The First Domino Has Fallen

[laker]

Hey laker, did you see my underdog Spartans knock off mighty Boise State in the MW Championship game? San Jose State will play MAC champ Ball State in the Arizona Bowl on New Year's Eve.

Oh yes. Enjoyed seeing it happen. Glad that Ball State came out of nowhere to win the MAC too. Iowa State had been the feel good story of the season, but now that belongs to the Spartans.

How about a Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, and SJSU D1 playoff? Throw a one loss Indiana in there. Put some new blood in there instead of the same old same old bias. It would be more interesting.

[laker]

Do you really want to include a 1-3 WSU team in that? They shouldn't even be sniffing a Bowl game and this is from a fan of them. It is a bit like when Louisville basketball put self sanctions on themselves during a season where they were playing bad and wouldn't make the tournament anyway.

I've been a WSU fan since high school. The List comes for all.

[crixus]

And in semi-related news, the Rose Bowl game of the CFP will be played in Dallas at Jerry World.

Jerry Jones will always find a way to make money. He's the J.R. Ewing of football.

[crixus]

Updated- Saturday, Dec 19 7:30 AM. Please add to the list if you get anyone new.
Teams that have opted out of the postseason so far that I have record of:

BC
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Kansas State
LSU (self imposed restriction) Thanks crixus!
Louisville
Penn State (added)
Pitt
San Diego State
SMU (added)
Stanford
UCLA
USC (added)
Utah
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Washington (added)
Washington State

The Rose Bowl is getting moved to Texas.

Hey laker, did you see my underdog Spartans knock off mighty Boise State in the MW Championship game? San Jose State will play MAC champ Ball State in the Arizona Bowl on New Year's Eve.

https://www.facebook.com/SanJoseStat...4048019565814/

[Wildcat Khan]

Updated- Saturday, Dec 19 7:30 AM. Please add to the list if you get anyone new.
Teams that have opted out of the postseason so far that I have record of:

BC
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Kansas State
LSU (self imposed restriction) Thanks crixus!
Louisville
Penn State (added)
Pitt
San Diego State
SMU (added)
Stanford
UCLA
USC (added)
Utah
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Washington (added)
Washington State

The Rose Bowl is getting moved to Texas.

Do you really want to include a 1-3 WSU team in that? They shouldn't even be sniffing a Bowl game and this is from a fan of them. It is a bit like when Louisville basketball put self sanctions on themselves during a season where they were playing bad and wouldn't make the tournament anyway.

[Wildcat Khan]

San Francisco 49ers to spend the rest of the season in Arizona.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...9-restrictions

And in semi-related news, the Rose Bowl game of the CFP will be played in Dallas at Jerry World.

[laker]

Updated- Saturday, Dec 19 7:30 AM. Please add to the list if you get anyone new.
Teams that have opted out of the postseason so far that I have record of:

Arizona State (added)
Boise State (added)
BC
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Kansas State
LSU (self imposed restriction) Thanks crixus!
Louisville
Minnesota (added)
Penn State (added)
Pitt
San Diego State
SMU (added)
Stanford
UCLA
USC (added)
Utah
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Washington (added)
Washington State

The Rose Bowl is getting moved to Texas.

Gophers aren't going. Good. They didn't deserve it and wouldn't have brought fans along even if they were allowed.

I read that Oregon & Colorado were the only two Pac-12 teams to go bowling, I just haven't read anything official. I hope that people know that regardless of record you are eligible this year. Maybe New Mexico State, who didn't play this fall, should volunteer to go.

[crixus]

San Francisco 49ers to spend the rest of the season in Arizona.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...9-restrictions

[crixus]

Utah just opts out of bowl games.
Teams that have opted out of the postseason so far that I have record of:

BC
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Kansas State
Louisville
Pitt
San Diego State
Stanford
UCLA
Utah
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Washington State

LSU opted out to "penalize" themselves before the NCAA did. Were going to see some teams with losing records playing in bowl games this year, inc. less than average SEC teams.

https://www.secsports.com/clubhouse/football

[laker]

Utah just opts out of bowl games.
Teams that have opted out of the postseason so far that I have record of:

BC
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Kansas State
Louisville
Pitt
San Diego State
Stanford
UCLA
Utah
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Washington State

[SW_Mustang]

I tried to update the Azusa Pacific page two days ago, but I think the person in charge of sports doesn't like it when reader's beat him to it. A few years ago I tried to make an update when Northwest Nazarene changed their nickname from Crusaders to Nighthawks and the person in charge at Wikipedia threatened to suspend me from making edits. I showed him three different sources that they did indeed change their nickname. After all that he finally corrected the page. I was just trying to help, but I think it was all about ego with that one guy or gal at Wikipedia.

Wow, that's kinda sad.

[crixus]

Again a typo on my end, I don't know where I got 22 from. 9 is correct.

To my knowledge, the only misaccurate information in the Wikipedia pages I looked at was listing APU as having a football program, but it will get corrected eventually.

I tried to update the Azusa Pacific page two days ago, but I think the person in charge of sports doesn't like it when reader's beat him to it. A few years ago I tried to make an update when Northwest Nazarene changed their nickname from Crusaders to Nighthawks and the person in charge at Wikipedia threatened to suspend me from making edits. I showed him three different sources that they did indeed change their nickname. After all that he finally corrected the page. I was just trying to help, but I think it was all about ego with that one guy or gal at Wikipedia.

[SW_Mustang]

That's OK, I forgot about San Diego too and I live in SoCal. They're usually pretty good but you don't hear about them much. USC and UCLA get most of the press here, with San Diego State to a lesser extent.

I have to keep reminding myself that they have a program, they just don't seem like the type of school to have football. It's neat nonetheless.

[crixus]

That was a typo on my end. They have four:

Sac State
Cal Poly
UC Davis
San Diego

That's OK, I forgot about San Diego too and I live in SoCal. They're usually pretty good but you don't hear about them much. USC and UCLA get most of the press here, with San Diego State to a lesser extent.

[SW_Mustang]

There are also only 9 Division II schools in Minnesota.

Again a typo on my end, I don't know where I got 22 from. 9 is correct.

To my knowledge, the only misaccurate information in the Wikipedia pages I looked at was listing APU as having a football program, but it will get corrected eventually.