Motor City gave FAU nod for playing in Michigan

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  Motor City executive director Ken Hoffman said the Motor City Bowl was impressed with FAU when it traveled to East Lansing this year to play Michigan State.

“Perhaps the tie-breaker was FAU played in this area this year and got a lot of media attention when they played Michigan State,” he told The Daily Advertiser in Lafayette, La.

“In addition to that attention, we also considered the offense they run and the fact they have an NFL-type quarterback in Rusty Smith. Plus, Howard Schnellenberger is a legend and will bring more to the game as well.”

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By Tom D'Angelo | Monday, December 8, 2008, 08:24 AM

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At least the Palm Beach (Fla.) Post got it right:

"Although the Sun Belt learned last week that the agreement with the Independence and PapaJohns.com bowls only applies to Sun Belt teams with at least seven wins, the Shreveport-base Independence insulted the conference by taking a 6-6 MAC team over a team in its own state."

It nice to see some other conference members understand the Independence Bowl decision was not only a slap in the face to the Cajuns but to the entire Sun Belt conference.