(02-05-2013 06:03 AM)Chappy Wrote:  Rutgers should be replaced with Tulane (1893)

LOL! My bad, I was doing that pretty late at night!

(02-05-2013 04:29 AM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  Congrats Rutgers on the invite to the nBE!

What INVITE Louis? Thought that Rutgers was leaving the nBE.
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Sarcasm because Rutgers was included in the post about Big East teams

(02-05-2013 02:56 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  Sarcasm because Rutgers was included in the post about Big East teams

Thanks. Guess I missed that.

(02-05-2013 03:07 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(02-05-2013 02:56 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  Sarcasm because Rutgers was included in the post about Big East teams

Thanks. Guess I missed that.

Yeah, I corrected it. It was a pretty glaring error. I guess my subconscious hasn't yet come to grips with Rutgers in the Big 10. I'm too used to thinking of it as a Midwest conference.

When I measure "tradition" I usually do that by looking at how many bowls a program has made and the level of game (the top tier is now Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Rose, Peach, Fiesta).

I was surprised looking at the overall bowl numbers and the amount of top tier games how well the MW stacks up the BE in that regard. I wouldn't have expected that New Mexico has made more bowls than Hawaii. The BE also contains 3 schools that are new to FBS football since 1996 (UCF, USF and UConn) hurting them in the numbers somewhat.

Schools in bold have appeared in either the Fiesta, Rose, Cotton, Peach, Orange or Sugar before:

Houston (20 Bowls)
Navy (18 Bowls)
SMU (15 Bowls)
ECU (13 Bowls)
Cincinnati (13 Bowls)
Tulane (10 Bowls)
USF (6 Bowls)
Memphis (6 Bowls)
UConn (5 Bowls)
UCF (5 Bowls)
Temple (4 Bowls)

Air Force (23 Bowls)
Fresno State (21 Bowls)
Boise State (13 Bowls)
Wyoming (13 Bowls)
Nevada (13 Bowls)
Colorado State (12 Bowls)
New Mexico (11 Bowls)
Hawaii (10 Bowls)
SJSU (9 Bowls)
San Diego State (8 Bowls)
Utah State (7 Bowls)
UNLV (3 Bowls)