Comments on: Volunteers versus Wolverines would’ve made Saturday less boring http://www.collegegameballs.com/2008/12/14/volunteers-versus-wolverines-wouldve-made-saturday-less-boring/ college football, sports and humor. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:59:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: LINKASARUS REX - Featuring Jennifer Korbin | The Angry T http://www.collegegameballs.com/2008/12/14/volunteers-versus-wolverines-wouldve-made-saturday-less-boring/#comment-3590 LINKASARUS REX - Featuring Jennifer Korbin | The Angry T Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:45:40 +0000 http://www.collegegameballs.com/?p=1404#comment-3590 [...] Why can’t under .500 teams play “bowl games?” (CollegeGameBalls) [...] [...] Why can’t under .500 teams play “bowl games?” (CollegeGameBalls) [...]

]]> By: cgb http://www.collegegameballs.com/2008/12/14/volunteers-versus-wolverines-wouldve-made-saturday-less-boring/#comment-3576 cgb Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:45:51 +0000 http://www.collegegameballs.com/?p=1404#comment-3576 Yeah the extra practices are a benefit no doubt about it. But, its just seems like such a minimal reward to me. The players are already together all year practicing at some capacity. An extra 1-2 weeks at the end of the season doesn't seem like it will give a huge edge to any team. Yeah the extra practices are a benefit no doubt about it. But, its just seems like such a minimal reward to me. The players are already together all year practicing at some capacity. An extra 1-2 weeks at the end of the season doesn’t seem like it will give a huge edge to any team.

]]> By: furrer4heisman http://www.collegegameballs.com/2008/12/14/volunteers-versus-wolverines-wouldve-made-saturday-less-boring/#comment-3571 furrer4heisman Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:22:33 +0000 http://www.collegegameballs.com/?p=1404#comment-3571 Here's why I don't like that idea. One of the big pluses of making a bowl game is the extra practice. Most teams use some of the practice time between the end of the regular season and the bowl as a precursor to spring practice. Younger players get reps, a look to the future, so on and so forth. I doubt our coaches do this because they don't even spend the practice time getting ready for the goddamn bowl, let alone the next season. So by letting the teams that didn't qualify for a bowl play an extra game, you're giving them a reward they did not earn, a chance to get a jump start on the next season. And as a staunch hater of Michigan, Tennessee and france, I don't want to see that. Screw 'em. Even if it means I have to watch NW Missouri vs. MN Duluth, it's better than giving extra practice time to schools that didn't earn it. Here’s why I don’t like that idea. One of the big pluses of making a bowl game is the extra practice. Most teams use some of the practice time between the end of the regular season and the bowl as a precursor to spring practice. Younger players get reps, a look to the future, so on and so forth. I doubt our coaches do this because they don’t even spend the practice time getting ready for the goddamn bowl, let alone the next season.

So by letting the teams that didn’t qualify for a bowl play an extra game, you’re giving them a reward they did not earn, a chance to get a jump start on the next season. And as a staunch hater of Michigan, Tennessee and france, I don’t want to see that. Screw ‘em. Even if it means I have to watch NW Missouri vs. MN Duluth, it’s better than giving extra practice time to schools that didn’t earn it.

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