FSU not bowl eligible after all?

[TN_Transplant]

FSU may not be Bowl Eligible : CFB

It appears that their FCS win against Delaware State can't be counted toward bowl eligibility due to Delaware State not having enough scholarship players.

 

[VFLBerg]

They are going to be allowed to play the bowl game anyway.

 

[LittleCat]

It was a giant oversight by everyone involved. The people over at r/CFB do some really interesting stuff, so it's neat they caught what the two schools, the bowl committee, and the NCAA totally missed.

 

[MSCE09]

That really sucks for Buffalo, Western Michigan and Texas San Antonio

 

[05_never_again]

Why does the NCAA get to decide who is bowl eligible anyway?

If the pawn shop down the street agreed to sponsor a postseason game between Tennessee and Arkansas and worked out all the details, paid the schools, and the schools agreed to play, who is the NCAA to stop them? The NCAA has absolutely nothing to do with the playoff, or the existence of any bowl game, so why do they have a rule that says you have to have 6 wins in order to play in them?

 

[n_huffhines]

Why does the NCAA get to decide who is bowl eligible anyway?

If the pawn shop down the street agreed to sponsor a postseason game between Tennessee and Arkansas and worked out all the details, paid the schools, and the schools agreed to play, who is the NCAA to stop them? The NCAA has absolutely nothing to do with the playoff, or the existence of any bowl game, so why do they have a rule that says you have to have 6 wins in order to play in them?

They could play in the game I suppose, it just wouldn't be NCAA sanctioned and wouldn't count for the record books.

 

[Dustin4Vols]

They could play in the game I suppose, it just wouldn't be NCAA sanctioned and wouldn't count for the record books.

Good publicity for the pawn shop

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Why does the NCAA get to decide who is bowl eligible anyway?

If the pawn shop down the street agreed to sponsor a postseason game between Tennessee and Arkansas and worked out all the details, paid the schools, and the schools agreed to play, who is the NCAA to stop them? The NCAA has absolutely nothing to do with the playoff, or the existence of any bowl game, so why do they have a rule that says you have to have 6 wins in order to play in them?

Because the schools/conferences gave them the authority to make that rule. The same way that the NFL commissioner has no authority outside of what is given to him by the owners.

 

[vol-un-tear]

Sounds like something that would happen to us

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

UTSA deserved the bowl bid. Shame F$U $tole it.

 

[VFLBerg]

FSU claims they are eligible after all:

Update: Florida State released a statement late Friday confirming that Delaware State has verified its scholarship situation as eclipsing the 90-percent threshold, thus allowing the Noles' victory in the game count toward its bowl eligibility.

Florida State has confirmed it is bowl eligible, able to play in Independence Bowl - CBSSports.com

 

[MSUDuo]

UTSA deserved the bowl bid. Shame F$U $tole it.

They didn't steal anything.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

BFD. Alabama finished third in the conference and is playing for a NC.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Good publicity for the pawn shop

:lolabove::lolabove:

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

They didn't steal anything.

Its not stolen when its paid for, amirite??

 

[Dudleys87]

Its not stolen when its paid for, amirite??

Unless your Jamesis Winston