Talk:Bowl eligibility

message: Can we remove the whole first part about having to have 7 wins to the end or something and make the article start off with the CURRENT rule as it is now and then  at the end put a section for earlier bowl eligibility rules?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.150.133 (talk) 02:38, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revise to current rule 

message: I deleted all "bowl ineligible" teams once, and someone keeps putting them up there.  Please stop this at once. NoseNuggets (talk) 9:16 AM US EST Nov 21 2007.
* Once again, I am asking to have team bowl ineligible NOT listed. If this keeps up, I will have no choice but to ask to have this semi-protected for non-registered users. NoseNuggets (talk) 5:26 PM US EST Nov 23 2007.
Isn't Lousivlle and Nevada, both at 5-6, also in the same situation as Arizona, they become "Bowl Eligible" with a win?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dletter (talk • contribs) 21:21, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bowl Ineligible? No thanks

message: The purpose of this article is not to list bowl results. They can be found in 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games. Fbdave (talk) 22:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are bowl results here? 

message: I'm pretty sure Georgia Tech isn't bowl eligible, the have 6 wins but two of them were FCS opponents. Whoever edits this stuff should probably just go to ESPN.com and copy the bowl eligible teams from their standings page so they don't make mistakes like this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cb2292 (talk • contribs) 13:50, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Random Talk 

message: I believe this article should be moved to "Bowl eligibility". The current title is an adjective (which doesn't really make sense for an encyclopedia article) whereas the recommended title is a noun. Any other opinions?
Strikehold (talk) 20:09, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name change

message: I removed the text related to the 2008 bowl eligible teams from the article. In my opinion, it doesn't really belong here as this article should be about the general concept, not yearly information. That is better included at 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and/or 2008–09 NCAA football bowl games. I think the below info is all pretty much covered there, but just in case, I've copied it below. Strikehold (talk) 06:14, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Would it be useful to include a section at the end of this article that lists the number of bowl eligible teams in a given year? This could be done in a table with a row for every year. Music+mas (talk) 00:23, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, I think that'd be a good idea, as long as there is a reliable source listing which teams were bowl eligible for each given year. I'm not sure how far that could go back though, as I'm not sure how old the concept of being "bowl eligible" really is. Back when there were far fewer bowls and they had more prestige, if I'm not mistaken, it was simply a matter of picking the "best" teams to participate. Strikehold (talk) 01:06, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed 2008 info 

message: The article talks about that (frequently), there are more "bowl eligible" teams than bowl slots.  However, this year there might only be 71 eligible teams (and considering ND is bowing out, only 70 teams wanting to play).  Given 2 more bowl games next year, there would be 72 slots.  Does anyone know what the policy is for these bowls to invite truly "non-eligible teams".
There is the "Conference champ" exception, but, that doesn't apply to anyone here.  Also, there appears to be a loophole to allow the NCAA to let teams count more than 1 win against a "FCS" school to count.  That might help them get another team or two up to 6 "eligible" wins, but, it might not.  
Unless I am missing something, I don't see any "loopholes" directly that would allow a 5-7 team in.   I guess ultimately, if someone has info on this type of situation and what would happen, it would be a good addition to the article I think.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dletter (talk • contribs) 03:48, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not ENOUGH "Bowl Eligible" teams? 

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