2016 CFB Bowl Games Open Thread

[Jake]

If that's right, Mississippi State in over Texas and Cal is fairly amusing.

Texas specifically declined to accept any bowl bid offered to them. I don't know about Cal.

 

[Jake]

Anyone know how they picked the 5-7 teams that got in? Only North Texas and Mississippi State are in, with Mississippi, Texas, Texas Tech, Cal, Arizona State, SMU, Nevada, Northern Illinois, Akron, and GA Southern not

That North Texas vs Army rematch ought to pack the house after they played two months ago. They would've been my last choice. Well, next to last before Akron.

 

[Bucklion]

That North Texas vs Army rematch ought to pack the house after they played two months ago. They would've been my last choice. Well, next to last before Akron.

I would have liked Army Texas Tech for the complete clash in style

 

[Bucklion]

Getting fugly at Minnesota...players threatening a bowl boycott because of the 10 player suspensions

 

[ScriptOhio]

The real reason there are so many bowl games in college football — ESPN

The reason there are so many bowl games has little to do with demand, as many of these games will be played in half-empty stadiums and will receive poor ratings on television. The real reason gets back to who has the most invested in the bowl games: ESPN and its parent company, Disney.

Of the 41 games, 38 will be broadcast by ESPN or one of its sister networks, ABC and ESPN2. Meanwhile, the reason ESPN is willing to pay to broadcast as many bowl games as possible is that live programming is what makes ESPN the king of cable, and the bowl games fill empty time slots.

Entire article: http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-college-football-bowl-games-2016-12

 

[Bestbuck36]

Road to the CFP on the Buckeyes right now.

 

[Jake]

Let the games begin. :popcorn:

 

[Buck33Eye11]

somehow have money on the celebration bowl and feel awful about it now because grambling coach just WTFd on that reversed TD when WR clearly didn't maintain control

and then they miss a fkn 30yd fg. running bad already

 

[Buck33Eye11]

these are real football teams

 

[Bucklion]

Gotta say, Bob Davie has done a hell of a job rescuing the New Mexico footbaww program from the Mike Locksley mess.

 

[Jake]

NC Central scores a TD with 2 minutes left to make it 10-9, and since it's all about him the kid who caught it took off his helmet to celebrate. Unsportsmanlike conduct, 15 yards enforced on the game-tying PAT. They missed it.

 

[Buck33Eye11]

omg FCS coaches with all time stones..wtf is that play call to seal the game lolol

 

[Buck33Eye11]

grambling wins 10-9 as 15pt favorites in a horrendous display of football

 

[Buck33Eye11]

on HOU but really like Pumphrey and hope he gets his record

 

[Buck33Eye11]

UNM takes 1st drive out of the half in for 6. PAT blocked, Lobos 16-6