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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
Maybe a bowl like the Sun Bowl would make sense, right now it takes like #5 acc vs #5PAC, maybe taking our champion could be more attractive? Similar to the heat os Dallas bowl which takes Lower level big 12 vs big10
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
Follow the ACC model and buy your way into good bowls. The AAC needs to pony up $10 mil to buy into a quality bowl. Take the $ hit now so as to reap more $ later in a new TV deal.
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
There's only one way any bowl voluntarily drops a P5 contract in favor of a G5: if the G5 collectively boycotts playing the backup role. That way if the bowl signs the SEC #11 and then there aren't enough bowl eligible teams, the bowl gets cancelled.
Otherwise, why guarantee the AAC team when you can just have us waiting on standby? We've shown with the Independence bowl that we're happy to fight for scraps. The Indy bowl gets the best of both worlds right now, they get to stroke their ego's and advertise themselves as an SEC vs ACC bowl, and when the SEC and ACC can't fill the bowl they call on the AAC and CUSA to fill in.
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
(09-16-2017 04:49 PM)templefootballfan Wrote: AAC needs to keep Milatary & Birmingham
AAC knocks ACC out of Detriot, which gives ACC St Pete full time
Hawaii vs MWC
Frisco vs C-USA
Armed Forces vs MWC
Cure Bowl vs C-USA
ESPN owns most of these bowls, that makes BYU & Army likely an at-large canidate
MAC strong backup for Detriot
alot of Tex schools for at-large for Tex games
gonna need alot of luck for Fla games to work
I would drop Hawaii and the Bahamas. Just no appeal really. I would also see if the league could get the Big10 in the Military since they were pushing for a bowl in the DC area last go around. Then bump the ACC to a full tie to the St Pete bowl. Then do a 3HOD/2 Armed Forces that way Army can still have their partial tie in. Maybe we are the backup to them. I would also try to entice the Independence given they get the last SEC pick which is likely to be unfilled in the future with more and more P6 games OOC.
Military vs Big10
St Pete vs ACC
Armed Forces3/HOD3 vs Big12/Big10
Independence vs ACC
Birmingham vs SEC
New Orleans vs Sun Belt
Cure vs CUSA
The other thing I would do is work a deal with for a bowl pool in lieu of not getting the Access bowl. For instance if we are in then it is moot. If we don't get in our Champ goes to one of these bigger bowls (Liberty, Texas, Gator, etc..) maybe it is done in conjunction with the Big12 or SEC depending on if they make the playoff or not as well. I think this would be incremental but achievable.
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
(09-16-2017 10:43 AM)Attackcoog Wrote: (09-16-2017 06:51 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote: I still think a bowl that pits the AAC champ vs the MWC champ (barring appearance in the NY6) would be fun.
Or at least AAC #2 vs MWC #2
The biggest problem for that bowl is location. No matter where it's located, its going to be a completely out of footprint bowl for one of the participants. That a recipe for failure in a G5 bowl.
Frisco is about the only place that could make that match up work because it's not that far from the MW, has a good airport, is a reasonably decent destination (basically Dallas), and it only takes 20K to sell out--so the AAC team will pretty much do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to selling tickets. Plus there are 5 million people in the metro area to buy up the few remaining tickets. With a 20K capacity---this would basically be a made for TV event. While I like the idea of one AAC vs MW bowl, I'd prefer the AAC champ or runner up play a P5---so I'm not into this idea at all. It's similar to the CUSA vs MW Liberty Bowls that both conferences walked away from (mainly because the MW fans didn't travel to it)..
I like the idea of AAC vs MWC champ and I agree the Frisco bowl would work. However, I believe fans will travel great distances to a bowl if the destination is attractive enough.
So I am thinking the Las Vegas bowl. Who doesn't want to go to the desert in December or January where there are plenty of attractions other than the bowl game. Las Vegas is not an expensive vacation,unless you have bad luck at the tables.
IIRC they are building new stadium. Attendance should be good, although it would be an advantage for the MWC, but I believe plenty of AAC fans would show up.
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
(09-16-2017 06:35 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote: ^That is a given...I mean besides that one
Virtual Bowl
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
(09-20-2017 08:20 AM)8BitPirate Wrote: Follow the ACC model and buy your way into good bowls. The AAC needs to pony up $10 mil to buy into a quality bowl. Take the $ hit now so as to reap more $ later in a new TV deal.
Where are we going to get $10 million from?
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
(09-20-2017 10:37 AM)quo vadis Wrote: (09-20-2017 08:20 AM)8BitPirate Wrote: Follow the ACC model and buy your way into good bowls. The AAC needs to pony up $10 mil to buy into a quality bowl. Take the $ hit now so as to reap more $ later in a new TV deal.
Where are we going to get $10 million from?
Give me 11 and I'll tell you
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
I like Hawaii bowl for AAC vs MWC
no 6-6 P5
don't have to worry about matchup or location effecting atten
Xmas eve, only game on
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
The unfortunate truth is that ANY bowl would take a 6-6 (or even 5-7 if allowed) P5 over any G5 (yeah I know you think there is a P6 but I looked through all of the sports networks, online media and the NCAA Rule Book and couldn't find that term anywhere). You pretty much have to take what they want to give you.
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
I wish there was a way to get back into the Orange Bowl. It's ridiculous that the Big Ten and SEC have a tie-in to that bowl with their #2.
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
(09-20-2017 11:45 AM)PaulDel2 Wrote: The unfortunate truth is that ANY bowl would take a 6-6 (or even 5-7 if allowed) P5 over any G5 (yeah I know you think there is a P6 but I looked through all of the sports networks, online media and the NCAA Rule Book and couldn't find that term anywhere). You pretty much have to take what they want to give you.
None of it is in the rulebook, thats why its all possible.
Several sports networks and media outlets have referenced the p6.
You sound like a non-union worker before the labor movement.
If the other conferences banded together and refused to take the back up slots the bowls would quickly drop teams 7-10 as options since many years those games wouldn't get filled. I dont think it will happen, but it would work.
I have long been in favor of the rule you should have to .500 in your conference to get an at large ncaa bid, i think it should also apply to bowl games. Autobids remain the same in both sports, just non .500 conference teams are eliminated.
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RE: Realistic Bowls the AAC Could Get
(09-20-2017 11:45 AM)PaulDel2 Wrote: The unfortunate truth is that ANY bowl would take a 6-6 (or even 5-7 if allowed) P5 over any G5 (yeah I know you think there is a P6 but I looked through all of the sports networks, online media and the NCAA Rule Book and couldn't find that term anywhere). You pretty much have to take what they want to give you.
Our helmet stickers say P6......we are P6. It's official.
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