http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=738194

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"59. NC STATE (5-5) Wolfpack have won four in a row and need to find one more win to become bowl-eligible. Next: at Wake Forest."

9 other ACC schools are ahead of NCSU

[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 8:23 AM. Reason : ]

11/13/2007 8:22:16 AM

I guess everyone thinks 4 wins in a row is a fluke

I dont know how Miami can be ranked at #50 after the shalacking (sp?) they got last weekend by the Cavaliers

11/13/2007 8:32:24 AM

wow, duke is 86 and notre dame is 88.

surely i thought they were near last.

11/13/2007 8:34:19 AM

hell, i bet we were about 118 before this win streak

11/13/2007 8:39:48 AM

i approve of this background
gg

11/13/2007 8:48:54 AM

DROD900, the only thing that can really explain some of that is that they are only looking at a team's W-L and not what got them there.

11/13/2007 8:57:42 AM

yep, this matters

11/13/2007 11:43:13 AM

mike huguenin controls the universe

11/13/2007 11:48:12 AM

question about bowl eligibility

i know you have to be at least .500 to be bowl eligible

but i thought wins against D1-AA / FCS schools didnt count towards that?

if we go 6-6 will we be bowl eligible since our overall record is .500 or do we have to go 7-5 since that would be 6-5 over D1-A schools???

11/13/2007 11:50:16 AM

you have to win six games, only one can be against a 1-AA school

11/13/2007 11:52:03 AM

Could be just like 2 years ago when State and Maryland were both 5-6 and we had that last game in Raleigh to see who would go to the Continental Tire Bullshit Bowl.

[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 11:56 AM. Reason : x]

11/13/2007 11:56:09 AM

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"but i thought wins against D1-AA / FCS schools didnt count towards that?"

it used to be that way but they changed it b/c bigger schools were refusing to schedule the D1-AA since it wouldnt count for anything

11/13/2007 12:13:46 PM

i don't think that's true at all

11/13/2007 12:17:47 PM

it makes sense
big schools didnt get anything for scheduling those teams early in the season. not only that...it was a big payday for said D1-AA schools. if the big school loses...it loses a game and money.
if they win..it counts towards a bowl

pretty simple logic

11/13/2007 12:22:51 PM

well i guess it makes sense your world of not knowing shit about sports

but you see, the previous rule was that a 1A school could schedule multiple 1AA schools with no penalties -- although rarely did that happen

when the NCAA allowed for 12 games to played, they decided to nip that in the bud, allowing only one 1AA victory to count

that's even better logic, because that's what happened

11/13/2007 12:26:14 PM

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

11/13/2007 12:27:21 PM

no, that makes a lot more sense
and i could have looked that up just as easily as you did but alas my lazy ass didnt

11/13/2007 12:27:33 PM

yeah i looked it up

IN MY BRAIN

11/13/2007 12:28:21 PM

They used to allow one 1-AA win to count every three years I think. It was changed to every year a few years ago.

11/13/2007 12:28:54 PM

it's every 2 years you can use a division 1aa win

11/13/2007 12:39:50 PM

no, one 1-AA win per year counts towards eligibility

11/13/2007 12:46:51 PM

attn: users with less than 10,000 posts

11/13/2007 12:50:00 PM

^^link?



[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 12:53 PM. Reason : users w > 20000 posts.... lol]

11/13/2007 12:51:20 PM

Either way we didn't use the 1-AA win last year so Wofford can count toward this year.

11/13/2007 12:54:12 PM

1 per year is correct. must've been 2 some other time. oh well

[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 1:00 PM. Reason : hi]

11/13/2007 12:55:14 PM

Don't expect to be linked to a fact most people know...look it up yourself if you have any doubt

It's one 1-AA win per year, everyone knows that

Except for retards and Pam Ward



[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 12:56 PM. Reason : x]

11/13/2007 12:55:27 PM

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"also, didn't we -lose- to akron last year o wait, we beat app state.. oh yeas"

what? you think akron is a 1-AA school and you're arguing with me about bowl eligibility rules?

11/13/2007 12:59:16 PM

I caught that too but gave him the benefit of the doubt

He if thought Akron was D1-AA, the rest of his argument is moot

11/13/2007 1:01:26 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_eligible

[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 1:12 PM. Reason : truth... lol]

11/13/2007 1:02:30 PM

You went to the effort to make that link, yet it makes zero sense in the context of the situation

11/13/2007 1:04:35 PM

good thing you erased your edit, rat

you might also want to erase your misspelling of 'arguing'

look, i'm being an elitist again!

11/13/2007 1:06:43 PM

he if

11/13/2007 1:07:46 PM

back to the issue at hand

let's get the rules clear, because people are spouting nonsense like last year's wofford win counting towards this year's bowl eligibility

to be bowl eligible you need six wins, one 1-AA win per year counts towards that total

you can't use wins from previous years, nor could you ever

six wins doesn't guarantee a berth, of course -- premier bowls are given first pick, lesser bowls are allowed to choose from remaining qualified teams in order of priority

those are the facts, google if you want

[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 1:13 PM. Reason : ]

11/13/2007 1:11:28 PM

All true, but it should also be noted that a team's record or finish within the conference doesn't determine which bowl they go to.

If a team is 7-5 and is 5th in the conference, the bowl with the 3rd pick can take that team if they think they'll get more fans and more money than they would from the higher ranked team who was 8-4 and 4th in the conference.

Its always about the fucking dollar.

11/13/2007 1:15:25 PM

the unc win on sat. was > any continental tire toilet bowl we've ever been to. that said.. i'll take another continental bowl just so i don't have to drive the whole country to watch

11/13/2007 1:16:01 PM

^^exactly

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"lesser bowls are allowed to choose from remaining qualified teams in order of priority"

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11/13/2007 1:16:16 PM

Right, I just added that since a lot of people are still under the impression that your record directly determines what bowl you go to.

I bet Rat was one of those people.

11/13/2007 1:19:22 PM

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"let's get the rules clear, because people are spouting nonsense like last year's wofford win counting towards this year's bowl eligibility "

yeah that is nonsense...considering we didnt beat wofford last year...considering we didnt play them last year

11/13/2007 1:21:01 PM

i meant appalachian, that's what rat said

[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 1:24 PM. Reason : ]

11/13/2007 1:23:34 PM

well tilley said wofford...i figured he meant app...but anyway

11/13/2007 1:28:38 PM

no i said akron

11/13/2007 1:28:57 PM

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"also, didn't we -lose- to akron last year o wait, we beat app state.. oh yeas"

11/13/2007 1:30:53 PM

Smart schools have and will continue to schedule bottom-tier 1-A teams instead of 1-AA teams because they don't provide that much more of a challenge but they still count towards bowl eligibility.

Western Kentucky or App State?

You'd rather play Western Kentucky, and it counts toward a bowl.

[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 1:31 PM. Reason : x]

11/13/2007 1:30:54 PM

I'd rather get my easy wins off of Navy, Air Force, etc....oh wait

11/13/2007 1:31:40 PM

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"because people are spouting nonsense like last year's wofford win counting towards this year's bowl eligibility"

Wofford was this year. You were probably referring to my post:

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"Either way we didn't use the 1-AA win last year so Wofford can count toward this year."

Let me be clear.

The argument at the time was whether you could use a 1-AA win once a year or once every two years. My comment was pointing out that it did not matter either way because we didn't use a 1-AA win to get in a bowl last year, therefore our Wofford win would count whether the once per year or once every two year rule was in effect.

11/13/2007 1:32:34 PM

i cant believe this thread has made it this far

11/13/2007 1:34:08 PM

well, i like to argue with retards on the internet, so i can

11/13/2007 1:34:54 PM

beating wofford.. lol


we still gave up the 70 yard TD pass during that game too didn't we... wow, we get big-played at least 1x per game no matter who it is.


I just hope we don't play Smith Center High School in a bowl game. They'd probably beat us.

11/13/2007 1:35:40 PM

yeah cause clearly we are no better now with a 4 game win streak than we were at the beginning of the season...my nephew's preschool could beat us by 100

11/13/2007 1:41:17 PM

is your nephews preschool team anything like smith center high school?

if so, then yes

11/13/2007 1:43:25 PM