Latest Bowl Projections

[J-Town Cajun]

_ I do not think the New Orleans Bowl can take a 6-6 SBC team when a 7-win team is available.

But that WOULD be best for the conference.

There will be precious little time to sell tickets to New Orleans, and several other bowls.

Do the Cajuns have a marketing plan in place ? Each bowl requires a marketing plan before distributing a bid (at least for teams on "our" level).

Hope the Cajuns make it ! _

I doubt it. But thanks, hopefully someone in our administration is reading this board and can put together a plan real quick!

[KAjunRaider]

What if a slot in the St. Pete Bowl opens up, with Pitt narrowly beating Cincy ?

St. Pete has a secondary tie-in with SBC, and reportedly MT HC Stockstill would love to play in Florida (in front of the Fla recruits).

Does that knock out Boise from the BCS, and send them to Mobile ?

This could trigger a mess, but maybe Cincy will fall out of the BCS picture.

[TuffGuy84]

_ I don't see how Texas/Nebraska really matters. If the Big 12 gets two BCS spots, that just kicks someone else out (Boise St.?).

For us to make a bowl, there has to be a spot available. Nebraska over Texas doesn't create a spot, if just shuffles some around.

We need:
Navy over Army
Wisconsin over Hawaii
MAC team to turn down a bowl invite

Otherwise, I seriously doubt it. _

I was wondering that too, but as I started thinking, it started to make sense. The reason we don't want the Texas bowl open is we want humanitarian open as they will likely pull out all stops to get UCLA there. If the option is Texas, its not as likely that UCLA will go there, UCLA might choose to go to eaglebank or Pizza bowl, which is bad for us because both of those are against MAC teams already I believe, meaning that if an "at large" MAC team were to go, it would be a Mac v. Mac Matchup, which is REALLY not wanted by bowl comittees, and would be bad for the MAC, thus why they would rather choose to not go to a bowl, than go to a bowl and essentially have a late season conference game.

[TuffGuy84]

_ What if a slot in the St. Pete Bowl opens up, with Pitt narrowly beating Cincy ?

St. Pete has a secondary tie-in with SBC, and reportedly MT HC Stockstill would love to play in Florida (in front of the Fla recruits).

Does that knock out Boise from the BCS, and send them to Mobile ?

This could trigger a mess, but maybe Cincy will fall out of the BCS picture. _

Scratch that, what an ending to the Cinci game, that was a hell of a game!

[KAjunRaider]

MT fans were for Cincy to win.

Now we need Boise and Texas to win.

If a MAC team pulls out, doesn't that automatically put the Cajuns in the bowl picture ?

[TuffGuy84]

_ MT fans were for Cincy to win.

Now we need Boise and Texas to win.

If a MAC team pulls out, doesn't that automatically put the Cajuns in the bowl picture ? _

It puts us squarely in the bowl picture if the MAC keeps one home, and Hawaii and Navy lose, we need BOTH to lose for us to have a legit chance. Today is all about Texas and Wisconsin for cajun fans, and frankly should be for the conference, because it would be the first time ever that 3 belt send 3 teams to bowl games. A huge step forward as only a few years ago we were worried about having a bowl eligible team, heck our first year, we had a team with a losing record go to a bowl game, we would now have 3 teams not only eligible, but going to games.

[Big Buds]

If a MAC team pulls out, doesn't that automatically put the Cajuns in the bowl picture ? _

Most definitely...

[Big Buds]

_ and Hawaii and Navy lose, we need BOTH to lose for us to have a legit chance.

We need Navy to win.

[Parrott]

Bowls aren't going to set up a MAC vs MAC matchup. Will never happen because it won't sell tickets. The MAC might turn down a bid due to financial concerns. The conference will lose money playing in the EagleBank and Humanitarian Bowls as an at-large. Bowling Green is the school I keep hearing that might sit it out.

I was wondering that too, but as I started thinking, it started to make sense. The reason we don't want the Texas bowl open is we want humanitarian open as they will likely pull out all stops to get UCLA there. If the option is Texas, its not as likely that UCLA will go there, UCLA might choose to go to eaglebank or Pizza bowl, which is bad for us because both of those are against MAC teams already I believe, meaning that if an "at large" MAC team were to go, it would be a Mac v. Mac Matchup, which is REALLY not wanted by bowl comittees, and would be bad for the MAC, thus why they would rather choose to not go to a bowl, than go to a bowl and essentially have a late season conference game.

igeaux.mobi

[jllanclos]

Bowls aren't going to set up a MAC vs MAC matchup. Will never happen because it won't sell tickets. The MAC might turn down a bid due to financial concerns. The conference will lose money playing in the EagleBank and Humanitarian Bowls as an at-large. Bowling Green is the school I keep hearing that might sit it out.



igeaux.mobi

Got my hopes up...

igeaux.mobi

[TuffGuy84]

_ We need Navy to win. _

touche, was writing real quickly, but you get what I'm trying to say.

[KAjunRaider]

Updated SI.com has UCLA in the H-Bowl.

Could Cajuns go to Detroit, instead of BGSU ?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...ns/index.html/

They might as well go ahead and make that game an SBC tie-in.

_ Bowls aren't going to set up a MAC vs MAC matchup. Will never happen because it won't sell tickets. The MAC might turn down a bid due to financial concerns. The conference will lose money playing in the EagleBank and Humanitarian Bowls as an at-large. Bowling Green is the school I keep hearing that might sit it out.



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