Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs. Oklahoma (Access Bowl!)
New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. WKU
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina
Lending Tree Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. UAB
Camelia Bowl: Louisiana vs. Toledo
TBA Bowl (?): Georgia State vs. UTEP
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs. North Texas

No way is there only 1 West bowl-eligible team at season's end. That's just arithmetic. There's going to be a glut of bowl-eligible teams in this conference.

BTW, don't count me of the opinion that because we had to sit out bowl season in 2014 JMU should have to also. Eff that stupid rule and I hope JMU is able to get a waiver or that there won't be enough bowl-eligible teams for them to participate.

Here is Mark Schlabach's and Kyle Bonagura's picks from ESPN:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/in...x-matchups

Mark Schlabach
New Orleans Bowl: App State vs UTSA
Lending Tree Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs BYU
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs Tulane
Camellia Bowl: Ohio vs Marshall
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Georgia State vs Middle Tennessee
RoofClaim.com Bowl: Georgia Southern vs East Carolina
Independence Bowl: Louisiana vs Washington
TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl: South Alabama vs Mississippi State

Kyle Bonagura:
New Orleans Bowl: App State vs UAB
Lending Tree Bowl: South Alabama vs Liberty
Cure Bowl: Arkansas State vs Miami (OH)
Camellia Bowl: Louisiana vs Middle Tennessee
Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs Miami
Frisco Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs Louisiana Tech
RoofClaim.com Bowl: Georgia Southern vs East Carolina

(09-15-2022 01:15 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  Here is Mark Schlabach's and Kyle Bonagura's picks from ESPN:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/in...x-matchups

Mark Schlabach
New Orleans Bowl: App State vs UTSA
Lending Tree Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs BYU
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs Tulane
Camellia Bowl: Ohio vs Marshall
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Georgia State vs Middle Tennessee
RoofClaim.com Bowl: Georgia Southern vs East Carolina
Independence Bowl: Louisiana vs Washington
TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl: South Alabama vs Mississippi State

Kyle Bonagura:
New Orleans Bowl: App State vs UAB
Lending Tree Bowl: South Alabama vs Liberty
Cure Bowl: Arkansas State vs Miami (OH)
Camellia Bowl: Louisiana vs Middle Tennessee
Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs Miami
Frisco Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs Louisiana Tech
RoofClaim.com Bowl: Georgia Southern vs East Carolina

Oh hell yes give me that Coastal / BYU match up!!!

It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

(09-15-2022 01:02 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs. Oklahoma (Access Bowl!)
New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. WKU
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina
Lending Tree Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. UAB
Camelia Bowl: Louisiana vs. Toledo
TBA Bowl (?): Georgia State vs. UTEP
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs. North Texas

No way is there only 1 West bowl-eligible team at season's end. That's just arithmetic. There's going to be a glut of bowl-eligible teams in this conference.

BTW, don't count me of the opinion that because we had to sit out bowl season in 2014 JMU should have to also. Eff that stupid rule and I hope JMU is able to get a waiver or that there won't be enough bowl-eligible teams for them to participate.

I have been wanting to go back to Mobile since the 2015 GoDaddy Bowl. It rained like hell during that bowl game but it was still an awesome trip for me and the gang! We probably can't do it this year since the Eagles will be playing in a NY6 bowl but maybe another year.

(09-15-2022 01:02 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs. Oklahoma (Access Bowl!)
New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. WKU
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina
Lending Tree Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. UAB
Camelia Bowl: Louisiana vs. Toledo
TBA Bowl (?): Georgia State vs. UTEP
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs. North Texas

No way is there only 1 West bowl-eligible team at season's end. That's just arithmetic. There's going to be a glut of bowl-eligible teams in this conference.

BTW, don't count me of the opinion that because we had to sit out bowl season in 2014 JMU should have to also. Eff that stupid rule and I hope JMU is able to get a waiver or that there won't be enough bowl-eligible teams for them to participate.

This is lazy, CCU is not playing at home. The Chamber of Commerce, and Bowl have both stated time and time again, that will not happen. Goal is to sell hotel rooms.

(09-15-2022 01:02 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs. Oklahoma (Access Bowl!)
New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. WKU
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina
Lending Tree Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. UAB
Camelia Bowl: Louisiana vs. Toledo
TBA Bowl (?): Georgia State vs. UTEP
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs. North Texas

No way is there only 1 West bowl-eligible team at season's end. That's just arithmetic. There's going to be a glut of bowl-eligible teams in this conference.

BTW, don't count me of the opinion that because we had to sit out bowl season in 2014 JMU should have to also. Eff that stupid rule and I hope JMU is able to get a waiver or that there won't be enough bowl-eligible teams for them to participate.

My goodness we need better bowls.

(09-15-2022 01:38 PM)everyone Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:02 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs. Oklahoma (Access Bowl!)
New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. WKU
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina
Lending Tree Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. UAB
Camelia Bowl: Louisiana vs. Toledo
TBA Bowl (?): Georgia State vs. UTEP
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs. North Texas

No way is there only 1 West bowl-eligible team at season's end. That's just arithmetic. There's going to be a glut of bowl-eligible teams in this conference.

BTW, don't count me of the opinion that because we had to sit out bowl season in 2014 JMU should have to also. Eff that stupid rule and I hope JMU is able to get a waiver or that there won't be enough bowl-eligible teams for them to participate.

My goodness we need better bowls.

Since we've been sitting in a circle and singing SBC-themed kumbaya all week, I chime in that our collective bowl situation is easily in the top-3 of positives for the conference over the last decade.

I want to say that there were only two guaranteed bowl tie-ins when Georgia Southern joined. Sure, I'd love to have bigger bowls in more primetime spots, but this is light years ahead of where we were.

(09-15-2022 01:38 PM)everyone Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:02 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs. Oklahoma (Access Bowl!)
New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. WKU
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina
Lending Tree Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. UAB
Camelia Bowl: Louisiana vs. Toledo
TBA Bowl (?): Georgia State vs. UTEP
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs. North Texas

No way is there only 1 West bowl-eligible team at season's end. That's just arithmetic. There's going to be a glut of bowl-eligible teams in this conference.

BTW, don't count me of the opinion that because we had to sit out bowl season in 2014 JMU should have to also. Eff that stupid rule and I hope JMU is able to get a waiver or that there won't be enough bowl-eligible teams for them to participate.

My goodness we need better bowls.

Honestly it's not that bad. We might could use another more eastern location to balance geography. A game in Atlanta at Center Parc could be fun against the AAC/MWC or something. I assume we are still working on that 6th bowl so it'll be interesting to see what Gill gets lineup up for us.

(09-15-2022 01:20 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

To your point it is too early to call bowl game opponents...

But in his defense he is trying to forecast what the records of the SBC teams will be at the END of the season based on how the teams look right now.

App State and Marshall are looking really strong right now.

PS: Frankly JMU is too.

I'll just say this...mathematically there's going to be more P5 bowl-eligible teams than G5 ones. We need to get some P5 opponents in bowl games. It's ridiculous to me an objectively lesser conference like CUSA has gotten so many more P5 opponents over the last 8 years.

(09-15-2022 02:09 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  I'll just say this...mathematically there's going to be more P5 bowl-eligible teams than G5 ones. We need to get some P5 opponents in bowl games. It's ridiculous to me an objectively lesser conference like CUSA has gotten so many more P5 opponents over the last 8 years.

Bowl affiliations with conferences take time to adjust or renew. The SBC bowls will get better over time...keep winning and be patient. We will undoubtedly get where we want to be. The College Football Playoff change alone is a massive move in the G5's favor.

(09-15-2022 02:04 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:20 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

To your point it is too early to call bowl game opponents...

But in his defense he is trying to forecast what the records of the SBC teams will be at the END of the season based on how the teams look right now.

App State and Marshall are looking really strong right now.

PS: Frankly JMU is too.

JMU is not bowl eligible this year, so take them out of the equation.

(09-15-2022 01:38 PM)everyone Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:02 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Cotton Bowl: Marshall vs. Oklahoma (Access Bowl!)
New Orleans Bowl: Appalachian State vs. WKU
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina
Lending Tree Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. UAB
Camelia Bowl: Louisiana vs. Toledo
TBA Bowl (?): Georgia State vs. UTEP
Cure Bowl: Old Dominion vs. North Texas

No way is there only 1 West bowl-eligible team at season's end. That's just arithmetic. There's going to be a glut of bowl-eligible teams in this conference.

BTW, don't count me of the opinion that because we had to sit out bowl season in 2014 JMU should have to also. Eff that stupid rule and I hope JMU is able to get a waiver or that there won't be enough bowl-eligible teams for them to participate.

My goodness we need better bowls.

Bowls are cyclical. The current bowl agreements we have outside of Myrtle Beach were signed right after Coastal joined the league.

We will likely be able to do better with bowls once contracts come up again after the 2025 season.

(09-15-2022 02:22 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 02:04 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:20 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

To your point it is too early to call bowl game opponents...

But in his defense he is trying to forecast what the records of the SBC teams will be at the END of the season based on how the teams look right now.

App State and Marshall are looking really strong right now.

PS: Frankly JMU is too.

JMU is not bowl eligible this year, so take them out of the equation.

I know the are out. Just throwing some praise to our new conference member :)

(09-15-2022 02:04 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:20 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

To your point it is too early to call bowl game opponents...

But in his defense he is trying to forecast what the records of the SBC teams will be at the END of the season based on how the teams look right now.

App State and Marshall are looking really strong right now.

PS: Frankly JMU is too.

That's exactly the point though. The East will give itself a bunch of losses. A West team that is 2-0 already only needs to win 4 more games, in the weaker division.

(09-15-2022 02:22 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 02:04 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:20 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

To your point it is too early to call bowl game opponents...

But in his defense he is trying to forecast what the records of the SBC teams will be at the END of the season based on how the teams look right now.

App State and Marshall are looking really strong right now.

PS: Frankly JMU is too.

JMU is not bowl eligible this year, so take them out of the equation.

That's a stupid rule. They are at a disadvantage due to having to get up to 85 scholarships and having recruited most of their players while still FCS. If they can win 6+ they should get a bowl. What's the thought process behind this?

(09-15-2022 04:29 PM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 02:04 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:20 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

To your point it is too early to call bowl game opponents...

But in his defense he is trying to forecast what the records of the SBC teams will be at the END of the season based on how the teams look right now.

App State and Marshall are looking really strong right now.

PS: Frankly JMU is too.

That's exactly the point though. The East will give itself a bunch of losses. A West team that is 2-0 already only needs to win 4 more games, in the weaker division.

Fair point

(09-15-2022 04:32 PM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 02:22 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 02:04 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:20 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

To your point it is too early to call bowl game opponents...

But in his defense he is trying to forecast what the records of the SBC teams will be at the END of the season based on how the teams look right now.

App State and Marshall are looking really strong right now.

PS: Frankly JMU is too.

JMU is not bowl eligible this year, so take them out of the equation.

That's a stupid rule. They are at a disadvantage due to having to get up to 85 scholarships and having recruited most of their players while still FCS. If they can win 6+ they should get a bowl. What's the thought process behind this?

Blame Marshall.

GS won the conference in 2014 and couldn't go to a bowl at 9-3. Stupid rule.

(09-15-2022 04:36 PM)Klak Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 04:32 PM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 02:22 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 02:04 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(09-15-2022 01:20 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  It's weird to leave out a 2-0 South Alabama in favor of 1-1 SBC East teams....

To your point it is too early to call bowl game opponents...

But in his defense he is trying to forecast what the records of the SBC teams will be at the END of the season based on how the teams look right now.

App State and Marshall are looking really strong right now.

PS: Frankly JMU is too.

JMU is not bowl eligible this year, so take them out of the equation.

That's a stupid rule. They are at a disadvantage due to having to get up to 85 scholarships and having recruited most of their players while still FCS. If they can win 6+ they should get a bowl. What's the thought process behind this?

Blame Marshall.

GS won the conference in 2014 and couldn't go to a bowl at 9-3. Stupid rule.

Is this because they almost beat Ole Miss in a bowl in their first FBS season?