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Posted: 11/29/2012 7:34 PM
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According to Brett McMurphy and a few others I've seen:

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Georgia Tech's bowl waiver has been approved by NCAA, Tech will go bowling even if it finishes 6-7

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Confirmed by CBS.

Ohio's chances for a bowl just dimmed.  Need wins from USF or Cincy or both.
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:15 PM
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http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/jeremy-fowler/21193767/ncaa-approves-georgia-techs-bowl-waiver

There's another source confirming it. This means Central Michigan is probably out of the bowl picture. Ohio's spot hinges on the two Big East game's Saturday. If either UConn or Pitt wins, then someone else is out, perhaps Western Kentucky but maybe Ohio. If both win, the Bobcats probably would be out.

I didn't see Pataskala's edit when I posted this so sorry for repeating most of the same info he added.
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:20 PM
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UpSan Bobcat wrote:expand_more
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/jeremy-fowler/21193767/ncaa-approves-georgia-techs-bowl-waiver

There's another source confirming it. This means Central Michigan is probably out of the bowl picture. Ohio's spot hinges on the two Big East game's Saturday. If either UConn or Pitt wins, then someone else is out, perhaps Western Kentucky but maybe Ohio. If both win, the Bobcats probably would be out.

I didn't see Pataskala's edit when I posted this so sorry for repeating most of the same info he added.


No prob, UpSan.  I've edited the damn thing three or four times.
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:20 PM
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This from the story above:

In August, the NCAA established a criteria for qualitifcation in case there aren't enough bowl qualifiers, including teams that "finished with a 6-7 record, with the seventh loss being in a conference championship game."

But there are 70 bowl-eligible teams this year, which means, in theory, a team such as 10-2 San Jose State could be left out of a bowl to make room for Georgia Tech. UConn and Pitt also could complicate matters should they qualify this week.

The NCAA could be setting a precedent to the smaller conferences that there are a different set of rules for the big boys.

"It's indefensible," said a high-ranking source from one of the five smaller conferences.

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Posted: 11/30/2012 9:49 AM
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And the MAC Commissioner speaks out, good for him.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8692474/ge...

"I could not disagree more with the rationale provided," Steinbrecher said in a statement. "One of the reasons for the development of the policy covering this matter was to clearly create a selection order to manage just this situation.

"These selection orders were developed with NCAA staff input and approved unanimously by the NCAA Board of Directors last July. To suggest that the NCAA staff or task force working on bowl policy did not contemplate such a circumstance, when this same situation occurred last year, is incorrect. The policy is clear and understandable.

"What is lacking is the willingness to enforce NCAA policy and that is regrettable. All the Mid-American Conference asks is that the rules that have been approved by the member institutions of the NCAA be enforced. That did not occur in this instance."



 
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Posted: 11/30/2012 9:52 AM
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At the end of the day, it all comes down to money!  There is not a Bowl in existence that would want an Ohio University and our Bowl traveling fans over a Georgia Tech.  These Bowls are about making money and selling tickets, and many stuggle with the ticket selling as it is. 
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Posted: 12/1/2012 11:52 PM
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CBS received the following statement from the NCAA regarding why the waiver was granted:

“After reviewing the request from Georgia Tech, the NCAA staff granted the waiver based on the totality of circumstances. The waiver allows Georgia Tech to be considered for selection along with the other bowl-eligible teams. In consideration of the waiver request, staff noted that Georgia Tech finished the regular season with a 6-6 record, which would make the team bowl-eligible before being obligated to play in the conference championship game. This decision is consistent with the waiver provided to UCLA last year under similar conditions.”

"Totality of the circumstances" is a pretty vague term.  Unlike government bodies, the NCAA doesn't have to explain what it means.  According to CBS, MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher filed a protest over the decision but hadn't seen the NCAA's statement 22 hours after CBS received it.
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The totality of the circumstances is that they never should have played in the game in the first place. With UNC ineligible before the year started, the ACC Coastal should have been decided on Miami's win over GT, but Miami backed out on their own leaving GT stuck going to the game.
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bostonbobcat wrote:expand_more
The totality of the circumstances is that they never should have played in the game in the first place. With UNC ineligible before the year started, the ACC Coastal should have been decided on Miami's win over GT, but Miami backed out on their own leaving GT stuck going to the game.


Yeah, I agree with this one moreso than UCLA, because Miami could have gone and chose not to, thus pretty much screwing GT into going and getting blasted (through they kept it close).

At the same time, had they won they would have got to go to the BCS, and in that case I bet they wouldn't have felt "obligated" in hindsight.
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