Liberty Bowl - WVU

[Scruff]

Tennessee just canceled. Sucks to have a bowl game cancelled. Really Oregon keeps it together.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Hopefully they'll allow 9-2 Army to take their place

 

[CyGuy5]

Army should be put in for Tennessee

 

[Scruff]

I didn't see that Army got snubbed. wow I really hope that happens!

 

[JP4CY]

Army at the Liberty would be awesome.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Tennessee just canceled. Sucks to have a bowl game cancelled. Really Oregon keeps it together.

Yeah, that would suck. Probably a realistic possibility considering there won't be fans traveling so no backlash to worry about there.

 

[theshadow]

I didn't see that Army got snubbed. wow I really hope that happens!

Army didn't get snubbed. They were the first team locked in this year. The Independence Bowl got cancelled because half of the Pac-12 (and so many others) "opted out" of postseason.

 

[Mr Janny]

Army didn't get snubbed. They were the first team locked in this year. The Independence Bowl got cancelled because half of the Pac-12 (and so many others) "opted out" of postseason.

Yeah, I saw a bunch of people mad about this travesty with other schools with worse records getting picked over Army. That's not what happened.

 

[Al_4_State]

Schools that accepted bowl bids and weren’t serious about playing should get some kind of penalty

 

[Mr Janny]

Schools that accepted bowl bids and weren’t serious about playing should get some kind of penalty

I get the sentiment, but what can really be done? These are exhibitions. And given the COVID situation, who wants to invite the bad PR that would result from trying to bring the hammer down on schools that cancel. It would be a terrible look, not to mention, who would be in a position to dole out any kind of punishment?

I think the best you can hope for is individual bowls taking internal notes and passing on teams in the future. Any formal sanction would be inviting controversy.

 

[tman24]

I get the sentiment, but what can really be done? These are exhibitions. And given the COVID situation, who wants to invite the bad PR that would result from trying to bring the hammer down on schools that cancel. It would be a terrible look, not to mention, who would be in a position to dole out any kind of punishment?

I think the best you can hope for is individual bowls taking internal notes and passing on teams in the future. Any formal sanction would be inviting controversy.

If it were closer to the actual bowl that makes sense, but they jus tannounced the bowls yesterday and barely 24 hours later they have to cancel?

 

[Mr Janny]

If it were closer to the actual bowl that makes sense, but they jus tannounced the bowls yesterday and barely 24 hours later they have to cancel?

I guess I'm not sure what Tennessee could have done. The COVID testing schedule set by the SEC occurs on Sunday. They accepted the bowl invite, and as soon as they got the results, they made it public that they had positive cases. It's unfortunate, but how do you punish them for that? What did they do wrong?

 

[bluestarcyclone]

 

[awd4cy]

Gonna be a handful of bowls that don’t happen I bet.

 

[Mr Janny]

There we go. Happy ending to this. Probably will end up being a better game anyway.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

That army offense/West Virginia defense matchup should be a fun one to watch.

 

[JP4CY]

That army offense/West Virginia defense matchup should be a fun one to watch.

I haven't seen anything but I know one of the Stills could easily be in NFL. Itll be interesting if he opts out.

 

[dosry5]

There we go. Happy ending to this. Probably will end up being a better game anyway.

I always look for a happy ending...

 

[Mr Janny]

I always look for a happy ending...

There are clues if you know how to spot them. Bob Kraft taught me.

 

[ianoconnor]

Nice