(11-25-2013 09:52 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  If, and only IF, UTSA wins C-USA they will go to a bowl. The conference would not allow the champion to sit at home. So just go win and root for Tulane.

+1

(11-25-2013 09:45 AM)Digi368 Wrote:  

(11-25-2013 09:30 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(11-25-2013 12:07 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Just curious--what happens if UTSA wins the conference---do they still have to get special permission to play in the Liberty? Seems like that would be uncharted territory.

Wouldn't be a huge deal. The NCAA allowed a conference champ with a losing record to go one year.

Hypothetically if UTSA beats La Tech, Tulane beats Rice and UTSA advances to Championship game and beats either ECU or Marshall, CUSA would still hold UTSA out of the Liberty bowl. If that scenario actually happened I think there would be massive uproar. It might be the first time the actual winner has not represented CUSA. Would they send the loser in UTSA's place? What If its a future AAC. I don't even want to speculate considering its still a lot of what ifs

Being that UTSA is still in transition to FBS, there shouldn't be any uproar because the fact is UTSA isn't fully transitioned till after this year which then makes them bowl eligible. The loser would go to the Liberty most likely and there are alot of stipulations (of not enough bowl eligible teams) that UTSA will have to fall into to play in a bowl game this year.

(11-25-2013 10:24 AM)Matrix Wrote:  

(11-25-2013 09:30 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(11-25-2013 12:07 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Just curious--what happens if UTSA wins the conference---do they still have to get special permission to play in the Liberty? Seems like that would be uncharted territory.

Wouldn't be a huge deal. The NCAA allowed a conference champ with a losing record to go one year.

If not mistaken, North Texas went to a bowl game (New Orleans) with a 5-7 record, unless that was a typo. It was a good while back.

2001 UNT was (5-7, 5-1) and was the first team in history to make a bowl game after starting a season 0-5. North Texas beat Middle Tennessee, who had a winning record to win the conference. This was the first season of Sun Belt sponsored football and was the beginning of a 26 game conference unbeaten streak for North Texas.

It was the first time since William and Mary in 1970 a team had gone to a bowl with a losing record.