http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...ls/predictions
NOLA Bowl vs ULL, really? Effing L! why do these people get so stuck on wanting make us play ULx'es in post season! My choice would be for HoD vs. B10.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...ls/predictions
NOLA Bowl vs ULL, really? Effing L! why do these people get so stuck on wanting make us play ULx'es in post season! My choice would be for HoD vs. B10.
Also, why does the Military Bowl have an At-Large, CUSA should try to pick that up, especially with the ODU/UNCC coming in I'd think they'd do well in that market.
The season isn't even close to starting, why worry about these "predictions" by now? They are never right!
We have a secondary tie in with the Military and Arm Forces Bowls. They just do that so guys like us will read and talk about it. There are prolly 6-7 projected bowl eligible teams in CUSA next season and I hope we play in either the Liberty or HOD. That being said, we won't say no to any bowl, even if I means having to beat up on ULLLLLLL.
I hate to tell y'all, but NO Bowl is a CUSA bowl and it makes a lot of sense for us to go there. Banowsky makes the call.
It also makes a lot of sense for us to go to HoD.
Ruston-NOLA ~300 miles
Ruston-Dallas ~250 miles
Why would Banowsky reward ECU with a Jan 1st bowl, they're leaving CUSA send them to the lackluster NOLA Bowl.
Ultimately it'll come down to who is getting the most press, I think if we were in this position last year we would have been in HoD in a second.
I'll tell ya one d*mn thing..... If we don't accept the first invite to a bowl we are offered then I'm going to be pi$$ed!!!!!!!!!!!
It just get's aggravating after awhile to constantly see the bowl predictions and see us vs. ULxes.
It's like when you're at a party an get introduced "oh hey you're from blahblahblah, you gotta meet my friend she's from their, ya'll would be great together..." turns out she has the personality/face/body of a 3-week dead mule... Then a week later somebody else tries it with the same girl, eventually you start cringing when you hear "oh I know someone from blahblahblah" because you know it's the mule and you're either gonna have to grin and bear another awkward moment as you try and not be rude and make small talk till you get away or you snap, yell at everyone to "stop hooking you up with Eeyore from blahblahblah because you can do better", and then get labeled as an insensitive/ego-maniacal a-hole all because you couldn't build a relationship based solely on shared geography...[/rant]
Rice, USM. UAB and UNT are all also a good geographical fit for the nola bowl. Thy also don't have the issues with playing agains ULL. We will end up in Texas or Hawaii next year.
It is actually supposed to be a Big 12 tie-in for 2013, but the Big 12 has dropped to 10 members since the agreement was signed in 2009 so the Big 12 may have had to drop it. The Big 12 hasn't released their official bowl line-up for next season yet, but the ACC release didn't mention an opponent so it very well may be an at-large spot. Several sites still list it as a primary C-USA tie-in, but that is incorrect as it is a C-USA secondary tie-in along with the Armed Forces Bowl, which means BVDV was incorrect in his open letter when he mentioned C-USA having 6 tie-ins. I also don't think C-USA is allowed more than 5 primary tie-ins due to the 4-year rolling bowl eligibility average for the new membership. The MAC is definitely able to sign additional bowl agreements for next season, and the Belch is allowed one additional tie-in. The Military Bowl is wisely not signing with either the MAC or the Belch because they know those conferences will have available teams if necessary. The Military Bowl might as well take their chances in hopes of landing more prestigious leftover at-large team.
http://www.militarybowl.org/eagleban...for-2010-2013/
The Military Bowl will likely be ACC vs. Big Ten/American in the future.
2013-14 C-USA Bowl Games
Last edited by Dawg06; 05-09-2013 at 01:43 PM.