Recent content by dumbgoph

Army or Navy hasn't been able to win the Army/Navy game and be eligible since 2009. I think using the last example of this occurring is a pretty good method. If you want to show me the rule that has changed since 2009, I'd appreciate it. I'd also appreciate you showing me this bowl rule...

I believe Army last year had 2 FCS wins (like they also do this year), which prevents them from being eligible even with a win against Navy. Good point about 2009, presumably someone in the NCAA with official capacity would either say the 2009 precedent still remains or there’s been a change...

FSU literally went to a bowl game when they weren't eligible because no one checked their information until a random person on Reddit did a week before the game. The NCAA isn't some all-knowing body so their member institutions definitely aren't. Again, if Navy is getting the correct...

I know they're both 4 letters, but NCAA and Navy are 2 distinct words. As I mentioned earlier, FSU went to a bowl ~5 years ago when they actually weren't eligible. There's no evidence that the teams themselves know all the bowl rules. Minnesota can't be eligible before Army-Navy unless the NCAA...

Please provide an NCAA source backing this claim up. The NCAA manual does not agree with this claim you're making. If you can't, I'll just assume you're full of shit. Hell there isn't even a defined "day the bowls select teams". It only occurs after CFP selection because lower bowl decisions...

Detroit can’t choose us over Navy (if they’re 6-6) or JSU. The bowl eligibility rules are clear that you have to select everyone eligible in one category before moving on to the next. At best, Detroit says “screw the NCAA” and decides they can select a 5-7 before they know who is truly...

Minnesota is currently ineligible too by that logic, they’re 5-7. They only become eligible after there aren’t enough 6-6 teams. We still don’t know if there will be enough 6-6 teams. There’s not some official bowl selection date. Prior to having 40+ bowls, bowl invites would go out slowly...

They still could become eligible though. If the NCAA doesn’t announce anything, then there’s no way Navy is ineligible before December 9th so how could Minnesota be selected for a bowl that relies on Navy being ineligible before December 9th? Remember, a 6-6 team always takes precedence over a...

Based on how the NCAA rules are, I don't think you could choose MN over Navy if Navy goes 6-6. The NCAA considers the Army-Navy game an actual regular season game and also requires that bowls choose all qualifying 6-6 teams before choosing a 5-7 team so by that logic no bowl could offer...

There's 3 scenarios that can occur. 1. AAC holds a bowl (say Hawaii) for Navy contingent on them winning and its announced that Minnesota will play in that bowl if Navy is ineligible. 2. AAC and B1G both hold bowls (almost certainly Detroit for B1G) contingent on Navy/MN being eligible...

People are forgetting that with the new bowl contracts, the bowl's don't have a simple ranking that they slide the B1G team's into based on how they finished (or perceived "travelness" of fans). While we might think Music City is better than Mayo, that doesn't necessarily mean the better team...

Looks like the majority of the tickets in those sections are sold and pretty much all of the seats in the lower section directly below it are sold. So that's already ~75% sold from that view. You can nitpick what vast majority actually means but it's looking like 90+% will be sold by game time...

That and it’s not like marketing is failing. They’re selling the vast majority of these “overpriced” tickets. That’s good marketing. A bad marketing department would just suggest lowering the price with no other suggestion.

A win will essentially eliminate Purdue from West contention (barring 3+ losses from us). The loser of Illinois/Wisconsin is also not looking too good with 2 losses, albeit they each still play us so they can recover but won’t control their destiny. Their margin of error will be gone and both...

Didn’t OSU have a pretty poor showing at the Rose Bowl last year? The Gophers going to the Rose Bowl would be a once in a generation (or 2) moment. I think all bets based on previous travel history would be off.