Huh?! BYU accepts invite to 2016 and 2018 Poinsettia Bowl

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This is kind of strange. Per CBS:

Earlier this season BYU became the first school to accept a bowl invite this season, agreeing to play in the Fight Hunger Bowl. Now the school has announced it has accepted an invitation to play in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl following the 2016 and 2018 seasons.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...cepts-invite-to-2016-and-2018-poinsettia-bowl

Go Gophers!!
 

I hate Poinsettias. The leaves are poisonous to cats.
 

But it is in San Diego. Great place to go for a bowl game!
 





Any plant that looks better after spending a couple months in a closet is probably up to no good. :confused:
 

The Poinsettia Bowl likes tie-ins to specific teams. They used to have a tie-in with Navy; Navy was guaranteed to go if they were bowl eligible. For this year's game, Army has the tie-in. I just checked, Army is 3-6, with games against Western Kentucky, at Hawaii and at home against Navy, so they have to win out to go. Since teams like Army, Navy and BYU are independents, the Poinsettia Bowl and sign them to deals, which guarantees them an acceptable matchup, assuming the team is eligible.
 





Obviously strange in that who knows if BYU will be 6-6, 11-1 or 1-11. I'm hoping for the latter. What is BYU doing as an independent anyway? Seems like that move has made them more irrelevant nationally than ever before. You'd think the fans would be clamoring for a move back to the MWC.
 

Herd said:
Obviously strange in that who knows if BYU will be 6-6, 11-1 or 1-11. I'm hoping for the latter.
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These contracts are contingent on them being bowl eligible. Also, many are drawn up with clauses that allow the teams to get out of them if they're invited to a BCS Bowl (or the future playoff).
 

maroonedinCA said:
These contracts are contingent on them being bowl eligible. Also, many are drawn up with clauses that allow the teams to get out of them if they're invited to a BCS Bowl (or the future playoff).
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It would be kind of funny if they only had a clause that allowed them out in the event of a BCS Bowl and then couldn't go to the playoffs because it technically wasn't a BCS Bowl. That would be outstanding!

Also agree with Herd that I never understood the move and every year it seems to look like a worse and worse move. I wonder if they were hoping for an invite to PAC-10/12, Big 12 or B1G? Honestly if the B1G was interested in Utah it wouldn't be the dumbest idea, but they probably have as much interest in adding all 6 TV's in Utah as they do adding Iowa State.
 



Lakeville Goldy said:
It would be kind of funny if they only had a clause that allowed them out in the event of a BCS Bowl and then couldn't go to the playoffs because it technically wasn't a BCS Bowl. That would be outstanding!

Also agree with Herd that I never understood the move and every year it seems to look like a worse and worse move. I wonder if they were hoping for an invite to PAC-10/12, Big 12 or B1G? Honestly if the B1G was interested in Utah it wouldn't be the dumbest idea, but they probably have as much interest in adding all 6 TV's in Utah as they do adding Iowa State.
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Especially with the big Beer Tent that BYU would have for fans.
 

It has pluses and minuses for both sides. The Poinsettia Bowl isn't going to have to scrounge for whatever team is left from the at-large teams, and they figure BYU will be a good draw. If BYU goes 6-6, they are certain to get a bowl game, and it's not too bad of a bowl.

The Poinsettia Bowl has a tie-in with the #2 team in the MWC. By making this deal, BYU guarantees themself to get the equivalent of what they would have gotten if they had stayed in the MWC and been the #2 team. They do forgo the chance to be the #1 team from the MWC, but is a chance the Las Vegas Bowl (the #1 team from the MWC goes there) really that much better than a sure thing at the Poinsettia Bowl?

I'm sure BYU sees this as a stepping stone to better things, there's no reason for them to have gone independent unless they thought that in the long run, they could do better. This year, Sagarin has them at #24, so shouldn't be feeling terribly desperate just to get into any bowl. There just doesn't seem to be much room for independents unless they can do well enough to get to a BCS game. I think a new BCS conference could be formed by taking the better teams from the non-BCS conferences, and BYU might join this conference if this happened.
 

BYU went independent because they wanted to air their games on their own network. One that already was in place and not have to share any of the revenue. They also expected to be able to schedule plenty of games with other independents such as Notre Dame. They also thought at the time that Texas might go independent.
 

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