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Mark May (Blew 5 guys at Pitt)

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BigJim;1603780; said:
You don't qualify for a bowl game if you're sub 500.
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Technically you can be a BCS conference champion and be sub .500 and auto qualify for a BCS bowl game.
The possibilities are not likely but in the case of a conference tournament pitting B12 North vs. South or ACC divisions, a 5-7 team could win and auto qualify with a 6-7 record.

This info was compiled by BB73 in the Bowl Participants forum.

These teams receive automatic bids:

- The #1 and #2 teams in the final BCS standings
- The 6 BCS Conference Champions . . .

Bowl Selection Sequence:

BCS Title Game - gets BCS #1 vs. BCS #2

BCS Conference Champs not in the Title game then get assigned:

Rose: Pac Ten Champ vs. Big Ten Champ
Orange: ACC Champ
Fiesta: Big 12 Champ
Sugar: SEC Champ

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I seem to remember North Texas made it to a bowl game in 2000, 2001, or sometime around there, with a losing record. Something like 5-6.

If you trust Wikipedia, Darrell Dickey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2001 they won the Sun Belt conference, despite an overall record of 5-6 (5-1 conference record). They lost in the New Orleans Bowl to Colorado to finish 5-7.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the BCS bowl that you were talking about, but I guess it is mathematically possible for a team in the SEC, ACC, or Big 12 to win its division with a 5-3 record, lose 4 out-of-conference games, win the championship game, and make it to a BCS bowl game with a 6-7 record.

I would try to steer the conversation back to Mark May and the wonderfully insightful things that he says, but I don't really want to.
 
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Zurp;1603927; said:
I seem to remember North Texas made it to a bowl game in 2000, 2001, or sometime around there, with a losing record. Something like 5-6.

If you trust Wikipedia, Darrell Dickey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2001 they won the Sun Belt conference, despite an overall record of 5-6 (5-1 conference record). They lost in the New Orleans Bowl to Colorado to finish 5-7.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the BCS bowl that you were talking about, but I guess it is mathematically possible for a team in the SEC, ACC, or Big 12 to win its division with a 5-3 record, lose 4 out-of-conference games, win the championship game, and make it to a BCS bowl game with a 6-7 record.

I would try to steer the conversation back to Mark May and the wonderfully insightful things that he says, but I don't really want to.
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Did Colorado beat them by only kicking field goals? If so, that would be kick ass :banger:
 
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Mark May to Rece Davis during the pregame show on ESPN: "Quit throwing dirt on the USC program!" after Davis asked if USC's 'dynasty' was on the decline.

If that's dirt, then Ohio State is currently buried beneath a pile of dirt from Mark "BJ" May.

What a fuckin asswipe. :shake:
 
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gracelhink;1603862; said:
Technically you can be a BCS conference champion and be sub .500 and auto qualify for a BCS bowl game.
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The ".500 or better" rule now trumps everything else. So, if you somehow were BCS conference champion while being sub .500, tough luck, senor...
 
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methomps;1625941; said:
Conference champions can ask the NCAA to waive the 6-win rule.
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That's the key...they can ask for a waiver, but I doubt they'd do that (not sure if North Texas had to get a waiver for their 2001 bowl or if the .500 rule came into effect afterward).

Still too many bowls and too many mediocre-at-best teams getting bowl bids...
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1587609; said:
Mark May will say whatever he needs to say to make sure threads like this stay alive. It's why he has a job. (No, not this thread in particular... just the whole mindset of giving a [censored] what he has to say at all)
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I disagree, I think he reads this before brushing his teeth at night to get the taste of BS out.
 
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A little bit ago I heard the guys on the set trying to tell Colt McCoy what to do to be successful.

Mark had the best advice of all. Something like "if you're first receiver is covered, move on to the second."

No shit? Words of wisdom there, Mark. I'm sure the QB with the most wins EVER in college football needs you to tell him to move on to his second read if his first is covered.
 
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Woody1968;1603054; said:
I gotta say, I would laugh pretty hard, if their (Michigan's) bowl game next year was the Little Ceaser's Pizza Bowl, less than an hour from their campus. That might be worse than no bowl game for them.
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:lol: This post is much funnier now the scUM's new AD is the CEO of Dominos.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1625958; said:
Still too many bowls and too many mediocre-at-best teams getting bowl bids...
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No one really watch that many bowl games or care for them either except the teams playing and their diehard fans. I probably watch 7-8 bowl games including 4-5 BCS bowl games. it's too many bowl games for those who care to watch em all. Small schools (just like NCAA Basketball tourney 64 teams) deserve to go to bowl games too. Though team with a losing record should not be allowed in bowl games.
 
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