I am not sure how the rule works but ull may not be picked by the no bowl even if they win the belt. I have heard it on the ullespn1420, since ull went to no the last two years they may have to go somewhere else. Someone that gives a damn can go look it up.
There typically isn't a rule about this. It is usually an understanding that is handled by the conference office that you don't want to send a team to the same bowl in back to back years. The fact that they have gone there already in back to back years tells me they might not care.
If we have a strong showing in Dallas against Army with turnout, that will definitely send a signal to the DFW bowls that Tech fans will travel well and put butts in seats.
I think NOLA has to have the SBC champ 2 out of 3 years, or something of that nature, ULL wasn't the champs last year but went to NOLA so they'd have to pick the champ this year... At least that's what my vague passing interest in the limited field of SBC post season remembers.
New member here. I am amazed that some of you think that staying at home last postseason somehow beats going to NOLA with our 40k closest friends to Paint the Quarter Red! I certainly hope the dawgs get bowl-eligible this season and we meet up. Should be a good one. Good luck to yall.
Geaux Cajuns!
I'll be honest..I don't care what bowl we go to. As long as we go (cough cough) and more importantly, win!
Nobody outside of Louisiana give's a rat's ass about a Tech/ULL NO Bowl match up. The reason we got into CUSA instead of ULL is precisely because of the fact that Tech chose to play in the WAC instead of a regional SBC that nobody in America takes seriously. Games against Fresno, Hawaii, and Boise had national interest, or at least they had the interest of some people outside of the ArkLaTex. Nobody cares what anyone in the Sunbelt does. It's nothing more than a shithole conference that is the laughing stock of the sports media. ULL may be stuck in that shithole, but Tech is not. We should never play a SBC opponent in a bowl if we have the option to get our brand plastered on TV's with a match up against an AQ conference opponent. Wins against AQ opponents get national attention. Wins against SBC opponents do not.
Ok so you'd rather garner national attention by beating Syracuse in the Great Value Super Absorbent Tampon Bowl played in Billings, Montana, I get that. But I'm looking at this from a fans standpoint, if we aren't playing in a BCS bowl, NOBODY GIVES A SHIT WHO WE PLAY. Whether it be LSU or Centenary. Why not go have a blast in a hostile environment instead of wasting away in a shitty baseball stadium converted to a football field in front of 4,000 of the rich fans who could actually afford the travel and tickets? Playing ULL would not set us back, it delusional to even think playing any AQ team is worth more weight than having a blast playing a local team in a party town. Quit thinking were gonna become a national darling overnight, hell AQ schools look at us like we do at ULL. Why not let me pot meet the kettle and kick their asses and have a f*cking awesome time doing it?
Last edited by Dawg06; 05-11-2013 at 09:22 AM.
I want nothing to do with ULL. I don't want to play them I don't want to associate with them. Most here feel the same way.