October 23, 2019 · 1:25 PM

Bowl eligibility über alles

Shameful.

And their ADs probably wonder why fans aren’t flocking to watch every week.  Go figure.

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20 responses to “Bowl eligibility über alles”

  1. chuckdawg
    October 23, 2019 at 1:28 PM

    But really. Who wants to go to Wisconsin? I think a few of this are a factor of location location location

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    • Russ
      October 23, 2019 at 2:38 PM

      LSU went there. An early game in Madison would be nice. Pretty town, nice fall weather for a few weeks in September. After that, no way.

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    • Bat City Dawg
      October 23, 2019 at 2:59 PM

      this is a weird take.. sorry Chuck. Madison is widely known to be an amazing place

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    • Bulldog Joe
      October 23, 2019 at 3:35 PM

      I’ve been there a few times. Pregame at Union South, the Fifth Quarter, and the bars are fun but they play too many 11:00am games.

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    • Doug
      October 23, 2019 at 4:45 PM

      Spent a weekend in Madison for the UW-Minnesota game one year. Cold as hell, snow on the ground, but we had a blast. People there are friendly, and we ate and drank like Game of Thrones royalty. Wouldn’t mind doing a home-and-home with them one of these days.

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    • Go Dawgs!
      October 23, 2019 at 4:45 PM

      Wisconsin in November would be rough, but the Big Ten plays their nonconference games almost exclusively in September and it would be nice up there.

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  2. Mark
    October 23, 2019 at 2:08 PM

    Eh. Most (not all) of the teams on that list are not exactly traditional powerhouses. Where else but FCS are they going to go for their annual servings of cupcake?

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  3. JPMotion
    October 23, 2019 at 2:14 PM

    It’s troubling to me that in a purported (or at least implied) alphabetical listing that someone would put Arizona after Arkansas. As the Senator is known to say, that “Z” must be doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

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  4. Bob
    October 23, 2019 at 2:26 PM

    Actually a lot of folks would like to go to Camp Randal Stadium. It is an atmosphere like few others and Madison is usually right up there with Athens. Bama has a home and home coming up with them.

    Also remember that the PAC 12, Big 12 and now the Big Ten teams already have 9 conference games. Not an excuse for them at all, but beats the excuses of a ton of SEC and ACC teams who really love cupcakes.

    And of course Alabama has played exactly 4 non Conference Power 5 teams away from Tuscaloosa and those so called neutral site stadiums since 2000. That is more than weak.

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  5. Otto
    October 23, 2019 at 2:56 PM

    As the chant goes shame.. shame… shame…

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  6. Doug
    October 23, 2019 at 4:45 PM

    I’m honestly surprised there are only two SEC teams on that list.

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  7. Go Dawgs!
    October 23, 2019 at 4:46 PM

    Gee, no wonder Wisconsin wets the bed against at least one inexplicable Big Ten team every year like clockwork. Their nonconference schedule has no hope of getting them ready.

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  8. Harold Miller
    October 23, 2019 at 5:50 PM

    Kind of surprised the Turds weren’t on there.

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    • Anonymous
      October 23, 2019 at 10:19 PM

      Playing Free Shoes U helps them in that regard. They also play Miami on a regular basis. As long as they don’t schedule more than 1 FCS team per year, they would never fall into this category. #FTMF though.

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  9. Nashville West
    October 23, 2019 at 7:18 PM

    What’s pathetic is the small number of times some of the schools on that list have been bowl eligible even with a cupcake diet.

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