2014-15 Bowl Chatter and Predictions
Projections are all over the place for which Bowl Tech will play in. Of course step # 1 is becoming bowl eligible.Marshall is bowl eligible and MTSU will probably be soon.
College Sports Madness has Tech vs Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl, and ULM vs Rice in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Say what?!?!?!?!?
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/football/bowl-projections
Jerry Palm has Tech playing Central Michigan in the Boca Raton Bowl
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions
Phil Steele has Tech playing Northern Illinois in the Bahamas Bowl
https://www.philsteele.com/bowls/14-15/bowlprojections.html
Brett McMurphy has Tech playing Utah State in the New Mexico Bowl, while Mark Schlabach has Tech playing Michigan in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections/_/week/8
Which bowl do you think Tech will play in? Of the C-USA options, I like the Heart of Dallas Bowl the best.
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HoD v Michigan would be nice
We are 8-4 against teams from Michigan
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For the moment, just to focus on the next game at hand!
Let the chips fall where they will...
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HoD Bowl, hands down. Need to continue building that relationship and send 25k to the game.
At some point, start playing UNT/Rice/UTEP/UTSA yearly during the Texas State Fair. Oklahoma does this, giving up a home game every other year, and they have reaped HUGE recruiting benefits.
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BlindDog
For the moment, just to focus on the next game at hand!
Let the chips fall where they will...
I certainly agree that the players and coaches need to just focus on the next game at hand, but I think it is okay for the fans to dream about what can be. I'll be as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof until we have at least 7 wins. I'm not taking anything for granted. As we have seen from watching the Top 25 this year, no one is immune from getting spanked at any given time. Know what I mean Baylor, LSU, Texas A&M? And the list goes on.
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DJDAWG
At some point, start playing UNT/Rice/UTEP/UTSA yearly during the Texas State Fair. Oklahoma does this, giving up a home game every other year, and they have reaped HUGE recruiting benefits.
OU does not just "give up a home game every other year" for recruiting benefits. They and Texas each get a $500,000 game guarantee plus they split the tickets sales 50-50. That is a $4M+ payday for each school.
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HofD Bowl against a Big 10 would be great
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DJDAWG
HoD Bowl, hands down. Need to continue building that relationship and send 25k to the game.
At some point, start playing UNT/Rice/UTEP/UTSA yearly during the Texas State Fair. Oklahoma does this, giving up a home game every other year, and they have reaped HUGE recruiting benefits.
The Heart of Dallas Bowl could try the Heart of Dallas Classic again, this time with Louisiana Tech and North Texas.
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HoD would be awesome. Just about the only bowl option I would be able to make.
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TechAlum05
The Heart of Dallas Bowl could try the Heart of Dallas Classic again, this time with Louisiana Tech and North Texas.
I don't know if we played in the HoD Classic every year we would still be attractive to the HoD Bowl. Just a thought.
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I want a shot at LSU while we have Diaz!
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I don't like bowl projections, but I'll comment anyway. :)
If we don't win the C-USA Championship and 2 of Florida/Tennessee/Arkansas don't miraculously become bowl eligible, I'd say it's a 98% probability that we get placed against an ACC team in Shreveport (assuming we are bowl eligible). If our guys would rather play a Big Ten team in Dallas, then they better win the C-USA Championship.
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Dawg06
I don't like bowl projections, but I'll comment anyway. :)
If we don't win the C-USA Championship and 2 of Florida/Tennessee/Arkansas don't miraculously become bowl eligible, I'd say it's a 98% probability that we get placed against an ACC team in Shreveport (assuming we are bowl eligible). If our guys would rather play a Big Ten team in Dallas, then they better win the C-USA Championship.
The Independence Bowl outranks HOF this year:
higher payout
better time slot
better TV--2:30 pm, Saturday, ABC
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boxerdog
The Independence Bowl outranks HOF this year:
higher payout
Payout gets reduced when teams like us get placed
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maddawg
Payout gets reduced when teams like us get placed
Either way, that particular time slot at 2:30pm on ABC will reach many more than whenever Heart of Dallas is on.