Cajun Defense and bowl predictions

[Boomer]

Boomer, when we finish 10-2, we probably still won't be ranked in top 25.

---OH I understand but that is not my question---it is how a non BCS could be chosen!!!

[Cajunjeb]

Automatic Qualification
1. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings (see below) shall play in the National Championship Game.

2. The champions of the Atlantic Coast, American Athletic, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and Southeastern Conferences will have automatic berths in one of the participating bowls.

3. The champion of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, or the Sun Belt Conference (hereinafter "non-AQ group") will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either:

A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or

B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.

No more than one such team from the non-AQ group shall earn an automatic berth in any year, unless non-AQ teams finish both No. 1 and No. 2 in the final BCS Standings. (Note: A second team may be eligible for at-large eligibility as noted below.) If two or more teams from those conferences satisfy the provisions for an automatic berth, then the team with the highest finish in the final BCS Standings will receive the automatic berth, and the remaining team or teams will be considered for at-large selection if it meets the criteria.

4. Notre Dame will have an automatic berth if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings.

5. If any of the 10 slots remain open after application of provisions 1 through 4, and an at-large team from a conference with an annual automatic berth for its champion is ranked No. 3 in the final BCS Standings, that team will become an automatic qualifier, provided that no at-large team from the same conference qualifies for the national championship game.

6. If any of the 10 slots remain open after application of provisions 1 through 5, and if no team qualifies under paragraph No. 5 and an at-large team from a conference with an annual automatic berth for its champion is ranked No. 4 in the final BCS Standings, that team will become an automatic qualifier provided that no at-large team from the same conference qualifies for the national championship game.

[BearlyDoug]

Edited to remove. This is what I get for not reading the entire thread. Cajunjeb posted clarification. The rule that applies to the Sun Belt is #3, the EITHER/OR situation.

[carync]

Sugar Bowl? BCS Bowl?

[ULCAJUNS]

Please stop talking about BCS. We're not going there

[zephyr]

Anyone besides myself concerned with our D down the stretch these last 3 games? Can we fix it?

Bowl predictions.....I know as of now we are predicted to go to the New O bowl for a third straight year. If we finish 10-2 what are our chances of catching a BCS bowl? Sugar Bowl?

Yes, I'm concerned and No, there is no chance at anything outside of NOLA or Mobile

[carync]

Please stop talking about BCS. We're not going there

No kidding…..

[cajunhawk]

No kidding…..

Explain yourself...

[carync]

Explain yourself...

somebody asked if we went 10 and 2 would we get in a BCS game or Sugar Bowl.


I can't believe that someone actually asked that…..

[Turbine]

somebody asked if we went 10 and 2 would we get in a BCS game or Sugar Bowl.


I can't believe that someone actually asked that…..

I think so, just, not this year.

[Boomer]

OK after the five big bowls, if enough teams don't qualify to fill its contractual obligations could they ask the Cajuns to fill in for ineligible teams???

[Hammer58]

OK after the five big bowls, if enough teams don't qualify to fill its contractual obligations could they ask the Cajuns to fill in for ineligible teams???

I guess that's possible Boomer but I think most of the bowls have secondary agreements in the event of such a contingency.