Outback Bowl

[SteinPizza]

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I guess if the reason you're a sports fan is so your athletic department can receive a big check, then you can bask in the glow of that.

Everyone likes to get paid. And Iowa will for this game. Because that's what Iowa sports is. An economic engine.

And that's wrong because??? Major college sports teams are always going to be economic engines for their schools. I prefer a playoff, but I'm not so anti-bowl as to be against everything they stand for. It's an imperfect system that also has tons of history behind it.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Bowls are an exhibition...plain and simple end of story. They are a way to reward a team that won a few games with a trip and a game against someone from another conference. The problem comes / came when people tried to derive some sort of "what if" final ranking after they are played. Change the name to NCAE (ala WWF > WWE) during bowl month. Can't blame the teams for playing and taking the $$$ though. Just sucks that we have to pay to play...

[Newsbreaker]

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But they aren't exhibitions, they are very much regular-season, or rather post-season games. They count on the record, and there has always been a ranking(s) produced after the bowl games.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Hello sunshine...where ya been?

[ryan19]

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But they aren't exhibitions, they are very much regular-season, or rather post-season games. They count on the record, and there has always been a ranking(s) produced after the bowl games.

I appreciate the logic Newsbreaker, it felt like I was debating with a wall , it must be nice to make a comment and not instantly have people think the Hawkeyes are your favorite team

[Newsbreaker]

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I appreciate the logic Newsbreaker, it felt like I was debating with a wall , it must be nice to make a comment and not instantly have people think the Hawkeyes are your favorite team

Oh, give it time. I am all things negative to all people round these parts.

[TH1974]

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I appreciate the logic Newsbreaker, it felt like I was debating with a wall , it must be nice to make a comment and not instantly have people think the Hawkeyes are your favorite team

There's not a lot of rational discussion around here.

[Blue42]

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Farley said it better than I ever could...

"You get the opportunity to go and play for it all or you don't," Farley said. "There's something to be gained from playing this game, and it's not just to go on a week's vacation."

"Would you all give that kind of effort if it was No. 10 vs. No. 12 in the country?" he said. "What are you going to be, No. 8 at the end of the day? This is for everything."

Or how about number 26 vs. 33? Just think...the winner might move up to like...I don't know...23?!? It's simply a matter of substance over style.

http://ee.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081208/SPORTS/712089902/1008/SPORTS

[P. compressa]

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The problem with the FBS is the bowl system is completely inconsistent with the idea of choosing a national champion and the small minded fans of such programs feel the need to say my **** is bigger than yours so they insist on having one. I personally think we really do not need a national champion in football.

Every game matters and every game counts, its a war out there and every game may be the last one you get to play, and it sucks when you do not get to play anymore. The bowl games are another game, a reward. The reward is not a title the reward is the opportunity to win another game. The reason why winning it is important is because you are playing in it and that is reason enough to want to win each and every game.. It is not about others and making comparisons, it is about winning a game each week you are lucky enough to play in one.

This is written from a participant perspective but it applies to all participants including the fans.

That being said if you need a champion create a tournament and crown a champion and get rid of these stupid meaningless bowl games.

[ryan19]

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The problem with the FBS is the bowl system is completely inconsistent with the idea of choosing a national champion and the small minded fans of such programs feel the need to say my **** is bigger than yours so they insist on having one. I personally think we really do not need a national champion in football.

Every game matters and every game counts, its a war out there and every game may be the last one you get to play, and it sucks when you do not get to play anymore. The bowl games are another game, a reward. The reward is not a title the reward is the opportunity to win another game. The reason why winning it is important is because you are playing in it and that is reason enough to want to win each and every game.. It is not about others and making comparisons, it is about winning a game each week you are lucky enough to play in one.

This is written from a participant perspective but it applies to all participants including the fans.

That being said if you need a champion create a tournament and crown a champion and get rid of these stupid meaningless bowl games.

Did Kellen Winslow post this?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82BPA5QAaQ

[06panther10]

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I'm a soldier!

[ryan19]

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I'm a soldier!

I don't give a F...lying................ you know what about Richmond

[Panther-Sheik]

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They count on the record, and there has always been a ranking(s) produced after the bowl games.

None of this makes these games less of an "exhibition". I can pull up Hulk Hogan's career win / loss record, too. As I mentioned earlier, though, the major problem is that "they" try to put a bunch of random dots on a piece of paper and simply by connecting them after the games are played ("what if" rankings) they feel they validate the system. It is the same crap that you were slamming the Spider fans for: Team x beat team y who beat team a who beat team x..."logically" Richmond is better than UNI. BS...and thankfully we get to play it off to see who really deserves it. Although, we would have at least another runner up trophy in our case if we used the FBS system last year. Still glad we don't.

[Cap'n Cat]

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there are like 3 iowa fans that hate UNI, yet there are 654098764064 UNI fans that hate iowa.

I think 9YR is right. Let's not be bratty about this rivalry stuff.

"Give to the Hawkeyes what is the Hawkeye's. Give to UNI what is UNI's"
- Jesus Christ, 27, C.E.

[UNI Fight]

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Excitement for the fans, motivation for teams to play hard even if they know they wouldn't make a playoff, national exposure for teams that might not normally get it, more time for the teams to work on their game, chances for schools to play each other when they normally don't get to, a chance for the school to get more money, a chance for business to get more revenue (esp during the current economic times), fun match-ups for families to watch over the holiday season.... but your right 06panther10, it's not a playoff so its no good.

Stupid bowls... stupid FBS.... actually just a waste of a month, I say get rid of the month of January also, nothing exciting happens anyway.

I think you hit the nail on the head there Ryan, that is the reason bowls remain and playoffs have not been implemented in the FBS. Also, my birthday is in January you a-hole! Now you can't come to my party.