No TV Ratings..... No BCS Bowl

Wisconsin Head Coach, Bret Bielema in an AP interview:

“They were a BCS-caliber team, and they were denied because of a stupid rule,” Bielema said.

BCS rules allow a maximum of two teams per conference to earn a spot in one of the top five bowl games, and Wisconsin ranked behind Big Ten powerhouses Ohio State and Michigan last year.

Bielema knows the rule exists so the BCS has an open spot for each of the major conference champions. But he wonders why BCS rules treat Notre Dame, an independent, nearly the same as a conference champion.

“I understand why certain teams get exemptions. I don’t understand why Notre Dame does,” Bielema said in an interview with the Associated Press this week. “If they want to play by conference rules, join a conference. They don’t take, maybe, into consideration past bowl history.

“Notre Dame hasn’t won in the last nine bowl appearances, or whatever it is. And to me, we’ve proven over time that we deserve the opportunity.”

Typical Domer Response:

" another whinny coach..if they could get the TV ratings,
they would get a bowl....cant he figure that out! "