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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
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Week 6 Bowl Projections
The Leopards are bowl eligible this year?
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RamblinRedWolf44
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
quite a few sports pundits and media outlets feel either the AAC and/or SEC won't have teams to send to the Birmingham Bowl. I assumed SBC has a secondary tie in to that bowl game
(10-05-2014 01:08 PM)ark30inf Wrote: (10-05-2014 01:06 PM)RamblinRedWolf44 Wrote: SB Nation:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football...redictions
New Orleans Bowl- Lafayette vs Utah State
Camellia Bowl- Arkansas State vs Akron
Goddady Bowl- South Alabama vs Northern Illinois
Orlando Sentinel:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/co...story.html
New Orleans Bowl-Arkansas State vs Colorado State
Camellia Bowl-Central Michigan vs ULM
Godaddy Bowl-Northern Illinois vs Lafayette
CBS Sports:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...redictions
New Orleans Bowl-Lafayette vs San Diego State
Camellia-Arkansas State vs Toledo
Birmingham Bowl-(At large)ULM vs (At Large)Ohio
Godaddy-South Alabama vs Northern Illinois
Birmingham Bowl selects ULM as an at-large?
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CatMom
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
We beat Tulsa and get a mention. We win our 2nd in a row and get dropped. These projections suck.
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 03:05 PM)CatMom Wrote: We beat Tulsa and get a mention. We win our 2nd in a row and get dropped. These projections suck.
Yeah, it's not like other teams could have done better than expected and leap frogged a previously predicted team.
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
What is the reason behind not allowing 1st year FBS teams to go to a bowl ?
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Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 03:05 PM)CatMom Wrote: We beat Tulsa and get a mention. We win our 2nd in a row and get dropped. These projections suck.
One mention was espn which is posted yet
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CatMom
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 04:43 PM)augustis13 Wrote: What is the reason behind not allowing 1st year FBS teams to go to a bowl ?
They're transitional so not considered full FBS.
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10-05-2014 04:47 PM |
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ark30inf
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 04:43 PM)augustis13 Wrote: What is the reason behind not allowing 1st year FBS teams to go to a bowl ?
Trying to discourage those dirty FCS untouchables from choosing to move up at all. Other than that, it makes no sense.
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(10-05-2014 04:43 PM)augustis13 Wrote: What is the reason behind not allowing 1st year FBS teams to go to a bowl ?
Paying the piper for being allowed to move up.
Its designed to be a detriment that forces teams to actually consider the financials of moving up to the FBS level. That way we don't have a ton of teams who aren't ready just moving up for fun.
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(10-05-2014 03:39 PM)Higher Education Wrote: (10-05-2014 03:05 PM)CatMom Wrote: We beat Tulsa and get a mention. We win our 2nd in a row and get dropped. These projections suck.
Yeah, it's not like other teams could have done better than expected and leap frogged a previously predicted team.
Have you checked the standings at all? ULL has 2 wins, we have 3 (each has 1 in SBC play) The OOC wins for TXST are UAPB and Tulsa. ULLs is Southern. Both of us beat teams we should have (in conference) and neither was convincing. So, ULL gets the nod because of what? Pre-season ranking/expectations?
It's too early anyway but these guys aren't watching games, they're just picking names out of a hat.
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ark30inf
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 04:52 PM)chiefsfan Wrote: (10-05-2014 04:43 PM)augustis13 Wrote: What is the reason behind not allowing 1st year FBS teams to go to a bowl ?
Paying the piper for being allowed to move up.
Its designed to be a detriment that forces teams to actually consider the financials of moving up to the FBS level. That way we don't have a ton of teams who aren't ready just moving up for fun.
There should be more rational ways of doing that other than prohibiting student-athletes from earning a reward that they earned on the field. Its even more of an injustice since it would obviously mean that they earned a winning record in their transition...which is very difficult.
I'd suggest that their school President's and Athletic Directors be made to sit in the back row at conference events and not be allowed to visit the bar or be provided free food during transition. It might even turn out to be even more of discouragement for move-ups than a bowl ban.
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 04:54 PM)CatMom Wrote: (10-05-2014 03:39 PM)Higher Education Wrote: (10-05-2014 03:05 PM)CatMom Wrote: We beat Tulsa and get a mention. We win our 2nd in a row and get dropped. These projections suck.
Yeah, it's not like other teams could have done better than expected and leap frogged a previously predicted team.
Have you checked the standings at all? ULL has 2 wins, we have 3 (each has 1 in SBC play) The OOC wins for TXST are UAPB and Tulsa. ULLs is Southern. Both of us beat teams we should have (in conference) and neither was convincing. So, ULL gets the nod because of what? Pre-season ranking/expectations?
It's too early anyway but these guys aren't watching games, they're just picking names out of a hat.
Perhaps with all things being relatively equal, they're just making their guesses based on history? I noted elsewhere that the Cajuns seem to start off in the crapper every year and then finish fairly strongly so perhaps they're thinking the same after last night's victory.
Then again, they may just be pulling names out of a hat.
I wouldn't worry about it at this point. A lot of ball left to be played.
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
First... Let me say... DAMMIT, we aren't mentioned. And man, it felt so good to be loved. :(
Why are the Cajuns mentioned and we aren't? That's so freaking blatant, it's not even funny. Assuming neither the Cajuns nor us win the conference, but both are bowl eligible, you KNOW the New Orleans Bowl will invite the Cajuns. Why? They have a history of packing that damn bowl and playing well in it.
We (Texas State) are not gonna be guaranteed a bowl unless we win the conference. Ergo, we need to win conference and not leave it in the hands of the bowl guys.
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 06:29 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote: First... Let me say... DAMMIT, we aren't mentioned. And man, it felt so good to be loved. :(
Why are the Cajuns mentioned and we aren't? That's so freaking blatant, it's not even funny. Assuming neither the Cajuns nor us win the conference, but both are bowl eligible, you KNOW the New Orleans Bowl will invite the Cajuns. Why? They have a history of packing that damn bowl and playing well in it.
We (Texas State) are not gonna be guaranteed a bowl unless we win the conference. Ergo, we need to win conference and not leave it in the hands of the bowl guys.
Yeah, I suspect that if the Cajuns are bowl-eligible they'll likely get another call from the New Orleans Bowl. Hard to argue with three consecutive record crowds and 3 wins as a motivator for TPTB. However, that's not to say that the Bobcats will be left out if they're bowl-eligible too. Sort of depends on who else is in the mix.
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 06:29 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote: First... Let me say... DAMMIT, we aren't mentioned. And man, it felt so good to be loved. :(
Why are the Cajuns mentioned and we aren't? That's so freaking blatant, it's not even funny. Assuming neither the Cajuns nor us win the conference, but both are bowl eligible, you KNOW the New Orleans Bowl will invite the Cajuns. Why? They have a history of packing that damn bowl and playing well in it.
We (Texas State) are not gonna be guaranteed a bowl unless we win the conference. Ergo, we need to win conference and not leave it in the hands of the bowl guys.
That's life in the SBC. You at least have an anticipated "first bowl" attendance boost for the bowl guys to consider and no bowl that may think you have been invited to their bowl too many times.
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(10-05-2014 07:10 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote: Yeah, I suspect that if the Cajuns are bowl-eligible they'll likely get another call from the New Orleans Bowl. Hard to argue with three consecutive record crowds and 3 wins as a motivator for TPTB. However, that's not to say that the Bobcats will be left out if they're bowl-eligible too. Sort of depends on who else is in the mix.
Yeah, I should have qualified it with a more stringent deal. But y'all got what I was driving at.
And I wanna reiterate... I ain't complaining. It's well deserved for the Cajuns to have that "invite in their back pocket". I just lay it out as it is, and the reality is... For us to be sure to get a bowl game, we just have to win it or at least tie for the conference champ (wish we'd put in some tiebreakers though).
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
Week 7 on ESPN is out
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RE: Week 6 Bowl Projections
(10-05-2014 07:19 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote: (10-05-2014 07:10 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote: Yeah, I suspect that if the Cajuns are bowl-eligible they'll likely get another call from the New Orleans Bowl. Hard to argue with three consecutive record crowds and 3 wins as a motivator for TPTB. However, that's not to say that the Bobcats will be left out if they're bowl-eligible too. Sort of depends on who else is in the mix.
Yeah, I should have qualified it with a more stringent deal. But y'all got what I was driving at.
And I wanna reiterate... I ain't complaining. It's well deserved for the Cajuns to have that "invite in their back pocket". I just lay it out as it is, and the reality is... For us to be sure to get a bowl game, we just have to win it or at least tie for the conference champ (wish we'd put in some tiebreakers though).
yea we may have that invite in the back pocket but we don't have six victories in our back pocket so anything can happen.
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