2 Sunbelt teams in bowl games

[RaginFan2]

I don't know where folks on these websites get this stuff.

Northern Illinois will go to the Poinsettia Bowl.

Our ONLY shot is to win and have FIU beat Troy.

Yeah, but ain't it fun to be talking - after Thanksgiving! - about the possibilities (dreams?) of playing in a bowl? And it is not beyond the realm of possibility. When was the last time that happened? I realize our prospects are still slim at this point, but it is not an impossibilty right now. FIU beating Troy is not too likely, but what were the odds that Troy would score 2 TD's in the final 2:20 of the game Saturday? Let's just beat ULM and see what happens.

[RaginFan2]

DEEP BREATH, EVERYBODY CALM DOWN

As much as I would love to go to a bowl game, we first and foremost have to beat ULM. Let's stay focused people. Beat ULM and then we can talk about bowlin.

Remeber what happened after we started speculating after the Houston win???????

GEAUX CAJUNS!!!!!!

BEAT ULM!!!!!!!!!

But isn't this better than the "Bustle's got rocks in his head" threads that were threatening to take over the RagePage a few short weeks ago?

[Turbine]

But isn't this better than the "Bustle's got rocks in his head" threads that were threatening to take over the RagePage a few short weeks ago?

Talk about! :o

[CajunDreDog]

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=451&p=2&c=557866

They now have Middle in San Diego, and TCU has offically accepted the bid for the Poinsettia Bowl. They project N. Illinois to the Emerald Bowl now. This stuff changes by the hour, and this site seems to try and keep up with it!

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
San Diego, CA
Qualcomm Stadium
December 19, 2006, ESPN2
Mountain West vs. at-large
Bowl Projection:TCU vs. Middle Tennessee

[RaginFan2]

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=451&p=2&c=557866

They now have Middle in San Diego, and TCU has offically accepted the bid for the Poinsettia Bowl. They project N. Illinois to the Emerald Bowl now. This stuff changes by the hour, and this site seems to try and keep up with it!

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
San Diego, CA
Qualcomm Stadium
December 19, 2006, ESPN2
Mountain West vs. at-large
Bowl Projection:TCU vs. Middle Tennessee

So who does that leave going to the Motor City Bowl?

[CajunDreDog]

So who does that leave going to the Motor City Bowl?

Motor City Bowl
Detroit, MI
Ford Field
December 26, 2006, ESPN
MAC vs. Big Ten No. 7
Bowl Projection:Central Michigan vs. Cincinnati


I surely can't explain it...who can?

[RaginFan2]

Motor City Bowl
Detroit, MI
Ford Field
December 26, 2006, ESPN
MAC vs. Big Ten No. 7
Bowl Projection:Central Michigan vs. Cincinnati


I surely can't explain it...who can?

Sorry, I typed before I clicked on the link. I also went onto their 119 D1A rankings. Did you look at that??? I couldn't believe it when I saw all 8 SBC teams clumped almost together in the low 100's! Ridiculous! We are one step UNDER E. Michigan, a 1-11 team we beat 33-14! WTF!!! No team lower than 100 had as many as 5 wins except the SBC teams. In fact, no team with at least 6 wins was anywhere close to 100 other than SBC teams.

85. Ball State (5-7)
# Colorado State (4-7)
# Kent State (6-6)
# Air Force (4-7)
# Akron (5-7)
90. Duke (0-12)
# Marshall (5-7)
# Tulane (4-8)
# UCF (4-8)
# Toledo (5-7)
95. UAB (3-9)
# Army (3-8)
# Fresno State (4-7)
# Memphis (2-10)
# Stanford (1-10)
100. UTEP (5-7)
# San Diego State (2-9)
# UNLV (2-10)
# Idaho (4-8)
# Louisiana Tech (3-9)
105. Miami Univ. (2-10)
# Troy (6-5)
# Middle Tennessee (7-5)
# Bowling Green (4-8)
# Eastern Michigan (1-11)
110. UL Lafayette (6-5)
# Arkansas State (6-6)
# Florida Atlantic (5-7)
# New Mexico State (3-8)
# UL Monroe (3-8)
115. North Texas (3-9)
# Buffalo (2-10)
# Temple (1-11)
# Utah State (1-11)
119. FIU (0-11)

[CajunDreDog]

Sorry, I typed before I clicked on the link. I also went onto their 119 D1A rankings. Did you look at that??? I couldn't believe it when I saw all 8 SBC teams clumped almost together in the low 100's! Ridiculous! We are one step UNDER E. Michigan, a 1-11 team we beat 33-14! WTF!!! No team lower than 100 had as many as 5 wins except the SBC teams. In fact, no team with at least 6 wins was anywhere close to 100 other than SBC teams.

106. Troy (6-5)
107. Middle Tennessee (7-5)
110. Louisiana (6-5)
111. Arkansas State (6-6)
112. Florida Atlantic (5-7)
114. UL Monroe (3-8)
115. North Texas (3-9)
119. FIU (0-11)

Yeah, I saw that earlier today. Typical, no respect for the Sunbelt. But hey, who in the SBC really deserves ANY respect besides maybe us for beating Houston? Do we really reserve that respect when we can't beat North Texas at home?

To sum up...we probably won't go bowling! Like Cubs fans always say, there's always next year.

[Arkstfan]

Yeah, I saw that earlier today. Typical, no respect for the Sunbelt. But hey, who in the SBC really deserves ANY respect besides maybe us for beating Houston? Do we really reserve that respect when we can't beat North Texas at home?

To sum up...we probably won't go bowling! Like Cubs fans always say, there's always next year.

Here's the problem with the Sun Belt.
2001. MTSU beats Vandy finishes 8-3 and loses the tiebreaker to an UNT that didn't win a non-conference game.
2002. NMSU beats New Mexico and UTEP and finishes 7-5 and loses the conference to UNT who had only beaten a I-AA team.
2003. UNT beats Baylor but no one else posts a winning record.
2004. Troy beats Marshall and Missouri gives LSU more than they want and plays South Carolina to 10 points and finishes 2 games behind UNT who doesn't win a non-conference game.
2005. The tri-champs go a combined 2-1 vs. I-AA with no I-A non-conference wins. MTSU beats Vandy denying them a bowl berth but they finish 6th.
2006. UL beats Houston and Eastern Michigan, ASU beats Army and Memphis but the likely co-champs go 0-8 vs. I-A non-conference foes.

Now if you can get Mr. Peabody to take the way-back machine and change some results you can get respect.
2001. Have MTSU win the league outright.
2002. Have NMSU win the league.
2004. Have Troy win the league.
2005. Have MTSU win the league.
2006. Have ASU or UL win the league.

With the exception of the 2003 Mean Green the "signature" wins of the conference each year came from teams that failed to win the league.

[Clutch0364]

Here's the problem with the Sun Belt.
2001. MTSU beats Vandy finishes 8-3 and loses the tiebreaker to an UNT that didn't win a non-conference game.
2002. NMSU beats New Mexico and UTEP and finishes 7-5 and loses the conference to UNT who had only beaten a I-AA team.
2003. UNT beats Baylor but no one else posts a winning record.
2004. Troy beats Marshall and Missouri gives LSU more than they want and plays South Carolina to 10 points and finishes 2 games behind UNT who doesn't win a non-conference game.
2005. The tri-champs go a combined 2-1 vs. I-AA with no I-A non-conference wins. MTSU beats Vandy denying them a bowl berth but they finish 6th.
2006. UL beats Houston and Eastern Michigan, ASU beats Army and Memphis but the likely co-champs go 0-8 vs. I-A non-conference foes.

Now if you can get Mr. Peabody to take the way-back machine and change some results you can get respect.
2001. Have MTSU win the league outright.
2002. Have NMSU win the league.
2004. Have Troy win the league.
2005. Have MTSU win the league.
2006. Have ASU or UL win the league.

With the exception of the 2003 Mean Green the "signature" wins of the conference each year came from teams that failed to win the league.

[CajunProud]

But isn't this better than the "Bustle's got rocks in his head" threads that were threatening to take over the RagePage a few short weeks ago?

Damn straight.

[CajunProud]

Here's the problem with the Sun Belt.
2001. MTSU beats Vandy finishes 8-3 and loses the tiebreaker to an UNT that didn't win a non-conference game.
2002. NMSU beats New Mexico and UTEP and finishes 7-5 and loses the conference to UNT who had only beaten a I-AA team.
2003. UNT beats Baylor but no one else posts a winning record.
2004. Troy beats Marshall and Missouri gives LSU more than they want and plays South Carolina to 10 points and finishes 2 games behind UNT who doesn't win a non-conference game.
2005. The tri-champs go a combined 2-1 vs. I-AA with no I-A non-conference wins. MTSU beats Vandy denying them a bowl berth but they finish 6th.
2006. UL beats Houston and Eastern Michigan, ASU beats Army and Memphis but the likely co-champs go 0-8 vs. I-A non-conference foes.

Now if you can get Mr. Peabody to take the way-back machine and change some results you can get respect.
2001. Have MTSU win the league outright.
2002. Have NMSU win the league.
2004. Have Troy win the league.
2005. Have MTSU win the league.
2006. Have ASU or UL win the league.

With the exception of the 2003 Mean Green the "signature" wins of the conference each year came from teams that failed to win the league.

You are absolutely correct. The problem is inconsistency. Until a majority of the SunBelt teams win on a consistent basis, we will continue to be at the bottom of the non BCS conferences.