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Losing our way into the Indy Bowl....that is so appropriate. But, ahem, we've put all the losing part out there already, have to win now.
If we beat UTEP (we should beat them, but games aren't played on paper or on Internet forums) then I will be at the UTSA game, again with "high hopes." What a fool I can be at times.
Maybe....just thinking out loud here....we've suffered all the funk we were suppose to suffer for the whole season and it's nothing but smooth sailing here on out!
So true about Roy Lang! And I agree with you about the fact this is where we were headed, if bowl eligible, all along.Originally Posted by Dawg06
Why was it inevitable?
When it comes to the Independence Bowl I wonder how much of a fit North Texas is going to throw if they win the conference championship but end up having to play Army in the Armed Forces Bowl. They won't want a rematch of a bowl game played last year, especially with an ACC team as a potential opponent in a game just 4 hours away.
Would that be an option for them as the Indy bowl is a secondary tie in?
SEC was never going to fill their spot in Shreveport because of Ole Miss being ineligible from the start. Since the AAC got the first secondary bid to the Indy Bowl, C-USA gets the next one per contract, and C-USA had 1 more team this year with UAB back. Pretty much guaranteed C-USA would have extra bowl teams for Indy Bowl. The Indy Bowl is in $1.24 million debt and knows Tech would be best for their ticket sales bottom line so they desperately need us. As for Tech, the Indy Bowl would be most attractive because it will by the only contracted C-USA bowl vs. the Cartel 5. So there's strong mutual interest. C-USA traded away HOD for Armed Forces, and they were never going to send us to Fort Worth back-to-back years. We would never choose to play the Sun Belt (in NOLA), and most of the other C-USA teams would love to play in NOLA regardless of opponent. No other C-USA bowl makes sense for Tech. There's the at-large spot in the Frisco Bowl, but there's no way we turn down an ACC opponent for that. It was always going to be the Indy Bowl this year.
That logic makes sense. But you say we would never choose to play SBC but I don't know if thats true. I hope it is.
Anyway, none of it matters if we don't win out.
Yeah. If Tech isn't bowl eligible that might be where the Mean Green end up. UTSA would end up in Forth Worth. But, if Tech is eligible, North Texas might argue for Tech to head back to the Armed Forces Bowl to play Army in order for them to face an ACC opponent in Shreveport. It would let them choose their bowl game, especially if they end up winning the conference championship and after beating Tech in the head-to-head matchup.
That is two separate statements that doesn't change if the two statements merge.
The issue with North Texas and the Armed Forces Bowl is that this would be the 4th time in 2 years (and 2nd time in a month) that NT would have played Army. I'm not trying to be greedy with a bowl, with our run the last few years we should be thrilled just to be in a bowl, but Id like to see someone different as a matchup.
Nice to know you guys will be rooting against us the next few weeks.
You shouldn't have signed a 10 year deal with Army. Even people who join the army don't do that.
Why in the world would UNT want to play in the Indy Bowl? It's in Louisiana, no way will they not want to be involved in something Texas-oriented. So what if they play Army twice in a month? They can do those two games like they do in soccer with those 2-game series, total aggregate score. Let's say UNT beats Army this week, or whenever they play, 31-21. In the bowl game, they put that score up on the scoreboard and start the game with that score. If Army kicks a FG early, now it's 31-24 and so on....
But, absolutely, positively no way would/should UNT want to come to Shreveport. Everything is better in Texas, right? Stay there.
that was the old AD. The current AD cancelled that contract. This year is the last that NT/Army are playing in the regular season
My wife is a Tech grad so I don't have the option of rooting against you guys other than that 1 game a year!Nice to know you guys will be rooting against us the next few weeks.
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