Jackson1011 Wrote:-- Hell yes give me a history lesson. I love college football and want to know all I can. BTW, while your at it, why wasn't Memphis included in the SEC?
You are probably aware that politics have always played a large part in who goes to bowls. It probably used to be much worse than it is now. I'll give you one season as an example of a Memphis team that SHOULD have gone to a bowl game, but didn't....
The year was 1963
Mississippi was coming off undefeated season in 1962. The Rebels had finished 1962 10-0, won the Sugar Bowl and won a share of the National Championship.
Memphis was coming off an 8-1 1962 season. Memphis' only loss in 1962 was a 21-7 loss to undefeated Mississippi.
Memphis and Mississippi start the 1963 season playing to a scoreless tie against each other.
Mississippi goes on and finishes the 1963 season 7-0-2.
Memphis finishes the 1963 season 9-0-1. One of Memphis' 9 victories is over Mississippi State.
Mississippi State finishes the season 6-2-2 with that loss to Memphis.
Come bowl selection time 7-0-2 Mississippi goes back to the Sugar Bowl. No argument there.
However, 6-2-2 Mississippi State (who lost to Memphis) is invited to the Liberty Bowl in Philadephia.
Memphis (9-0-1), who tied Sugar Bowl bound Mississippi and beat Liberty Bowl bound Mississippi State, doesn't get invited to a bowl game.
That's a little history lesson that explains why I say you can't simply add up the number of bowl berths a team has had against another and say that's why they are better.