6-6 Football Coming To A Yankee Stadium Near You
by Sean Keeley on Sep 29, 2009 12:28 PM EDT
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PrintWe already knew the Yankee Bowl was in the works and likely a foregone conclusion. We just didn't know the exact specifics. Well now we do. It's happening, people, and it's happening soon.
New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the commissioners of the Big East and Big 12 will announce at a news conference Wednesday the formation of the Yankee Bowl, to be held at the new Yankee Stadium beginning with the 2010-11 postseason, according to sources with knowledge of the event.
The game, which will seek NCAA certification next spring, would reportedly pit the Big East's fourth-place team against the Big 12's No. 7 selection. Organizers plan to hold the first edition between Dec. 29, 2010 and Jan. 2, 2011.
That would make it the 35th bowl in this wonderful system we call the FBS and yet another game that will likely pit two mediocre teams against one another in a game you wouldn't watch if it were on this weekend unless your team was involved.
The arrangement bodes well for the chances of Syracuse playing the game more often than not. The Orange are (hopefully) on a trajectory to be a bowl team by next year and you can bet that Yankee Stadium will want to take advantage of the alumni base in the city whenever possible. Of course, if they have to go with Rutgers or UConn instead, it's not a big loss for them.
Just to get a feel for what the Yankee Bowl would have looked like had it been around the last couple seasons, let's see which teams would have likely played there.
2008 - Rutgers vs. Kansas
2007 - South Florida vs. Oklahoma State
2006 - South Florida vs. Kansas State
2005 - South Florida vs. Missouri
Now that we have such region and team-specific bowl arrangements, it would be pretty humorous to watch South Florida play in the Yankee Bowl while UConn or Rutgers plays in the St. Petersburg Bowl.
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35th bowl?
How is this going to work? There are 120 teams in the FBS (or whatever they’re calling it now). 2 teams needs to play in each bowl. So, 70 teams could end up playing in a bowl in 2011. Unless of course the NCAA changes a rule soon to allow a 5-7 team into a bowl game. That would give the winning team the opportunity to end the season one game under .500.
I can’t wait to watch a mediocre Big East team play a sub-par big XII team before Christmas. Awesome.
Sooner or later
We’ll get to the point where we have more slots than eligible teams. Watch how quickly the rules change to accommodate it rather than canceling a game and disappointing sponsors.
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I like how the NCAA isn’t even pulling any punches anymore over sponsorship and revenue generation. I agree that once there are more bowls than eligible teams, the NCAA will kowtow to their overlords at Bell Helicopters and change the rule. The NCAA will reward “tremendous” mediocrity and allow a 5-7 team in a bowl game.
I don't care how many bowls there are
If they want to send a 2-10 team to a bowl game they should as long as there’s no chance the school can lose money out of it by spending more to go to the game they receive for partaking in the bowl. If some sponsor thinks it can make money off of two 5-7 teams, let ’em play the bowl.
by Jameson_Fleming on Sep 29, 2009 2:31 PM EDT reply actions
interesting...
BUT. Imagine if Notre Dame went 2-10. Notre Dame will draw a crowd irrespective of their record, coach, qb, and so on. So, you’re going to “reward” a 2-10 Notre Dame team with a bowl b/c ND can make someone, somewhere some money? Achieving a bowl used to be predicated on an successful season. The bowl game would have some sort of implication (i.e. which conference is better, nat’l champion, etc). If that’s the case, why not just have everyone in the NCAA play a 13th game during “bowl week.” Schools would get money from selling seats, ESPN would sell ads, and people can watch another game. But, it would suck. It’d be a meaningless exercise. And this is what the “bowl system” is becoming.
I meant more every team before the 2-10 was in a bowl also…not just taking Notre Dame at 2-10 over 30 teams with a better record. But I see your other points as well. I’m just tired of the whole bowl system in general.
Let’s get a playoff and watch everyone kick the crap out of each other.
by Jameson_Fleming on Sep 29, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
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