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