There are currently, according to the NCAA, (National Collegiate Athletic Association) 128 Division I (or top-tier) college football teams in America. There are also 40 bowl games being televised this year. In what has to be an indictment on rewarding mediocrity, you only have to be 6-6 record-wise to be bowl-eligible. 80 of the 128 will be going to some bowl this season.
But this year, the NCAA
Hey - you only take what they give you! Much has been said about there being "too many" college bowl games, but it's not the Huskies or Cowboys fault. That having been said, are there really too many? Now, they're being recycled.
It’s bowl season, which means two things: one, every team that came within a sniff of being .500 will play a postseason game and, two, some of these bowls may not be around next year.