2008 Bowl Season Louisiana Snubbed by Indi Bowl

[RaginFan2]

_ I find it hard to believe they would state rumors as facts. I am not blaming the coaches or saying they lied because i think they have more integrity than that, I think we had the bowl but then something happened that changed it. What that something was i don't know or maybe I am just reading to much into it. _

I agree and think there was something that happened. I was so elated when I read that post from Brad's dad. I just knew that was it. Then a short time later got the Lucy ball-snatch. Ugh! Something had to have happened to force a change that late. I would love to find out the back story on that. I am sure Brad just reported to his dad what he was told. But I don't think the coach(es) would've just made it up to tell the players. Don't you know that as upset as we are, that the players are just absolutely crushed? That's who I really feel bad for now.

[KAjunRaider]

And BGSU wasn't going to a bowl game, regardless. Did they not fire their coach?

_ SUNBELT: UL & Ark StAte
WAC: San Jose State
MAC: Bowling Green

We needed that 7th win..... _

[raoul]

Good grief!! Can't we accept anything on our own merits/demerits without blaming lsua&m@br? I am certainly not a fan of br, but does a 6-6 really earn a bowl? I would have been the first to buy tickets but I, disappointedly, understand why we are staying home. Let's earn a bowl next year. How about 7 wins?

[RaginFan2]

_ Good grief!! Can't we accept anything on our own merits/demerits without blaming lsua&m@br? I am certainly not a fan of br, but does a 6-6 really earn a bowl? I would have been the first to buy tickets but I, disappointedly, understand why we are staying home. Let's earn a bowl next year. How about 7 wins? _

Not blaming them, just there have been a lot of br trolls on here this evening. The disappointment is that while 6-6 might not be "earning" a bowl bid, the fact is a number of 6-6 teams did get a bowl invitation. Of all the 72 "bowl eligible" teams, including 6-6 teams, only 4 are staying home. That why there is such disappointment. That's all.

[raoul]

Let's get real, come down to earth and support the team for at least 7 wins next year!!!!

[ULtimateCajun]

I think our program needs to look in the mirror for the reason why we aren't playing in a bowl game.

[cajunref]

_ Let's get real, come down to earth and support the team for at least 7 wins next year!!!! _

At least 7, let's not forget Troy stayed home last year with 8. This year plenty of the "major conferences" could not fill their spots, we missed a golden opportunity this year to get a bowl berth absent winning the conference. Next year...who knows.

[jllanclos]

So, did NIU earn theirs? How about FAU? That's why i'm upset. It's not getting passed over for a bowl. It's the fact that not only are we running as fast as we can on a treadmill to nowhere, but tech screwed us and our conference office let us down. Anyone else hopeful for the future? I'm tired of trying to convince myself that 6-6 or even 7-5 is ok. I'm tired of getting my hopes up that next year will be any different.
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[studentfan]

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Motor city bowl still considering UL, FAU, and ASU.

Word is its going to be FAU. Which I don't understand. They will bring 10 fans to detroit, We probably would have brought a few thousand. _

I know they beat us this year, but with a worse conference record than us how do they get rewarded with the bowl game while we're left out in the cold?

[ULtimateCajun]

I'm interested to see what the Conference has to say. After getting more bowl tie-ins and now none of us getting in. I'm not going to say they didn't do anything in the last 72 or 48 hours to lobby because I wasn't there and I don't know that they didn't do it. BUT if they were just sitting at home waiting to see who was picked like all of us were then there is a problem. Whats the point of being in a conference if you aren't going to have any representation.

Look I was optimistic but when taking off my vermilion glasses, a 6-6 sunbelt team isn't all that sexy. We all heard that South Arkansas Tech made the stipulation that if the I bowl picked a belt team they would back out. So what is the result? We are staying home while SA Tech tries to figure out how to market a bowl game that will not be watched by anyone on TV and maybe 15,000 in the stadium. As apose to a "rivalry" game with a 35-45K crowd with actual atmoshere in the stadium. I'm sure this bowl will be remembered for years to come.