Cajuns #39 in BCS

[GrumpyCajun]

There is no bigger bowl for us, when we get our next 3 wins, we will get the New Orleans Bowl invite on Thursday night at home after the Troy victory. We will not be Tech and say we want to wait and see if we get a "better" invite. Playing Saturday night primetime is better than Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.

Let's play the next four games and see what happens, but it's not entirely out of the question even though you have dismissed it. And for the record, we are not talking BCS Bowl.

[SlickRick]

People told me I was crazy for saying we had a shot at a BCS bowl. If we had beaten Arkansas and Kansas State we'd be knocking on the door.

IF...ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas!

[SlickRick]

You need to finish in the top 16 to have a shot at the BCS Bowl...

Correct....and that ain't happening this year.

[BananaHammock]

New Orleans Bowl was a whole lot of fun, convenient, a lot to do, exciting, and this year they take the conference Champ! No slap on the New Orleans Bowl, but is there an out to a bigger bowl if we should win the Conference? Something in Texas or somewhat near by would be awesome! Or New Orleans with a bigger closer team to put MORE fans and LARGER guarantee!

We're trying to build a program and that takes money. As said numerous times in the past, the New Orleans bowl gives us the best chance to make the most money. Take this game, make money and add it to the bank account to keep climbing the ladder. There will be a time when we can get an invite and can afford to take another bowl game but that time has not come yet.

And people let's please not talk about playing LSU or how we could beat them. Arkansas and Kansas State are both nowhere near LSU's caliber this year and they dismantled us. No excuses needed, no sob stories, they fair and square beat us. We still have a long way to go before we can start talking about beating an end of season Top 10 team.

[ULalum06]

People told me I was crazy for saying we had a shot at a BCS bowl. If we had beaten Arkansas and Kansas State we'd be knocking on the door.

I'm drinking the koolaid too, but lezbehonest. Arkansas and K State aren't exactly running the table. 71 and 76 respectively. Had we beaten them AND went undefeated then we might crack top 25. my 0.02

[SlickRick]

I sure hope the team and coaches are not thinking about a bowl game, like us!!! We need to beat Ark State tomorrow and that should be the main topic of the day and tomorrow.

[Cajun90]

The only "bigger" bowl that I think holds any benefit to the Cajuns outside of a BCS bowl is the Texas Bowl. They are committed to #6 Big Ten vs. #6 Big 12. The Big Ten isn't going to have a problem filling their slot. The Big 12 might be questionable but I think they have someone eligible.

There is a lot of football left but if it plays out like we hope we are aren't telling the New Orleans bowls to hold on while we wait on a shot at the Texas bowl.

See all of you in New Orleans on December 21st.

[MelRock]

Let's play the next four games and see what happens, but it's not entirely out of the question even though you have dismissed it. And for the record, we are not talking BCS Bowl.

You can play as many games as you want, it will not happen. With all the bowl tie ins with other conferences and we will not wait for a "better" bowl game.

[CajunEXPRESS]

People told me I was crazy for saying we had a shot at a BCS bowl. If we had beaten Arkansas and Kansas State we'd be knocking on the door.

First of all we have not played the teams that will totally dilute our BCS ranking. NMSU, Ga State. Those two will be rank killers. Next we would have had to pass up a couple of other teams that are taking care of business, Fresno State, and Northern Illinois. And finally we do not play a championship game that would almost by nature help with a weaker regular season schedule.

I agree at least if we had won those games the possibility might exist, but even going 12-0 would make us a long shot waiting for a lot of help.

[CajunEXPRESS]

That day is coming...and the closer we get...the more they will do to NOT play us...by hook or by crook. The better we get...the less chance we will play them in the near future. Hud will only see Tiger Stadium if he takes an SEC job. I honestly think if it's their only bowl opportunity and it's against us...they would stay home.

Again let's get off "Fantasy Island".

Lots of people want us to NOT go to the NOLA Bowl if a better bowl is available. So we know, or at least we should know that the SEC has a tie-in game for every team that is bowl eligible. Given that who actually believes for a moment that LSU & SEC would not have at least a huge leverage in who plays in one of those bowls.

UL will never play LSU in a non BCS bowl. It could happen if we had the Boise State/U Name Um tie in. That is about it.

Lastly I do not wish to justify my team by anything to do with LSU, give me Bama.

[CajunT]

You can play as many games as you want, it will not happen. With all the bowl tie ins with other conferences and we will not wait for a "better" bowl game.

I don't see any other invitation coming at this point, UL will indeed take the NO Bowl invite. But let's make this clear and Jay alluded to this another thread, UL did not make any money off the NO Bowl last season. Once the SBC presidents voted to share the bowl revenue, and UL covered expenses there was little if any revenue left to pocket. I don't have those numbers in front of me now, but I was given them back in the spring. We aren't going to the NO Bowl because we are making money, but because its our only option at this time.

[CrazyCajun]

I don't see any other invitation coming at this point, UL will indeed take the NO Bowl invite. But let's make this clear and Jay alluded to this another thread, UL did not make any money off the NO Bowl last season. Once the SBC presidents voted to share the bowl revenue, and UL covered expenses there was little if any revenue left to pocket. I don't have those numbers in front of me now, but I was given them back in the spring. We aren't going to the NO Bowl because we are making money, but because its our only option at this time.

it sucks we have to share th emoney, at least the no bowl presents us the chance to break even...which is better than losing money.