| Say it isn't so? Not another bowl game!The NCAA on | | | | fans and the schools gain money which helps in |
| Wednesday approved a new postseason football | | | | recruiting and other improvements, it helps create |
| bowl game in Houston starting next season.It will | | | | excitement...blah, blah, blah.Any team that is 6-5 doesn't |
| replace the former Houston Bowl and is the fifth new | | | | belong in a bowl game. Period, end of story. I don't |
| game approved by the NCAA Postseason Football | | | | care if they were 0-11 the previous season and the |
| Licensing Subcommittee since the end of last | | | | feel good story of the year, 6-5 or God help us 6-6, |
| season.The bowl, which has not yet been named, will | | | | just doesn't cut it. Why reward mediocrity? If I was a |
| be managed by Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, | | | | coach and my team went 6-5, I'd be pissed!The bowl |
| which is affiliated with the Houston Texans of the | | | | system has been in place for a long, long time and |
| NFL.The name of the new bowl and other details will | | | | most of the good ole' boys in the NCAA don't want to |
| be announced later. In April, the NCAA approved a | | | | see that changed. The NCAA, along with the |
| fifth Bowl Championship Series game, which will be | | | | universities, love to count all the money that rolls in |
| played in Glendale, Arizona, along with the International | | | | from corporate sponsors during bowl season.The |
| Bowl in Toronto, the Birmingham Bowl and the New | | | | problem is that all these games are watering down |
| Mexico Bowl.Bowls that were renewed for next | | | | college football and taking away what makes it special. |
| season are: the AutoZone Liberty, Capital One, | | | | To tell the truth, nobody, even the most diehard college |
| Champs Sports, Chick-Fil-A, Emerald, FedEx Orange, | | | | football fan, cares about two 6-5 teams playing in a |
| Gaylord Hotels Music City, GMAC, Independence, | | | | bowl game. Unless you are/were an alumnus or it's |
| Insight, Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas, MasterCard | | | | your favorite team.Nevertheless, the NCAA will keep |
| Alamo, Meineke Car Care, MPC Computers, Motor | | | | creating more bowl games and continue to reward |
| City, All-state Sugar, Outback, Pacific Life Holiday, San | | | | mediocrity. Remember, North Texas State made it to |
| Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia, Fort Worth, | | | | a bowl game a few years back with a 5-6 record! |
| Rose, AT&T Cotton, Hawaii, Tostitos Fiesta, Toyota | | | | Excellent.College football is a great institution, but like all |
| Gator, Vitalis Sun and New Orleans.Don't get me | | | | institutions it desperately needs some overhauling. Too |
| wrong, I love college football. I love the atmosphere, the | | | | bad it's not going to happen for a long, long time. Not |
| crowds and the future NFL stars that dazzle us every | | | | while the dollars are flowing and the status quo is |
| Saturday. But do we really need more bowl games. | | | | secure.All I know is when the first International Bowl |
| There's already too many teams who don't deserve | | | | kicks off in Toronto and the NCAA smiles as it tries to |
| to be in one and now the NCAA has approved five | | | | win the hearts of Canadian fans, I'll be at home, the TV |
| new games since the end of last season.Some will | | | | turned off, with visions of a true playoff system |
| argue that it makes the game better, it's better for the | | | | dancing in my head. |