Bowl bedlam
Posted April 24th, 2008 by Ron
Stewart Mandel of SI.com writes on his blog that the NCAA is about to add 3 more bowl games, putting the total at 35 games. You soon might get a bowl game by just showing up for the season. It is becoming like the trophies you get for just participating in youth sports.
Stewart writes:
The 2008-09 bowl lineup could be even bigger.
Next week in Weston, Fla., organizers for three potential new bowl games will make their presentations to the NCAA's Bowl Certification Committee. They are: The Congressional Bowl in Washington D.C (Navy vs. ACC); The St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Big East vs. Conference USA); and the Rocky Mountain Bowl in Salt Lake City (Mountain West vs. WAC).
No, this is not a joke.
April 25th, 2008 at 5:44 am
Special Olympics
April 26th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
What gets me is that otherwise halfway intelligent people like Bobby Knight also advocate they double the amount of schools in the NCAA tournament to 128. I mean, what's the point of even having a regular season in football or basketball? It's a joke. Simply cut to the chase, write a fat check, deposit the mountains of money into the schools' athletic funds, and then have the tournaments and bowl games.