(03-12-2015 10:15 AM)Crump1 Wrote:  

(03-12-2015 09:44 AM)bullitt_60 Wrote:  I don't understand the vitriol on the AAC forum. Their commissioner has done an excellent job getting bowl tie-ins and ensuring every eligible team goes to a bowl game. I think that's fantastic, but evidently I'm wrong??

The arrogance is expected. They are all P5 if you didn't know. We can't compete with SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, Memphis, ECU, Houston etc. on the field... except that we have been doing just that.

No one on that board claims we are P5, not even the trolls.

Any bowl at all isn't a luxury for us. Bowls are a given, which, to be perfectly honest, is a new concept for the Sun Belt. Upgrading our image (which every member institution is working aggressively for) is helped by getting more attractive bowls, with more eyeballs. A better image is goal #1 in the AAC. This bowl doesn't aid that endeavour. Though, if the AAC owns this bowl too (like the Miami Beach Bowl) it might be useful down the road. It seems that owning bowl games is like having extra cards in a game of poker. It helped us line up BYU in the Miami bowl last year (in exchange for one of our bowl slots with C-USA)