The College Football Playoff's management committee will discuss Navy's eligibility for this season's New Year's Six bowls because of the academy's new conference affiliation and the timing of its annual game against Army.
Navy will join the American Athletic Conference in the fall.
The commissioners' concern is if the Midshipmen are ranked high enough to earn one of the New Year's Six bowl bids -- and then lose the following week to Army. That loss would not count toward Navy's final ranking, penalizing other teams that would have earned a New Year's Six bowl bid if the loss was factored in.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...college-football-playoff-management-committee
I understand the tradition (I am a Navy vet) but I also see the point. We can't just give out free passes to everyone. Only Notre Dame is in that category Seriously, if we make special rules for ND, then why not someone else? And if someone else, then why have rules at all?
Navy will join the American Athletic Conference in the fall.
The commissioners' concern is if the Midshipmen are ranked high enough to earn one of the New Year's Six bowl bids -- and then lose the following week to Army. That loss would not count toward Navy's final ranking, penalizing other teams that would have earned a New Year's Six bowl bid if the loss was factored in.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...college-football-playoff-management-committee
I understand the tradition (I am a Navy vet) but I also see the point. We can't just give out free passes to everyone. Only Notre Dame is in that category Seriously, if we make special rules for ND, then why not someone else? And if someone else, then why have rules at all?