SALT LAKE CITY — The Pac-12 Conference announced this week that it will not allow member football teams with 5-7 records to participate in bowl games even though NCAA rules allow it.
This seems so sensible that you wonder how it could happen in college football — and why it isn’t the rule for every conference since the NCAA hasn’t put a stop to it.
Then you wonder if the Pac-12’s rule goes far enough. Why not also ban schools with .500 records (6-6) from bowl games?
Remember when bowls matched up only the best teams in the country and they were real events?