A look into the Bowl picture

[RaginWaldo]

ok so there are 34 bowls, 4 which have a contract with sunbelt teams
there are 68 football teams that will be invited

so far there are 69 Bowl eligible teams (including UL Cajuns)
there are 10 teams that are one win shy of becoming bowl eligible of those i think 4 will become bowl eligible (UConn, W. Mich, Wyoming, Kent St. maybe Kansas)

that makes a total of 74 possible bowl eligible teams
the eligible candidates who will be on bubble and may get the shaft are:
FSU, Iowa St., Texas AM, Minnesota, South Carolina, Marshall, UCLA, ULM, UL

who do we want to lose to even give us a chance. i know one for sure
Troy!!! but who else can possibly bump us into a bowl spot
id say Texas AM and Iowa St. (they both lost to Kansas St. and also that would clear a spot in Eagle Bank bowl or Little Ceasar's bowl)
Us beating ULM helps big in gaining a bowl before they consider them.
South Carolina losing would help us possibly with the Papajohns.com bowl
even a Marshall loss would make a team bowl eligible but would help us

so Goal #1 is definately accomplished by getting bowl eligible.
Now lets beat troy and make a Bowl game appearance more of a possibility
pray atleast 2 or more of these teams lose and get ignored

Conference USA
Marshall 6-5 vs. UTEP (upset Alert!!! UTEP has lost last 5 games by less than a TD and finally coming home after 3 games on road, they'll be hungry for a final win on the season)
UAB 5-6 vs. UCF 7-4
SMU 6-5vs. Tulane
Big 12
Texas AM 6-5 vs. Texas 11-0
Iowa St 6-6 loss 3 of last 4 (its how you finish )
Kansas 5-6 vs. Missouri (win could help but only 1-6 in conference right now)
MAC
Kent St. 5-6 vs. Buffalo
W Mich 5-6 vs. Ball St.
Toledo 5-6 vs. Bowling Green 6-5 (Toledo lost last 3 of 4 games and Bowling green is no slouch)
Sun Belt
Troy 8-3 vs. UL 6-5 (if we beat Troy i know it would be a sure spot in a bowl)
ULM 6-5 vs. MT 8-3 ( another loss for ULM would also help in our case)

ladies and gentlemen, it is about to get fun

[Rebel02]

Gotta beat Troy first, then you can look at the bowl picture. Until then, you're just setting yourself up for a let down.

[RaginWaldo]

probably so, but its always a fun conversation

[NOCajun]

_ Gotta beat Troy first, then you can look at the bowl picture. Until then, you're just setting yourself up for a let down. _

Also got to pull for MT to beat the monrovians!!

[J-Town Cajun]

I disagree about the ULM and MT game. If UL and ULM both win both teams are 7-5 and we would have the head up win against ULM, have won the final 2 games of the season, and 3 of last 4. Also we would be the only team in the Belt to beat Troy. In this case any bowl would take UL over ULM anyday and maybe MT at 8-4. In this senerio the Belt would have 4 teams with 7 wins so the bowl committee would almost have to place 2 teams. If MT wins then they would have 9 wins on the season and the head up win over us so MT would be placed before UL with 7 wins.

[BrockMeaux]

This just makes me even more sick about the FIU and Middle Tennessee games.had we won just one of them, we'd be discussing plane tickets.

[Cajun90]

IF it boils down to an at-large bid (no tie-in or at least no eligible tie-in) for any of the bowls then the bowl must take a 7 win team over a six win team.

I like our shot if we can beat Troy. Without that win I think we are sitting at home.

[jllanclos]

Without that win I think we are sitting at home.

And deserve to be, honestly. If we win, howeverdesperately trying not to get my hopes up!!!

igeaux.mobi

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[RaginWaldo]

i just wish we can go back in time and beat FIU
the losses that hurt us BAD were
Nebraska 55-0 shut out might not impress the bowl games' deciders.
FAU, FIU both teams only had one win previous to us and definately isnt impressive seeing we lost to them

it does help that we beat these teams
Kansas State, even though they arent bowl eligible this year it was a huge win showing we can compete with anyone and they arent bowl eligible cause they scheduled poorly. 2 FCS schools

ULM having already been bowl eligible and we beat them that is very impressive.

Hopefully we can add another name to this list

but yes i agree, either win or stay home, and that means bustle cant hold anything back for this upcoming game, give it all and dont hide anything we are capable of.

[jllanclos]

Someone said that it looks like 3 from the sun belt.which of our secondary tie-ins won't fill both slots? Which slots? What are we watching for in next week's games regarding those slots? And parrot mentioned humanitarian bowl as a possibillity also if we get to 7.what scenerio would make that possible?


igeaux.mobi

[Cajunpride101]

_ i just wish we can go back in time and beat FIU
the losses that hurt us BAD were
Nebraska 55-0 shut out might not impress the bowl games' deciders.
FAU, FIU both teams only had one win previous to us and definately isnt impressive seeing we lost to them

it does help that we beat these teams
Kansas State, even though they arent bowl eligible this year it was a huge win showing we can compete with anyone and they arent bowl eligible cause they scheduled poorly. 2 FCS schools

ULM having already been bowl eligible and we beat them that is very impressive.

Hopefully we can add another name to this list

but yes i agree, either win or stay home, and that means bustle cant hold anything back for this upcoming game, give it all and dont hide anything we are capable of. _

Kansas State is 6-6 so they will most likely go bowling. It would be sad if we had to stay home.

[RaginWaldo]

like i said, Kansas state is not bowl eligible cause they scheduled 2 FCS schools. look on espn.com and go to standings.