripe Bowl". What in blazes is the Pinstripe Bowl?

It has to do with that Evil Empire aka the New York Yankees, as we can see evil is present in places to repress the good and innocent (hehe)

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-29/sports/30567866_1_yankees-fans-deadspin-beanie

 

[blackrock13]

Here is a List of Every College Football Bowl Game For 2011-2012 Including Every BCS Bowl Game

The 2011 NCAA college football season is near an end. All that's left is a series of 2011-2012 college bowl games. Of course, the big game is the BCS National Championship game between Alabama and LSU. There are plenty of other big games out there including the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl.
The first 2011 college bowl game is on December 17, 2011 and ends with the BCS Championship on January 9, 2012.

Here is a complete list of 2011-2012 College Bowl Games

Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Temple vs. Wyoming Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium
Dec. 17, 2 p.m. ESPN

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio vs. Utah State Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium
Dec. 17, 5:30 p.m. ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans
San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Dec. 17, 9 p.m. ESPN

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
Florida International vs. Marshall St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field
Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ESPN

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
TCU vs. Louisiana Tech San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium
Dec. 21, 8 p.m. ESPN

MAACO Las Vegas
Arizona State vs. Boise State Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium
Dec. 22, 8 p.m. ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada vs. Southern Miss Honolulu
Aloha Stadium
Dec. 24, 8 p.m. ESPN

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Missouri vs. North Carolina Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium
Dec. 26, 5 p.m. ESPN2

Little Caesars
Western Michigan vs. Purdue Detroit
Ford Field
Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Belk
Louisville vs. NC State Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium
Dec. 27, 8 p.m. ESPN

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
Toledo vs. Air Force Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium
Dec. 28, 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Bridgepoint Education Holiday
California vs. Texas San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium
Dec. 28, 8 p.m. ESPN

Champs Sports
Florida State vs. Notre Dame Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl
Dec. 29, 5:30 p.m. ESPN

Valero Alamo
Washington vs. Baylor San Antonio
Alamodome
Dec. 29, 9 p.m. ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
BYU vs. Tulsa Dallas
Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Dec. 30, Noon ESPN

New Era Pinstripe
Rutgers vs. Iowa State Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium
Dec. 30, 3:20 p.m. ESPN

Franklin American Mortgage Music City
Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field
Dec. 30, 6:40 p.m. ESPN

Insight
Iowa vs. Oklahoma Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium
Dec. 30, 10 p.m. ESPN

Meineke Car Care of Texas
Texas A&M vs. Northwestern Houston
Reliant Stadium
Dec. 31, Noon ESPN

Hyundai Sun
Georgia Tech vs. Utah El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl
Dec. 31, 2 p.m. CBS

AutoZone Liberty
Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl
Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ABC

Kraft Fight Hunger
Illinois vs. UCLA San Francisco
AT&T Park
Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ESPN

Chick-fil-A
Virginia vs. Auburn Atlanta
Georgia Dome
Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ESPN

TicketCity
Houston vs. Penn State Dallas
Cotton Bowl
Jan. 2, Noon ESPNU

Outback
Michigan State vs. Georgia Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium
Jan. 2, 1 p.m. ABC

Capital One
Nebraska vs. South Carolina Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl
Jan. 2, 1 p.m. ESPN

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl
Ohio State vs. Florida Jacksonville, Fla.
EverBank Field
Jan. 2, 1 p.m. ESPN2

Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
Wisconsin vs. Oregon Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl
Jan. 2, 5 p.m. ESPN

Tostitos Fiesta
Stanford vs. Oklahoma State Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium
Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m. ESPN

Allstate Sugar
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome
Jan. 3, 8:30 p.m. ESPN

Discover Orange
West Virginia vs. Clemson Miami
Sun Life Stadium
Jan. 4, 8:30 p.m. ESPN

AT&T Cotton
Kansas State vs. Arkansas Arlington, Texas
Cowboys Stadium
Jan. 6, 8 p.m. FOX

BBVA Compass Bowl
SMU vs. Pittsburgh Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field
Jan. 7, 1 p.m. ESPN

GoDaddy.com
Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Jan. 8, 9 p.m. ESPN

Allstate BCS National Championship Game
No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome
Jan. 9, 8:30 p.m. ESPN
From; http://www.nowpublic.com/sports/com...le-2011-2012-list-bcs-bowl-games-2867026.html

 

[TheShadow]

No one wants to go head to head with Sunday NFL.

You do know that when the NFL first started playing,they wanted Saturdays.They had no choice but to settle on Sundays.No way they could compete with the NCAA and their numerous near/over 100,000 strong crowds.
Anyways,I finally got fed up with the NFL around the time New England took a Super Bowl ready team away from a good QB,and gave it to an over-rated one.(The guy that married a so-called supermodel,but has a face that looks like a horse?)Even Bradshaw could have won consistantly with that team,and he was old then!!
Jan.1st Bowl Games were such a tradition.Hung over all day,and laying around,from 11a.m. to almost midnight,eyes glued on the boobtube,and channel surfing the different games that were on at the same time.
It will never be the same!!
Like I said before,so sad!

 

[dj1470]

I think they realized that all the NFL games are Jan 1.
Why compete with that?

 

[gcostanza]

Anyways,I finally got fed up with the NFL around the time New England took a Super Bowl ready team away from a good QB,and gave it to an over-rated one.

During the 2nd game of the 2001 season, Bledsoe was hit by Jets linebacker Mo Lewis and suffered a sheared blood vessel in his chest.
His spot wasn't taken away from him. He lost it due to injury and the play of Tom Brady.

 

[canuckluver]

They are all on tomorrow. The NFL owns Sunday. This always happens when New Years is on a Sunday. So the parades, and bowl games are tomorrow, Monday, January 2. Sucks if you have to work.

 

[westendman]

When new years day falls on sunday there have never been ncaa games on jan 1st. Reason 1 last week of nfl, but even before nfl took off 50 years ago even if nyd was sunday no bowl games due inpart to the fact that there were only 5 to 9 bowl games and the rose parade kicked off the day. the rose parade route in pasadenia is on a street with a lot of churches and they didn't want that conflict and the tradition just stuck.

 

[Rockslinger]

(The guy that married a so-called supermodel,but has a face that looks like a horse?)

That guy is no fool, he married a woman financially wealthier than he.

 

[shack]

That guy is no fool, he married a woman financially wealthier than he.

If so, can't be by much.

 

[TheShadow]

When new years day falls on sunday there have never been ncaa games on jan 1st.

Nebraska/Miami-1995 Orange Bowl?

 

[maurice93]

Whether the games are on January 1 or January 2, one bowl tradition remains. The Big 10 losing in bowl games.

They are about to go 0-4 in this afternoon's four games. That will make them 2-7 on the Bowl Season.

LOL. at the announcer in the OSU/Florida game questioning Virginia Tech being in a BCS game. Michigan has a worse BCS ranking plus is a member of the Bowl Loser Conference. If any team's spot in the BCS should be highly crticized it is Michigan. It's simple -- Tech got in the for the same reason as Michigan -- they made the most sense $$ wise

 

[Rockslinger]

I like the good old days when there were only 4 bowl games and they were all on January 1st. I can't be bothered now because there 150 bowl games and they are all over the calendar instead of just Jan 1.