Eligible(5*)
CCU
GS
GA St.
Troy
Texas St!!!!
JMU*

Need 1 Win (3)
App (@ GA St, @ JMU, GS) - 60% bowling, drops to 30% with a loss this weekend.
Ark St (@USA, Texas St., @ Marshall) - 90% they make a bowl
ULL (S. Miss, @ Troy, ULM) - 99% bowling

Need 2 Wins (3)
ODU (@ Liberty, @ GS, GA St.) - 20% bowling
Marshall (GS, @ USA, Ark St.) - highly unlikely they win one much less two
USA (Ark St., Marshall, @ Texas St) - 60% bowling, <20% with a loss this weekend though.

Eliminated (2)
S. Miss.
ULM

Looks like 8 teams bowling, 9 with JMU.

Pulling hard for App, ODU, and USA this weekend.

(11-06-2023 10:32 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Looks like 7 teams bowling, 8 with JMU.

I think we get 9 or 10 based on what I'm seeing here.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/fp...s/dir/desc

(11-06-2023 10:32 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Eligible(5*)
CCU
GS
GA St.
Troy
JMU*

Need 1 Win (3)
App (@ GA St, @ JMU, GS) - 60% bowling, drops to 30% with a loss this weekend.
Ark St (@USA, Texas St., @ Marshall) - 90% they make a bowl
ULL (S. Miss, @ Troy, ULM) - 99% bowling

Need 2 Wins (3)
ODU (@ Liberty, @ GS, GA St.) - 20% bowling
Marshall (GS, @ USA, Ark St.) - highly unlikely they win one much less two
USA (Ark St., Marshall, @ Texas St) - 60% bowling, <20% with a loss this weekend though.

Eliminated (2)
S. Miss.
ULM

Looks like 7 teams bowling, 8 with JMU.

Pulling hard for App, ODU, and USA this weekend.

You forgot Texas State. The Sun Belt has six bowl eligible teams. They're probably going bowling for the first time this year and they just notched their 6th win against a potentially scary Georgia Southern team.

I forgot Texas St. corrected!

With JMU only getting a bowl of there are still spots available after all 6-6 teams are picked, I would think Troy will get the top bowl spot (whatever that is). If Louisiana gets to six they will get NOLA Bowl.

(11-06-2023 11:27 AM)slycat Wrote:  With JMU only getting a bowl of there are still spots available after all 6-6 teams are picked, I would think Troy will get the top bowl spot (whatever that is). If Louisiana gets to six they will get NOLA Bowl.

I hope that doesn't mean JMU would get paired with a 5-7 team. JMU / JSU makes a lot of sense though.

(11-05-2023 06:53 PM)Appst94 Wrote:  Can SBC tie in take JMU before all other “eligible” teams? Could the New Orleans use their 1st choice selection to pick JMU?

I don't believe NOLA will use its first pick obligation this year. They typically save that for when ULL is good.

And no, the rule is that normally eligible SBC teams must be placed first.

New Orleans does NOT have the #1 pick. That goes to ESPN for a matchup of their choosing. New Orleans,, which is not an ESPN owned bowl, has the second selection. If the SBC and CUSA champions are both available, my guess is that will be the matchup.

(11-06-2023 03:20 PM)BirdofParadise Wrote:  New Orleans does NOT have the #1 pick. That goes to ESPN for a matchup of their choosing. New Orleans,, which is not an ESPN owned bowl, has the second selection. If the SBC and CUSA champions are both available, my guess is that will be the matchup.

NOLA gets second pick it think

(11-06-2023 12:01 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(11-06-2023 11:27 AM)slycat Wrote:  With JMU only getting a bowl of there are still spots available after all 6-6 teams are picked, I would think Troy will get the top bowl spot (whatever that is). If Louisiana gets to six they will get NOLA Bowl.

I hope that doesn't mean JMU would get paired with a 5-7 team. JMU / JSU makes a lot of sense though.

It'll be interesting. In theory they and Jax St would get picked over any 5-7 team. Then if they still needed to fill spots and no Indy teams qualified, then a 5-7 team could be picked. Likely a P5 team.

Brett McMurphy:
New Orleans (Troy vs Liberty)
Cure (JMU vs Toledo)
Myrtle Beach (Ga State vs BGSU)
Frisco (Marshall vs Wyoming)
Boca Raton (Ga Southern vs Ohio)
Gasparilla (Coastal vs USF)
Camellia (Louisana vs Rice)
68 Ventures (Astate vs Jax State)
First Responders (Tx State vs UNLV)

68 Ventures ...is that Mobile?

(11-06-2023 06:12 PM)OsageJ Wrote:  68 Ventures ...is that Mobile?

That is correct