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UT in GMAC
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:39 pm
by cbjhack
UT has accepted an invite to the GMAC Bowl. That means that if Akron loses, they aren't going anywhere. Northern Illinois will go to Detroit. If Akron wins, then they go to Detroit. Or so we think.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... 1/51128015
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:08 pm
by h2oville rocket
If Akron loses they CAN't go anywhere. Not bowl eligible.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:44 am
by Metz
h2oville rocket wrote:If Akron loses they CAN't go anywhere. Not bowl eligible.
Um...they will be 6-6 if they lose, that is bowl eligible.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:52 am
by Warthog
NOt this year it isn't. They would have to petition the NCAA for a waiver/exemption because during an 11 game wseason you have to have a winning record.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:06 am
by BelieveNBG
...and at that point, there won't be a bowl available for them to petition for. NIU wins and NIU gets MCB and then there's nothing left. If there is anything left, they won't be the MAC team getting in.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:41 pm
by h2oville rocket
Metz wrote:h2oville rocket wrote:If Akron loses they CAN't go anywhere. Not bowl eligible.
Um...they will be 6-6 if they lose, that is bowl eligible.
Yeah. What all those other guys said.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:44 pm
by 1987alum
I described this scenario to someone in the NCAA's media relations office. They conferred with Those Who Know and said that a 6-5 MAC team that loses the conference championship game will NOT BE BOWL ELIGIBLE at 6-6.
End of story.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:28 pm
by h2oville rocket
Didn't somebody else say that earlier in this thread?
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:29 pm
by 1987alum
h2oville rocket wrote:Didn't somebody else say that earlier in this thread?
I thought a little reinforcement was in order.
