Yet ANOTHER bowl game

[Hoosier_Vol]

ESPN announces creation of Myrtle Beach Bowl, starting in 2020. Will rotate teams from C-USA, MAC & Sun Belt b/w 2020-25

 

[salutethehill]

Played at where? Coastal?

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

New rule, if you win one game you get a bowl bid!

 

[C/O]

Played at where? Coastal?

Exactly what I was thinking.

I have been waiting years for the H&R Block Bowl to be played at none other than Greenback High School.

 

[salutethehill]

Brooks Stadium is nice. Small... but nice

 

[salutethehill]

After expansion, which should be complete by then (I think)...

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

Very nice stadium

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

The Myrtle Beach Bowl will be played at Brooks Stadium, located on the campus of Coastal Carolina, and will be nationally televised on ESPN networks.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

There are worse places to visit in December.

 

[Boca Vol]

There are worse places to visit in December.

Yes...such as North Myrtle Beach

 

[SDV]

I’d rather be there than Memphis or Birmingham

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Yes...such as North Myrtle Beach

Ever been to Shreveport?

 

[salutethehill]

Yes...such as North Myrtle Beach

Technically, it's in Conway.

 

[TrueOrange]

Ever been to Shreveport?

How about Detroit? Or New York in Jan?

 

[Lawrence Wright]

How about Detroit? Or New York in Jan?

I’ll pass on going anywhere north of Atlanta in January.

Cold weather sucks.

 

[TennFan]

Too many bowl games. Over 25 is too many.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Too many bowl games. Over 25 is too many.

Then watch 25 of them and ignore the rest.

 

[GAVol]

Too many bowl games. Over 25 is too many.

It's just not 1983 anymore with a dozen bowl games. The toothpaste has been out of the tube for 20 years. Just embrace it and watch more football.

Personally, I wish there were twice as many.

 

[bamawriter]

Too many bowl games. Over 25 is too many.

There could be 65 bowls in order to give every team a bid and I'd be fine with it.

 

[GAVol]

There could be 65 bowls in order to give every team a bid and I'd be fine with it.

I think they ought to just take everybody that doesn't get a bowl bid and let them matchup regionally for on campus games the week before Christmas.

It'd give everybody the extra practices. There would be nobody missing classes. You'd get some cross conference matchups that people might actually like even though their team struggled.

 

[05_never_again]

Too many bowl games. Over 25 is too many.

Saying there are too many bowl games is like saying there are too many universities that field football teams. If you think a lot of them are stupid, then don't watch them. If more and more people agree with you, they'll go away. As long as there is a stadium/city willing to host it, companies to sponsor it, and reasonably enough tickets sold, they'll have one. I say why even limit it to 6+ win teams or 5-win teams with a good enough APR. If some committee wants to host two 0-12 teams in a postseason game, why not? These things exist because people are willing to watch and sponsor them.

Also, totally agree with just giving everyone the extra practices a bowl game affords.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Funny enough, all the talk of too many bowls, this year there will be more eligible teams than spots.

Not enough bowls: Army, BYU unsure of postseason destination

The craziest part is, right now Army is 9-2 and ranked #23 and #25 in the AP and Coaches Polls and isn't even assured a bowl spot.

 

[volinbham]

Funny enough, all the talk of too many bowls, this year there will be more eligible teams than spots.

Not enough bowls: Army, BYU unsure of postseason destination

The craziest part is, right now Army is 9-2 and ranked #23 and #25 in the AP and Coaches Polls and isn't even assured a bowl spot.

Travesty. Happened to NIU one year and they had one (maybe 2 wins) against P5 schools but lost their conf champ game. Still had 9 or 10 wins but no bowl.

 

[Tin Man]

Bowl Pairings!

 

[DaUndergroundMan]

Technically, it's in Conway.

Yes it is. Lived close to conway during High school years. Played our preseason baseball tournaments there usually. High School coach was a graduate of coastal and legendary baseball and basketball player there. As an aside, I know the father of a recent Pruitt offer. Xavier Legette. From mullins, sc.