That's 68 teams. Is that too many? I understand the need to recruit, reward the team, etc. 68 teams. There's a lot of average teams playing in bowl games.
Too many. That is more than March Madness. We don't need no Ionas or Davidsons mucking up our bowl season.
There are too many for my taste. 6 wins in a 12 game schedule should not get you a bowl invitation. Didn't North Texas make it to a bowl a few years back with a losing record? The NCAA made an exemption because they were the Sun Belt winners, IIRC I counted 71 teams with at least a 6-6 record this year. This includes K. St. that played to two FCS teams. How many more bowls can be accommodated? Dan Beebe wanted the 'Only one FCS victory" set aside so K. St. could go to a bowl. They would probably have to rescind it to host more bowls.
Basically K-State is the only BCS conf eligible team not invited. (Nevermind, totally forgot K-State is not bowl eligible til I read Dongato's post.)
If you started round 1 this past weekend with 64 teams, you'd be down to 4 teams by Jan 1. Why is there no playoff again?
Take the 11 conference champions + five at large (likely ND + 4 more), seed them, and go for it. It would leave some big/major teams out but who said life its fair. It would still be fun. Using this year's BCS final standings, the ones invited to the party would be: 1 - Alabama (SEC Champ) 2 - Texas (Big 12 Champ) 3 - Cincinnati (Big East Champ) 4 - TCU (MWC Champ) 5 - Florida (At large #1) 6 - Boise St. (WAC Champ) 7 - Oregon (PAC-10 Champ) 8 - Ohio St. (BIG 11 Champ) 9 - Georgia Tech (ACC Champ) 10 - Iowa (At large # 2) 11 - Virginia Tech (At large # 3) 12 - LSU (At large # 4) 13 - Penn St. (At large #5) 14 - East Carolina (C-USA Champ) 15- Central Michigan (MAC Champ) 16 - Troy (Sun Belt Champ)
