From: don.p.del.grande@gmail.com   
      
   1. Because ESPN has nothing better to show on afternoons in December.   
      
   2. Because of the extra practice that the teams in the bowls are allowed.   
      
   3. Because somebody is still under the impression, if not delusion, that a   
   team's fans are interested in any bowl game that team is in, even if it is the   
   Whothehellcares.com Lose Money Bowl.   
      
   4. The sponsors probably don't mind, either - otherwise they wouldn't put up   
   the money for the naming rights.   
      
   There should be a new policy: any bowl game whose TV rating is less than the   
   lowest of the four NCAA soccer semi-finals shouldn't have its licensing   
   renewed. (You can't compare it to the finals, as there are quite a few people   
   who will watch just the    
   championship game.)   
      
   If you ask me, what they should do is, allow each team not in the playoff to   
   play an additional game against a nonconference FBS opponent, either at a   
   neutral "bowl" site or at one of the team's home fields. That way, everybody   
   gets the same amount of    
   additional practice. Right now, the NCAA is just punishing teams with losing   
   records.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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