Football bowl eligibility is likely staying at 6 wins

[Dan]

College football plans to keep 6-6 records, not 7-5, the benchmark to qualify for a bowl once a four-team playoff starts in 2014.

Last winter, conference commissioners discussed increasing bowl-eligibility standards, a change that would kill some of the 35 postseason games. The status quo seems to have won.

"I see it staying at 6-6 for the foreseeable future," said Wright Waters, the new executive director of the Football Bowl Association. "When commissioners went back to their conferences, they found out there's an awful lot of support for 6-6. That's 35 athletic directors who get an early jump on selling season tickets and 35 coaches who are talking to recruits about winning a bowl game."

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[GilThorpe]

correct me if I'm wrong, but if they went to 7-5, wouldnt they in fact be giving a death sentence to about 2 or 3 bowls. I mean a 7-5 is ideal, but not all bowl friendly teams get there. These bowls depend on 6-6 major conference teams getting selected. Hence UI & UCLA in the Mac & Cheese Bowl last year.

Didnt the NCAA create the 38 headed monster ?

[Sure Shot]

Originally Posted by GilThorpe

correct me if I'm wrong, but if they went to 7-5, wouldnt they in fact be giving a death sentence to about 2 or 3 bowls. I mean a 7-5 is ideal, but not all bowl friendly teams get there. These bowls depend on 6-6 major conference teams getting selected. Hence UI & UCLA in the Mac & Cheese Bowl last year.

Didnt the NCAA create the 38 headed monster ?

It would probably be more like 4 or 5, but yeah, you're absolutely right.

[DanvIllini]

A sigh of relief across central illinois...