OT: Mizzou says no to bowl

[Vernon]

Mizzou says no to bowl

Pete Scantlebury
PowerMizzou.com Associate Editor

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Even at 5-7, Missouri still had the possibility of earning a bowl bid -- a combination of an abundance of bowls and a dearth of competent teams.

On Monday, however, the 2015 was put to bed in a statement by athletic director Mack Rhoades.

"After careful consideration, we have decided it is not in the best interest of our football program to seek permission from the NCAA to participate in a bowl game," the statement read. "Our focus remains on identifying the right leader for our program and moving forward with the transition process."

Sources told PowerMizzou.com on Saturday that Rhoades would discuss the possibility of a bowl bid with the players. Many of the senior players had already said publicly that they didn't earn the right to a bowl game.

"I don't want to go to a bowl game," safety Ian Simon said following Missouri's 28-3 loss to Arkansas on Friday. "The rules say six wins get you eligible, and we didn't get six."



Before Missouri made the announcement, the NCAA confirmed that 5-7 teams would be considered for bowl bids based on a program's APR (Academic Progress Rate. With an APR of 975, Missouri was tied for second among 5-7 teams.

 

[torontoeers]

And good for the team's decision imo...at 5-7 teams this is starting to get ridiculous...

 

[mwhals]

Way too many bowls now. 80 out of 119 teams is too high a number to go to bowls.

 

[WiiWii]

Yup, good decision. Let some of these bowls die.

So many programs in the red, ESPN losing money and subscribers, attendence down...this sport is in for a shock over the next 10 years. It will be a bloody transition, but the sport that we all knew and loved might just emerge from it on the other end.

 

[steeleer]

That's what happens when you pick a team for TV sets instead of quality of team. I hope Misery sucks forever.

 

[WiiWii]

That's what happens when you pick a team for TV sets instead of quality of team. I hope Misery sucks forever.

You do realize they have been pretty successful. More so than we have been since the move, but whatever.

 

[AZeer]

And good for the team's decision imo...at 5-7 teams this is starting to get ridiculous...

A lot more that just the record involved in making this call.

 

[steeleer]

You do realize they have been pretty successful. More so than we have been since the move, but whatever.

Very good records, but staying away from most of the SEC heavy hitters. Any time they play the best teams from the SEC, they have almost always gotten clown stomped.

 

[wbgvwbgv]

The Missouri football program is in chaos. The head coach is quitting because of cancer. The black students aren't happy with the way they are treated on campus. The President of the University resigned and a lot of people (including some big donors) aren't happy with the sports programs. I think everyone is just hoping that some time off will allow things to cool down and they can start over with a new coach.

The record was probably the last thing that everyone was considering when they decided not to seek permission from the NCAA to participate in a bowl game.

 

[locustwv]

I think it shouldn't even be six wins. A program should have to have a winning season so 6-6 doesn't qualify. Just an opinion. Would cut down on some of these meaningless bowls

 

[CE4WVU]

And why they aren't going to a bowl, because they did not stand as one team. 32 players became selfish in boycotting and oddly enough the rest did not... gee, that's weird. 32 decided to abandon their team, along with their commitment and the rest did not. That is not standing as one and their record reflects it.

Gary Pinkel wasn't quitting just because of his lymphoma issues... he also got a case of the stupid by publicly supporting 32 players in a tweet on Twitter that abandoned their team. Neither did he nor those 32 stay neutral and that was not well received by the alumni and boosters.

I know this because I work with some U Missouri alumni out here on the Air Force base just north of SLC. From what they told me, they are very pi**ed at Pinkel for letting the players run the show and failing to tell the players to stay out of protests. Other alumni they know back east share their sentiment as well. Their anger skyrocketed with this distraction that they know had an impact in the team record for this season.

Not everyone associated with that university is happy with what's going on. Nor do they sympathize with students/players (involved in the protests) that they consider coddled/hypocritical and call extremely self-centered little a-holes. One of the alumni is black who called them self-centered little a-holes. His words, not mine!

Just my $.02.

The Missouri football program is in chaos. [bold]The head coach is quitting because of cancer.[/bold] The black students aren't happy with the way they are treated on campus. The President of the University resigned and a lot of people (including some big donors) aren't happy with the sports programs. I think everyone is just hoping that some time off will allow things to cool down and they can start over with a new coach.

The record was probably the last thing that everyone was considering when they decided not to seek permission from the NCAA to participate in a bowl game.

 

[steeleer]

I'll repeat...I hope they suck forever. It's exactly what they and the SEC deserve.

 

[CE4WVU]

I'll repeat...I hope they suck forever. It's exactly what they and the SEC deserve.

I have to wonder if the SEC is starting to regret taking them after the negative attention they have been getting lately. Their loss and happy we are where we are!

 

[WESTBGVA]

You do realize they have been pretty successful. More so than we have been since the move, but whatever.

yes they have..two SEC E titles since joining..probably one of the reasons Georgia just fired a coach who has gone 10-4, 12-2, 8-5, 10-3, and 9-3...the Dawgs have won the SEC E only once since WVU played them in the Sugar Bowl...I think Georgia is making a huge mistake.