Or is this old projections?
http://cfn.scout.com/2/557866.html
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Or is this old projections?
http://cfn.scout.com/2/557866.html
An Indy bowl exec said on the radio that if the Cajuns won and ended 6-6, they'd get an invitation due to the locality of the fan base. They want to sell tickets.
Now, that was just radio talk, so don't take too much out of it.
However, a lot of belt fans seem to think that the Indy MUST take a 6-6 belt team over a 6-6 at large team and that is simply not true. The Indy agreement was only for 7+ win belt teams. They can still take any 6-6 school they want as long as there isn't an available 7+ win belt team.
Just read this in everyone's favorite newspaper, the DA:
If UL's football team goes to a bowl game this season, it won't be in New Orleans.
That's what Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters said during the league's weekly teleconference call.
According to the NCAA postseason football handbook, conferences are required to fill its contracted bowl slots with seven-win teams before six-win teams. The New Orleans Bowl is the Sun Belt's lone guaranteed bowl game, though in July the conference reached secondary agreements with the PapaJohn's.com Bowl in Birmingham, the St. Petersburg Bowl in Florida and PetroSun Independence Bowl in Shreveport.
In that case, Saturday's winner between Troy (7-4 overall, 5-1) and Arkansas State (6-5, 4-2) would advance to the New Orleans Bowl. The loser would be left to compete for an at-large bowl berth.
UL (5-6, 4-2) and Middle Tennessee (5-6, 3-3) play at 6:08 Wednesday night at Cajun Field. The winner becomes bowl eligible and will also fight for an at-large bowl bid.
I'm sure we all knew this, but it seems more official when it comes from the commish.
Which radio station?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken_Horndawgs
If Troy wins, and they are the only SBC 7 win team, and they are offered another bowl, are they allowed to forego the NO bowl and accept the other higher paying bowl offer? In that case, wouldn't the SBC HAVE to place a 6-6 SBC team in the NO bowl? How can Wright Waters say that couldn't happen? If Troy happened to be 12-0 and had beaten a couple of ranked teams, wouldn't it be foolish to deny them the opportunity at a much higher paying bowl. This may have been discussed and concluded... and I missed it. Sorry... just remind me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cover2
Unless its BCS, they couldn't go. Wright Waters can say that because its in the NCAA rule book as I've tried to 'splain to people for weeks. NCAA treats BCS as a primary contract for all schools.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just1More
If we win and the bowls line up --I am sure that if the NO bowl wants UL and the AlaBowl wants Troy and Troy wants them---a swap could be made-A win, win, win, win, every body a happy camper unless NOTWRIGHT screws it up!!!!
As of today 12/1/2008. There are 71 total eligible bowl teams, including 6-6 teams. There are 34 bowls which equals 68 bowl slots.
Louisville can get bowl eligible w/ a win over Rutgers Thurs.
Arizona can get bowl eligible w/ a win over Arizona Sat.
Louisiana or MT can get bowl eligible Wed with a win.
Can someone please answer this:
If there are only 6-6 teams left to fill one of the SBC agreements with the Indy or papajohns bowl, does the bowl have to take a 6-6 SBC team over an at large 6-6 team? YES or NO?
I do agree that they do have to take a 7-5 team, but it looks as if there will be only 6-6 teams left if you do the math for at larges.
Because Wright Waters is who he is I put a lot of weight on what he says. If he said something will happen (a certain way) it probably will.
But, and, however, I do not put a lot of weight on his decision making process, he doesn’t always think things through... In an eerily similar situation to what the Big-12 is going through right now, (Sun Belt 2005) Wright Waters said the #1 criteria for determining the Sun Belt Champion was whether or not they were bowl eligible.
The Sun Belt Champion should be decided separate, apart and completely prior to bowl consideration.
jmo
If all 7-5 teams are selected and only 6-6 teams remain and the Independence, Papajohns.com, and/or St. Pete Bowl have an opening, they MUST select a 6-6 Sun Belt team over any other 6-6 bowl eligible team.Quote:
Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns
With approx. 13 teams that are 6-6 right now and Louisville, Arizona St., and UL or MT can also get to 6-6, then I would say there is a good chance that there will only be 6-6 teams left, but I haven't looked at all the tie in scenerios.
I do know this:
SEC has 8 non-BCS bowl tie ins.
SEC has 8 Bowl Eligible teams, two of which who are going to go to BCS bowl games. That leaves 6 to fill the 8 slots, which opens up the Indy Bowl and the Papajohns Bowl in which SEC had tie ins. So the Indy Bowl and Papajohns bowl is obligated to take a 6-6 sunbelt team unless there is a 7-5 team out there, but I just don't see it with all the 6-6 teams floating around.
Anyway, its fun to talk about this, and I will feel real bad if we lose wed, and MT or FAU gets an invite, and we stay home.
Geaux Cajuns!!!!
I count 57 teams already with 7 wins, with 3 more possible sitting at 6-5. That would be a maximum of 60 teams with 7 or more wins. That would leave AT LEAST 8 slots open for the 6-6 teams. Depending on how things line up, we should have a good shot at a bowl IF WE WIN on Wed. night.Quote:
Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns
Currently there are 12 teams at 6-6 (including the winner of the UL-MT game). There are also 2 other teams that still could get to 6-6. If you add in the 3 teams already with 6 wins who could get to 7 wins, you could be looking at a total of 17 teams at 6-6. If all of these possible teams get to bowl eligibility, there would be 74 teams for 68 slots. So a maximum of 6 teams could be left out. I expect a couple may not make it, so probably 4 or 5 bowl-eligible teams won't get in. Of the 3 teams who could get to 7 wins, I'm most concerned with conference mate Ark. State, with Rutgers a bit behind them. I think at 7-5 either of them would likely go to the I-Bowl ahead of us. Should we win, it'll get interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginFan2
But if Rutger loses, that makes Louisville bowl eligible.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginFan2
Methinks the SBC will get screwed somehow, like the St. Pete Bowl getting FAU and MT/UL/stAte staying home.
Unfortunately, past experience says you're probably right. We always seem to come out on the losing end in these situations. Of course, we just have ourselves to blame for this. All we had to do was win 2 out of our last 4 and we wouldn't be worrying about this.Quote:
Originally Posted by KAjunRaider
Yes, but if FAU goes over UL or MT, what does that say about the importance of selling tickets and having a fanbase?Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginFan2
If ya'll beat us, ya'll deserve to go just as much as Vanderbilt.
Let some of those BCS teams come into your house and see what happens. What happened when Maryland came to MT ?
What if Illinois had travelled to Lafayette?
I call BS on the BCS, a monopoly at its finest. And now ESPN seems to be pulling the strings. That reeks of illegal (or at least shady) dealings in my book.
No one to stand up for the "little man", I guess.
Where the hell is Zeebart this week, by the way. Is he OK?
CROWD:
A witch! A witch!
[bonk]
A witch! A witch!
MONKS: [chanting]
Pie Iesu domine...
CROWD:
A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch! A witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! We've found a witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch!
VILLAGER #1:
We have found a witch. May we burn her?
CROWD:
Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!
BEDEVERE:
How do you know she is a witch?
VILLAGER #2:
She looks like one.
CROWD:
Right! Yeah! Yeah!
BEDEVERE:
Bring her forward.
WITCH:
I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
BEDEVERE:
Uh, but you are dressed as one.
WITCH:
They dressed me up like this.
CROWD:
Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
WITCH:
And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
BEDEVERE:
Well?
VILLAGER #1:
Well, we did do the nose.
BEDEVERE:
The nose?
VILLAGER #1:
And the hat, but she is a witch!
VILLAGER #2:
Yeah!
CROWD:
We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!
BEDEVERE:
Did you dress her up like this?
VILLAGER #1:
No!
VILLAGER #2 and 3:
No. No.
VILLAGER #2:
No.
VILLAGER #1:
No.
VILLAGERS #2 and #3:
No.
VILLAGER #1:
Yes.
VILLAGER #2:
Yes.
VILLAGER #1:
Yes. Yeah, a bit.
VILLAGER #3:
A bit.
VILLAGERS #1 and #2:
A bit.
VILLAGER #3:
A bit.
VILLAGER #1:
She has got a wart.
RANDOM:
[cough]
BEDEVERE:
What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3:
Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEVERE:
A newt?
VILLAGER #3:
I got better.
VILLAGER #2:
Burn her anyway!
VILLAGER #1:
Burn!
CROWD:
Burn her! Burn! Burn her!...
BEDEVERE:
Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
VILLAGER #1:
Are there?
VILLAGER #2:
Ah?
VILLAGER #1:
What are they?
CROWD:
Tell us! Tell us!...
BEDEVERE:
Tell me. What do you do with witches?
VILLAGER #2:
Burn!
VILLAGER #1:
Burn!
CROWD:
Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...
BEDEVERE:
And what do you burn apart from witches?
VILLAGER #1:
More witches!
VILLAGER #3:
Shh!
VILLAGER #2:
Wood!
BEDEVERE:
So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
VILLAGER #3:
B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?
BEDEVERE:
Good! Heh heh.
CROWD:
Oh, yeah. Oh.
BEDEVERE:
So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
VILLAGER #1:
Build a bridge out of her.
BEDEVERE:
Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
VILLAGER #1:
Oh, yeah.
RANDOM:
Oh, yeah. True. Uhh...
BEDEVERE:
Does wood sink in water?
VILLAGER #1:
No. No.
VILLAGER #2:
No, it floats! It floats!
VILLAGER #1:
Throw her into the pond!
CROWD:
The pond! Throw her into the pond!
BEDEVERE:
What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1:
Bread!
VILLAGER #2:
Apples!
VILLAGER #3:
Uh, very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1:
Cider!
VILLAGER #2:
Uh, gra-- gravy!
VILLAGER #1:
Cherries!
VILLAGER #2:
Mud!
VILLAGER #3:
Uh, churches! Churches!
VILLAGER #2:
Lead! Lead!
ARTHUR:
A duck!
CROWD:
Oooh.
BEDEVERE:
Exactly. So, logically...
VILLAGER #1:
If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood.
BEDEVERE:
And therefore?
VILLAGER #2:
A witch!
VILLAGER #1:
A witch!
CROWD:
A witch! A witch!...
VILLAGER #4:
Here is a duck. Use this duck.
[quack quack quack]
BEDEVERE:
Very good. We shall use my largest scales.
CROWD:
Ohh! Ohh! Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Ahh! Ahh...
BEDEVERE:
Right. Remove the supports!
[whop]
[clunk]
[creak]
CROWD:
A witch! A witch! A witch!
WITCH:
It's a fair cop.
VILLAGER #3:
Burn her!
CROWD:
Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn! Burn!...
BEDEVERE:
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?
ARTHUR:
I am Arthur, King of the Britons.
Perhaps he is also king of the BCS?Quote:
Originally Posted by drumroll
Lol, a distinct possibility...Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginFan2
Us getting screwed at k-state and questionable play calling against illinois is coming back to bite us in the @$$. That's why "we played a hell of a game but came up short" doesn't cut it. The illinois game was before any injuries so there is no excuse. We may have had no chance at k-state because of the officiating but too many took it as "we weren't supposed to win that game anyway". Win one of those games and we are 6-5 going in to mtsu even with a 3 game skid.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginFan2
NO.Quote:
Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns
The language in the contract must address bowl qualified (7 win) teams as opposed to bowl eligible (6 win) teams.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...SFRONTCAROUSEL
The link quotes an I-Bowl official stating that the I-Bowl may choose any 6 win team they prefer. I'm not sure what the agreements are with your other contingency bowls.
I am pretty sure the Sunbelt will get two teams in.
My predictions:
If Troy beats ASU and UL beats MT, then Troy and UL will be bowling.
If ASU beats Troy, regardless of what happens in the UL vs. MT game, I think ASU and Troy only get in.
Just my guess?
Papa Johns and Indy have the option of taking 6-6 belt teams. They might spring for the regional matchup if they can't get anything better.
I hear the I-bowl's short list for Tech's opponent includes Clemson, NC State, SoMiss, and Memphis.
I'm hearing we have an invite waiting for us for the Indy Bowl if we win tomorrow. The Indy bowl wants us because they feel like we will sell tickets being in traveling distance. I hope this is correct. I know we would be there in a second.
Indy Bowl officials were quoted on two Shreveport news stations last night saying they would NOT select a Sun Belt team this year. According to the report, it'll be LA Tech vs. either NC State, Clemson, Memphis or Southern Miss.
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Originally Posted by cajunsjmt