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Age limit of 25 on players who have played pro baseball. Honestly, I don’t think these guys should be eligible at all. Oklahoma State starting QB Brandon Weeden in 28 years old. He is older than Green Bay Packers NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers who has already played 7 seasons in the NFL. Basically, OSU is playing with an NFL quarterback. Chris Weinke was also 28 when he led Florida State to an undefeated season and a National Championship. 19 year olds should not have to compete with guys that old.
Seven wins to qualify bowl eligibility. There used to be a time when eight wins was not enough to get a team into a bowl. UCLA was allowed to play in something called the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl with a 6-7 record (they lost). This is football. Bowls should be a privilege of the elite, not an everybody-wins-an-award thing.
All Bowls must be completed by January 2 If January 2 falls on a Sunday, the final games may be played on January 3 so not to conflict with the NFL.
All BCS leagues MUST hold a conference championship game. But must have at least 8 teams.
Elimination of five bowl games. I propose the big losers below:

*If there are not enough teams, 6-6 teams can file for a waiver.

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SEC schedule is set. A few teams have some non-conference games to fill.

Times are TBA

Originally, the SEC said the 2012 SEC schedule would come out before Christmas. Now they are saying this week. We’ll see.

One Texas A&M blogger reports that their schedule will be:

There are a few games that are written in ink. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party will take place in Jacksonville on October 27, 2012. November 24, 2012, the last Saturday of the regular season, is still preserved for the Iron Bowl and Egg Bowl as well as Arkansas-LSU playing the day before (Nov 23). Additionally, some sources claim that Florida at Texas A&M is a lock for September 8, 2012. Many sources believe that the 2012 Alabama-UGA game is off in favor of Mizzou playing Bama.

Here in grid form is the 2012 schedule for all SEC teams SO FAR:

Last updated 12/27/11

(From left to right: Miami, WKU, Ball State)

When it came down to the end, there were 72 bowl eligible schools for 70 spots. AND THE LOSERS ARE: WESTERN KENTUCKY and BALL STATE!

WKU who finished 7-5 and 7-1 in the Sun Belt was denied a bowl-game invitation despite winning six of their last seven games (the loss was to #1 LSU).

Ball State was 6-6. There was not much chance they would beat out BCS teams with similar records.

Miami (Fla.) finished 6-6 but are sitting out of the bowl season as a self-imposed post-season ban due to the impending hammer that will be coming down from the NCAA.

This is sure to tick some folks off.

UCLA filed and was granted a waiver that would make them bowl eligible in the chance they finish the season with a losing record. They are currently 6-6 with the Pac-12 Championship against #9 Oregon to play. Hmm. I wonder if they will finish with a losing record.

Some teams are going to be left out because there are 35 bowls and currently 72 bowl eligible teams (73 with UCLA). UConn can join them if they beat Cincy.

Teams with 6 wins:

Arizona State
Ball State
Florida
Illinois
Iowa State – one more game to play
Marshall
Miami (FL)
Mississippi State
Nevada – one more game to play
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Texas A&M
Utah State – one more game to play
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Winner of Syracuse-Pitt finishes with 6 wins, loser 5.

UConn probably loses to Cincy. Therefore, we should finish with 73 bowl eligible teams and 3 bridesmaids.
I predict these 3 will be: Ball State, Marshall and Nevada. there is a possibility that a 7 win team is excluded from the fun & games. Likely candidates are either Western Kentucky or Western Michigan (both 7-5).

35 Bowls, 70 slots, 54 teams locked in, 16 remain:

LOCKED INTO A BOWL GAME WITH 6 OR MORE WINS & CONFERENCE TIE-IN (54):

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6 OR MORE WINS BUT NOT NECESSARILY A LOCK (11):

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6 WINS BUT 2 WINS VS. I-AA SCHOOLS, HENCE INELIGIBLE (so far):

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STILL NEED 6 I-A WINS:

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PROBATION, NOT BOWL ELIGIBLE:

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NOT ENOUGH WINS, INELIGIBLE:

Another week of crazy finishes and wild upsets. A missed field goal doomed Oregon. A late TD finished off Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State saw their first lost at the hands of Iowa State. Clemson inexplicably gets routed by a lower tier ACC team in NC State (6-5).

In Las Vegas, you can bet on almost anything: points scored, who wins the coin flip, halftime score, number of first downs…
I wonder what the odds would be that the Florida State Seminoles would have identical final scores in back-to-back games, not once but twice:

Sat, Sept 24    @ Clemson    L 35-30
Sat, Oct 8    @ Wake Forest    L 35-30
Sat, Oct 15    @ Duke              W 41-16
Sat, Oct 22    vs Maryland    W 41-16

This is going to be a long post so I hope I don’t need a long intro or explanation.
35 Bowls, 70 teams.

LOCKED INTO A BOWL GAME WITH 6 OR MORE WINS & CONFERENCE TIE-IN (42):

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6 OR MORE WINS BUT NOT NECESSARILY A LOCK:

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6 WINS BUT 2 WINS VS. I-AA SCHOOLS, HENCE INELIGIBLE (so far):

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STILL NEED 6 I-A WINS:

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PROBATION, NOT BOWL ELIGIBLE:

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NOT ENOUGH WINS, INELIGIBLE:

Stanford and Boise go down HARD.