2008 Bowl Season Louisiana Snubbed by Indi Bowl

[UL Ragin Cajun]

_ UL still waiting for bowl game
Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • December 7, 2008

As of 6 Sunday night UL's football was one of four teams being considered for an at-large slot in the Motor City Bowl on Dec. 26 in Detroit, according to that bowl's executive director Ken Hoffman.


Hoffman told The Daily Advertiser that UL, Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic and San Jose State are being considered to play Central Michigan in the bowl.

"We have four schools to select from, unless one accepts another bowl opportunity," Hoffman said. "We are very close to making a decision, but can't do anything until Western Michigan's bowl decision is made official."

Hoffman hoped to have the Motor City Bowl's at-large spot filled by 6:30 p.m. (CT) to beat the 7 selection show on ESPN. If the decision's not made by then, he figured it would be final by 7 or 8:30 tonight.

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From ESPN.com....

Motor City
Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan Detroit Ford Field Dec. 26, 8 p.m.

[UL_Cajuns]

Didn't your dad ever tell you never to burn your bridges?

[HOUCajun]

_ According to Farmer, Florida Atlantic is in the Motor City Bowl. I have not seen any written confirmation.

Brian _

Any word from him on why our players/coaches thought we had a bid? That's a pretty big miscommunication.

[UL_Cajuns]

WOW FAU over us. But ow well they did beat the crap out of us.

[CajunWave]

sorry guys....unfortunately my source is real....unlike some others here

[wcd35]

So someone explain why the deal we signed with the Independence Bowl does not apply. I understand if they got WMU who had 7 wins and had to be taken over us, but after that, aren't we supposed to get the next bid??? If the conferences scheduled cannot fill their slots, aren't we the first choice??? WTH is going on???

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Sun Belt Conference announced Tuesday that it has signed agreements with the St. Petersburg Bowl, the Papajohns.com Bowl and the PetroSun Independence Bowl.

The announcement came at the Sun Belt's annual football media days.

The agreements are effective immediately and will affect the 2008 and 2009 bowl games.

The terms call for bowl-eligible teams from the Sun Belt Conference to be the first available teams in these bowls if other conferences cannot fulfill their requirements.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colle...contract_N.htm

[NewsCopy]

  According to the DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Northern Illinois has accepted a bid to play Louisiana Tech in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28 in Shreveport.

UL was hoping to secure an at-large berth in the bowl after missing out on an opening to the Texas Bowl. Western Michigan took that final spot to play Rice on Dec. 30 in Houston.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • December 7, 2008

[Kal]

It's official. Just saw it scroll across on espn's bowl selection show.

[hollaback]

Saw this on the Bowl Schedule on ESPN

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3444571

[NOCajun]

FAU is going0to Motor City, NIU to Indy, and WMU to Texad as announced on ESPN. We're out.


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