Desired bowl situation?

[wcd35]

Riddle me this why would the Sun Belt want us to go to the GoDaddy.com Bowl when that stadium only holds 40,000. The Sun Belt gains nothing by us going there, now convincing NIU to come to New Orleans where the stadium can hold 60K+ is a win for both NIU, MAC and the Sun Belt. With the extra ticket sales they could help out the GoDaddy.com Bowl.

I dont know how you can get a MAC team to the NO Bowl though. CUSA has 6 primary tie ins and already have 6 bowl eligible. They're not going to forfeit a bowl.

[MelRock]

I dont know how you can get a MAC team to the NO Bowl though. CUSA has 6 primary tie ins and already have 6 bowl eligible. They're not going to forfeit a bowl.

(There is the possibility they do not have enough bowl eligible teams.) If ESPN wants the match up they will make it happen. I do not know all of the details, but I hope we are not playing on a Sunday night in January.

Ignore what I put in (), I have a problem with reading comprehension.

[Grantvb]

I dont know how you can get a MAC team to the NO Bowl though. CUSA has 6 primary tie ins and already have 6 bowl eligible. They're not going to forfeit a bowl.

That's a good point. I just did some checking, and in 2011 when we were paired with SDSU, the CUSA only had 5bowl-eligible teams. (2) of which were 12-1 (USM) and 12-1 (Houston). Their bowl placements were much better and of course they probably all opted to avoid playing in the NOLA Bowl.

[wcd35]

There is the possibility they do not have enough bowl eligible teams. If ESPN wants the match up they will make it happen. I do not know all of the details, but I hope we are not playing on a Sunday night in January.

Is someone going to forfeit games? Right now CUSA has their slots filled. If they have a secondary agreement that comes open, could they ditch one of their primary bowls?

[RCAJUN90]

It would be nice to play and vastly outnumber Tulane in their last home game in the Superdome if they were to go to the NOLA bowl.IMO, it would be a great atmosphere and good for recruiting.

Playing NIU would be nice too though but I'd lean towards nola

I would be surprised if Tulane would go for this. They will be embarrassed on the field and in the stands. I would imagine they hold some pull with the people at the NOLA bowl. They might try to slam the door shut on us forcing us to go elsewhere.

[cajun67]

I'll go where ever we're sent but I love bowling in NO. Don't care against whom. Don't care when. It's an electric time. Now after a few years, ok, lets play elsewhere. But for now, I'm just and I mean just getting used to playing in a bowl game. Been watching every home game unless overseas since 63. So travelling to NO is fine by me. I may be thinking too small. Fine. I'll think bigger when we raise enough money to have labs in engineering that are BIG time.

[CrazyCajun]

I would be surprised if Tulane would go for this. They will be embarrassed on the field and in the stands. I would imagine they hold some pull with the people at the NOLA bowl. They might try to slam the door shut on us forcing us to go elsewhere.

Tulane doesn't want to play a bowl game in their home stadium. It's not as much of a reward for the players to play in their home stadium. We bring 40k people, nobody is going to shut the door on is with the Nola bowl.

[ulforlife]

I think Ball State will beat NIU so we could very well be playing NIU in a bowl

[cajunfan337]

If MAC and CUSA could work out an agreement to switch teams up in those respective bowls, NIU could very well make it down here. NOLA bowl gets NIU, mobile gets Tulane

[Hammer58]

I would be surprised if Tulane would go for this. They will be embarrassed on the field and in the stands. I would imagine they hold some pull with the people at the NOLA bowl. They might try to slam the door shut on us forcing us to go elsewhere.

I seriously doubt a Toolame gas any clout with he NOLA Bowl, especially as far as it concerns UL. We have already proved we bring gone fans who put butts in the seats. Toolame has already proven that they can't fill the Dome.

[Hammer58]

Good idea, but can they contractually exclude a CUSA team?

CUSA would have to agree to whatever swap was proposed. It would be up to the Bowl organizers to sell it. But as someone else pointed out, ESPN essentially runs these bowls. If they would see the matchup as a good television draw they could likely make it happen.

[ulXrunner]

Riddle me this why would the Sun Belt want us to go to the GoDaddy.com Bowl when that stadium only holds 40,000. The Sun Belt gains nothing by us going there, now convincing NIU to come to New Orleans where the stadium can hold 60K+ is a win for both NIU, MAC and the Sun Belt. With the extra ticket sales they could help out the GoDaddy.com Bowl.

I was unaware of 40k being capacity. I have to think about my earlier response.