Nebraska, Minnesota, San Jose State will go to bowls at 5-7 By RALPH D. RUSSO (AP College Football Writer) 13 hours ago AP - Sports Nebraska, Minnesota and San Jose State will be playing in bowl games with 5-7 records. Championship Saturday began with 75 bowl-eligible teams and two more teams got there, three short of what was needed to fill a record 80 bowl games. Kansas State took care of business by beating West Virginia 24-23 to finish 6-6. Georgia State, in its sixth season playing Division I football, beat Sun Belt Conference rival Georgia Southern 34-7 for its sixth victory. South Alabama fell short of six, though, losing 34-27 to Appalachian State. That makes 77 teams with at least six victories and a .500 record, the minimum to be eligible for a bowl bid.
Dang, I was kind of hoping the horn fans would endure the embarrassment of a 5-7 bowl invite. Oh well, best to keep them down by the lack of bowl practice.
And here are the losers: Georgia State (6-6) plays San Jose State in the Cure Bowl. Central Michigan (7-5) plays Minnesota in the Quick Lane Bowl. UCLA (8-4) plays Nebraska in the Foster Farms Bowl. Let's face it, while it could be seen as a positive thing for Georgia State and Central Michigan to play in a bowl game no matter who the opponent may be, poor UCLA is in the classic no-win situation. They will gain zero respectability beating the nebbish but it's an omfg moment for the bruins if they lose.
There shouldn't even be 6-6 teams in bowl games, Now we got 5-7 teams in bowls, but it's an "if you have fun, you won" society.
Meh, garbage bowl games are still fun to watch It's easy to look down at the ****ty toilet bowl teams when you expect to be competing for nattys every year. It's been a while since we were in the weedeater bowl, and were excited about it.
Texas was not invited to a bowl. Here's the full list of matchups http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls
