Why do some college fb teams play 11 games and some play 12?

[Syringer]

😕 How is this determined?

 

[Papagayo]

Because Football Players can't add..

 

[Syringer]

..

 

[BigB10293]

NCAA rules only allowed 12 regular season games during certain years depending on how the calendar laid out (though this changes next year). Some conferences also have championship games in addition to whatever bowl games. Starting next year, most D-1 schools will play 12 games.

 

[Cattlegod]

depends on what side of the magnetic field you are on. sorta like how water drains the other direction in the southern hemisphere.

 

[dullard]

Add in championship games and bowl games and sometimes you get 14.

You have your mandatory conference games that you are committed to. But then the out-of-conference games seem to be very hit or miss. If the athletic directors of two schools decide to play then they do. If not, they don't. Games can be added/cancelled at the last minute.

 

[nwfsnake]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
depends on what side of the magnetic field you are on. sorta like how water drains the other direction in the southern hemisphere.

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You better pay more attention in Science class! Magnetic field?

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: nwfsnake

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
depends on what side of the magnetic field you are on. sorta like how water drains the other direction in the southern hemisphere.

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You better pay more attention in Science class! Magnetic field?

No doubt.

 

[dullard]

I think several years ago Nebraska scheduled a 13th game one season by adding two extra last minute pre-season games. Suddenly Nebraska was playing their 3rd game against a big name opponent - who was playing just their first game of the season. The result was that the first game jitters were gone for Nebraska and they had an unfair advantage. This lead to the following rules change. But maybe I'm just hallucinating all of this. Original proposal for limiting number of games. Sorry, I didn't find the actual rules which may vary slightly, but I only looked for 30 seconds.

The cabinet also agreed to sponsor legislation that would eliminate all preseason football contests after the 2002 preseason football season. Noting that an original purpose of preseason games was to support not-for-profit organizations that were linked in some way to college football, the cabinet observed that the purpose has shifted to making money for professional sports promoters who have a contractual relationship with an affiliated member.

"The fact is these games are proliferating, and the revenue from them is not being used for the original purpose intended by the legislation," said Chris Hill, cabinet chair and director of athletics at the University of Utah.

In a related matter, the cabinet voted to develop legislation that would permit Division I schools to schedule a 12th regular-season football game in those years in which there are 14 Saturdays from the first permissible playing date through the last playing date in November. If approved, a 12th game could be scheduled in 2002, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2019.

Scheduling for a 12th game could not begin until the 2002 season and only if the preseason exempted games are eliminated following that season. There would be a one-year overlap in 2002 for both the preseason games and a 12th game.

In its rationale for the legislation, the cabinet noted that a 12th game would generate revenue for institutions without lengthening the season, and football student-athletes would not have to return to school early from summer vacation as they currently have to do for preseason games.

The cabinet also noted that the proposed legislation would permit all schools to participate in a 12th game, while participation in preseason games currently is limited to a small number of schools.