I-AA Champion in a Bowl?

[AppStWill]

I'm fairly new to this forum, so I'm not sure if the topic has ever been discussed or not, but I think it would be interesting to see the champion of I-AA get an automatic bid in a bowl (doesn't matter which one). There are plenty of 6 win I-A teams now that get into bowls undeservedly. Let's see how our champion does vs. one of the "big boys".:nod:

[BillLuc1982]

I would love to see how tough I-AA teams are!

[cosmo here]

I don't know about any legislation prohibiting it, but in most cases that would be a team's 16th game of the season - 17th if they were in a 12-game regular season. That's just nuts.

[UMass922]

I don't know about any legislation prohibiting it, but in most cases that would be a team's 16th game of the season - 17th if they were in a 12-game regular season. That's just nuts.

Agreed--too many games. Plus, I think sending the I-AA champion to a bowl would somewhat diminish the I-AA championship game. A true national championship game should be the last game of the season. Making the I-AA championship basically a "play-in" for a bowl game would seriously dilute it of its significance, IMHO--and would be paying way too much deference to I-A.

[LeopardFan04]

Agreed--too many games. Plus, I think sending the I-AA champion to a bowl would somewhat diminish the I-AA championship game. A true national championship game should be the last game of the season. Making the I-AA championship basically a "play-in" for a bowl game would seriously dilute it of its significance, IMHO--and would be paying way too much deference to I-A.


I agree...I don't think there's much to gain in this case...if the I-AA champ wins it'll just be a win over a mediocre I-A(which is great, but not earthshaking), and a loss just hurts the view of I-AA held by I-AA fans...

[Seven Would Be Nice]

Thats why 1-a and 1-aa teams play each other every year. To see how they match up.. and of course easier wins and $$ is involved.

Once the 1-aa NC is found out, they shouldn't see how they match up against some mid-level 1-a team. they should just keep it at the fact that they won a div-1 NC and that be the end of it.

[AppStWill]

All valid points....:thumbsup:

[bison95]

Why would the players care? They are NC's. That is like constolation games, they just turn into exhibitions!

[GAD]

The I-AA national champ has proven itself, if anything give the championship gave in Chatty more of a bowl like atmosphere.