(12-02-2022 10:38 AM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  

(12-01-2022 08:03 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  ESPN might be axing the Frisco Bowl at the last moment (there are conflicting reports out there on the possibility). But if that's the case, no bowl for Rice.

No bowl for rice? What do we do? Eat it off a banana leaf?!

(12-02-2022 11:23 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(12-02-2022 10:38 AM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  No bowl for rice? What do we do? Eat it off a banana leaf?!

No rice Bowl! Panda Express will be out of business.

As I understand it Rice is the last team in. I suspect ESPN sees the merit of keeping the Frisco Bowl in it's stable this year. Some have speculated it would be Rice vs. NMSU, which is a matchup that would likely fill that relatively small stadium. Regardless of which teams are chosen, it seems likely to hang on.

Buffalo winning and NMSU getting a waiver may keep Rice out of a bowl. Also, one of the Frisco bowl games was canceled. We're the first team out.

(12-02-2022 08:19 PM)NotANewbie Wrote:  As I understand it Rice is the last team in. I suspect ESPN sees the merit of keeping the Frisco Bowl in it's stable this year. Some have speculated it would be Rice vs. NMSU, which is a matchup that would likely fill that relatively small stadium. Regardless of which teams are chosen, it seems likely to hang on.

Why can’t NMSU play in the New Mexico Bowl? You might set a new attendance record there.

(12-02-2022 03:38 PM)NotANewbie Wrote:  

(12-02-2022 11:23 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(12-02-2022 10:38 AM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  No bowl for rice? What do we do? Eat it off a banana leaf?!

No rice Bowl! Panda Express will be out of business.

I'm steamed.

I really think we are “in”. Buffalo and NMSU bumps Auburn and UNLV. (The #2 and #3 APR teams).

Nothing official yet, just going by people on Twitter who should know.