Bowling in the Bronx
posted by LW, Tuesday, April 27, 2010
If you blink, you risk missing the addition of another bowl game. So it's probably forgivable that the latest additions flew under the radar of our large, highly-trained blog staff.
So now we're up to 35 bowl games, and the latest two are the Dallas Football Classic and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.
Love Noo Yawk and all, but how much interest is a Dec. 30 bowl game in the Bronx going to generate? They'll theoretically get some followers from the No. 3 Big East team, but I'm guessing the No. 6 school in the Big 12 won't be burning up the phone lines for tickets.
And good luck getting the New York media to notice. A Google News search turned up zero stories from NYC on their new bowl.
The linked AP story on the two bowl additions buried the lead, as we like to say in the news-gathering business:
Bowl applications were denied for the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla., and the Christmas Bowl in Los Angeles.
One consequence of more bowls is the fact that we're moving closer to having teams with losing records land in them. This story from San Diego delves into that topic.
he only thing that seems to be stopping the bowl system from expanding even further is the limited pool of eligible teams. For at least the past three seasons, there were 71 teams with at least six wins — just enough for 35 games. In 2003, there were 67, but that was before the NCAA loosened the six-win requirement by allowing teams to count one win per year against opponents from the lesser-resourced Division I-AA.
The NCAA committee that licenses potential new bowl games only will do so if the bowl operators show they are contracted with two conferences that historically have produced enough bowl-eligible teams to play in their games. Asked how many bowl games there could be, Nick Carparelli, the chairman of the NCAA’s bowl licensing committee, said, “As many games as the system can handle.”
So the NCAA didn't get its 96-team NCAA Tournament, but the postseason in college football is well on its way to fulfilling that depressing design.
Speaking of the NCAA Tournament, Bart Wright says the NCAA shockingly got it right by apparently listening to the public and going with merely a 68-team field.
Agreed. Though you have to wonder if the powers-that-be merely floated the idea of a 96-team field to repulse people and thereby make the 68-team field something that is almost unanimously embraced.
After reading this column by Ron Morris, I'm going to go out on a limb and say he's not a fan of the NFL Draft.
You have to think rivals of Georgia Tech will spare no effort citing Jonathan Dwyer's draft plummet to running back recruits who have NFL aspirations.
A good player is a good player, regardless of the offensive philosophy. But it's hard to discount the following quotes:
"It's going to be relearning for him," said Kirby Wilson, who coaches the Steelers' backs. "It's like getting back on a bicycle and starting all over again."
And:
"I don't know what really hurt me, maybe the whole triple-option process," Dwyer said.
Then again, Dwyer did pretty well in Chan Gailey's pro-style offense.
SEC commish Mike Slive says the SEC is studying expansion in case other leagues add schools.
Looks like Mike Marscovetra is going to have a say in the QB battle at Boston College.
True sophomore Mike Marscovetra, who played sparingly last year, was at the head of the class, going 13-for-16 for 149 yards and a touchdown. His 15-yard strike to tight end Jordon McMichael was the only TD pass of the day. Marscovetra was sacked twice.
Incumbent sophomore Dave Shinskie went 6-for-12 for 50 yards (a long of 14).
At Maryland, running back D.J. Adams starred in the Terps' spring game.
In Atlanta, Paul Johnson dishes out some rare compliments.
“I’m excited about it (the team),” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of positives. We’ve still got some work to do this summer in a lot of areas, but some of the young guys showed up and hopefully answered some of the questions.”
Looks like trouble for four prominent N.C. State players.
Here's a spring review for the four North Carolina schools. And Caulton Tudor gives his list of early headliners in ACC football.
VT beat writer Norm Wood gives his take on the Hokies.
And in light of all this expansion talk, the ACC Sports Journal re-runs a story from last August that remains relevant now, comparing the SEC's financial situation...
to the ACC's...
LW
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If you blink, you risk missing the addition of another bowl game. So it's probably forgivable that the latest additions flew under the radar of our large, highly-trained blog staff.
So now we're up to 35 bowl games, and the latest two are the Dallas Football Classic and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.
Love Noo Yawk and all, but how much interest is a Dec. 30 bowl game in the Bronx going to generate? They'll theoretically get some followers from the No. 3 Big East team, but I'm guessing the No. 6 school in the Big 12 won't be burning up the phone lines for tickets.
And good luck getting the New York media to notice. A Google News search turned up zero stories from NYC on their new bowl.
The linked AP story on the two bowl additions buried the lead, as we like to say in the news-gathering business:
Bowl applications were denied for the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla., and the Christmas Bowl in Los Angeles.
One consequence of more bowls is the fact that we're moving closer to having teams with losing records land in them. This story from San Diego delves into that topic.
he only thing that seems to be stopping the bowl system from expanding even further is the limited pool of eligible teams. For at least the past three seasons, there were 71 teams with at least six wins — just enough for 35 games. In 2003, there were 67, but that was before the NCAA loosened the six-win requirement by allowing teams to count one win per year against opponents from the lesser-resourced Division I-AA.
The NCAA committee that licenses potential new bowl games only will do so if the bowl operators show they are contracted with two conferences that historically have produced enough bowl-eligible teams to play in their games. Asked how many bowl games there could be, Nick Carparelli, the chairman of the NCAA’s bowl licensing committee, said, “As many games as the system can handle.”
So the NCAA didn't get its 96-team NCAA Tournament, but the postseason in college football is well on its way to fulfilling that depressing design.
Speaking of the NCAA Tournament, Bart Wright says the NCAA shockingly got it right by apparently listening to the public and going with merely a 68-team field.
Agreed. Though you have to wonder if the powers-that-be merely floated the idea of a 96-team field to repulse people and thereby make the 68-team field something that is almost unanimously embraced.
After reading this column by Ron Morris, I'm going to go out on a limb and say he's not a fan of the NFL Draft.
You have to think rivals of Georgia Tech will spare no effort citing Jonathan Dwyer's draft plummet to running back recruits who have NFL aspirations.
A good player is a good player, regardless of the offensive philosophy. But it's hard to discount the following quotes:
"It's going to be relearning for him," said Kirby Wilson, who coaches the Steelers' backs. "It's like getting back on a bicycle and starting all over again."
And:
"I don't know what really hurt me, maybe the whole triple-option process," Dwyer said.
Then again, Dwyer did pretty well in Chan Gailey's pro-style offense.
SEC commish Mike Slive says the SEC is studying expansion in case other leagues add schools.
Looks like Mike Marscovetra is going to have a say in the QB battle at Boston College.
True sophomore Mike Marscovetra, who played sparingly last year, was at the head of the class, going 13-for-16 for 149 yards and a touchdown. His 15-yard strike to tight end Jordon McMichael was the only TD pass of the day. Marscovetra was sacked twice.
Incumbent sophomore Dave Shinskie went 6-for-12 for 50 yards (a long of 14).
At Maryland, running back D.J. Adams starred in the Terps' spring game.
In Atlanta, Paul Johnson dishes out some rare compliments.
“I’m excited about it (the team),” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of positives. We’ve still got some work to do this summer in a lot of areas, but some of the young guys showed up and hopefully answered some of the questions.”
Looks like trouble for four prominent N.C. State players.
Here's a spring review for the four North Carolina schools. And Caulton Tudor gives his list of early headliners in ACC football.
VT beat writer Norm Wood gives his take on the Hokies.
And in light of all this expansion talk, the ACC Sports Journal re-runs a story from last August that remains relevant now, comparing the SEC's financial situation...
to the ACC's...
LW
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