Possible Bowl Opponent: Rice

[ULtimateCajun]

_ answer your phone! _

A bowl game would really tie the season together, would it not?

[Zeebart21]

_ A bowl game would really tie the season together, would it not? _

but of course!

[Clutch0364]

_ sucked not being there last night! _

No what sucks Z is that I have a presentation at 5 and don't have a voice lol

[billbeck451]

with a healthy team and some time to rest our d and get some more of them back I think it would be a great matchup
Just look at how Des looked last night, a few extra days of rest and he looked almost in pre injury form he wasn't even limping from what I could see on the internet feed.

[Clutch0364]

_ with a healthy team and some time to rest our d and get some more of them back I think it would be a great matchup
Just look at how Des looked last night, a few extra days of rest and he looked almost in pre injury form he wasn't even limping from what I could see on the internet feed. _

His knee locked up one time when he was trying to get to the sideline after he broke containment but other than that I don't believe I seen any limp. He got hit pretty hard on one run but got up like it was pre-injury.

[ULtimateCajun]

_ His knee locked up one time when he was trying to get to the sideline after he broke containment but other than that I don't believe I seen any limp. He got hit pretty hard on one run but got up like it was pre-injury. _

I saw him limp after a few runs but nothing that seemed to effect him too much. Its amazing how effective the passing game becomes when Des can run the ball. Things just open up.

I agree that if we can get healthy i like this offenses chance against anyone. Especially against the 115th ranked Defense in the nation.

[jllanclos]

He got hit pretty hard on one run but got up like it was pre-injury. _

Man, did I cringe after that hit!

[Clutch0364]

_ Man, did I cringe after that hit! _

Whenever a player gets flipped especially one with a nee injury it just makes you close your eyes for a minute and hope for the best.

[RaginFan2]

_ Lets just decline the offer if it comes our way.

Z

geeze....c'mon guys. _

Let me be the pessimist for a moment. I'd love to be in the Texas Bowl, but I have a hard time visualizing a 9-3 team vs. a 6-6 team without a gold helmet. It would be great for us, but maybe the bowl people and Rice might not be too excited. I also don't like our chances for the I-Bowl mainly because a LA Tee Da Tech vs. UL is waaaay too local a match-up for a regional, much less national audience. Again, sorry to be a negative "Nacy" (thought it was supposed to be Nancy), that's my perspective. With 4 to 6 of the 6-6 teams having no place to go bowling, I envision most of those "home for the holidays" to be coming from the MAC and Sunbelt. I do think we will be on the edge of that division, but I just don't have strong feeling about which side we will land on. I DO have a very strong feeling though for which side I HOPE we come down on! Let's geaux beauxling!!!

[DestinCajun]

_ Let me be the pessimist for a moment. I'd love to be in the Texas Bowl, but I have a hard time visualizing a 9-3 team vs. a 6-6 team without a gold helmet. It would be great for us, but maybe the bowl people and Rice might not be too excited. I also don't like our chances for the I-Bowl mainly because a LA Tee Da Tech vs. UL is waaaay too local a match-up for a regional, much less national audience. Again, sorry to be a negative "Nacy" (thought it was supposed to be Nancy), that's my perspective. With 4 to 6 of the 6-6 teams having no place to go bowling, I envision most of those "home for the holidays" to be coming from the MAC and Sunbelt. I do think we will be on the edge of that division, but I just don't have strong feeling about which side we will land on. I DO have a very strong feeling though for which side I HOPE we come down on! Let's geaux beauxling!!! _

I tossed this whole thing around in my head and I've come up with this simple approach -

The first to ask us determines where we go.


(but please, please, pleeeeeeaaaaaase let it be Houston)

[CajunKate]

All this analyzing and guessing is already becoming excruciating...and it's been only been about 16 hours since the win! If you haven't guessed patience is not exactly my strong suit, so WHEN will the Cajuns actually know whether or not they've been invited to a bowl?

[HOUCajun]

_ Let me be the pessimist for a moment. I'd love to be in the Texas Bowl, but I have a hard time visualizing a 9-3 team vs. a 6-6 team without a gold helmet. It would be great for us, but maybe the bowl people and Rice might not be too excited. I also don't like our chances for the I-Bowl mainly because a LA Tee Da Tech vs. UL is waaaay too local a match-up for a regional, much less national audience. Again, sorry to be a negative "Nacy" (thought it was supposed to be Nancy), that's my perspective. With 4 to 6 of the 6-6 teams having no place to go bowling, I envision most of those "home for the holidays" to be coming from the MAC and Sunbelt. I do think we will be on the edge of that division, but I just don't have strong feeling about which side we will land on. I DO have a very strong feeling though for which side I HOPE we come down on! Let's geaux beauxling!!! _

Rice and the city of Houston for that matter would be terribly dissapointed if UL came to the Texas Bowl. Rice is 9-3 and I'm sure would like to get a shot at a mid level BCS team. If I were them, I sure would!

It really boils down to what the Houston Bowl wants. From a prestige/PR standpoint we are a bad choice. If they want to sell tickets we are more attractive. Rice is no where near the draw UH is here and won't come close to filling up Reliant. Hopefully our AD is being proactive and offering to guarantee a large quantity of purchased tickets to try to swing it our way. That's what I would do.