Steve Hale Interview

[GeauxCajuns]

If BYU and Boise have 1 or 2 losses...we would be left out in the cold.

next year we play boise, if we go 12-0 with a win over them and they go 10-2 we get left out?

[CajunNation]

It's not gonna happen in the Sun Belt.

It all depends.

12-0 from the MAC, CUSA, or the SBC only gets in if the MWC or the AAC representative has 2 or more losses.

To say the SBC champ would never make it is strictly conjecture based on the facts that no SBC school has ever even flirted with being in position to test the theory, and the SBC's most similar conference mate, the MAC, had a school with a loss make it, NIU.

Based on what has happened in the recent past, it is entirely plausible for an undefeated SBC school to make the Access Bowl if the AAC or MWC schools each have 2 or more losses.

[Hammer58]

You know what's pretty funny when you think about:

We're all telling others how to do their job when we all (myself certainly included) spend a lot of time on this site during business hours.

Multitasking

[CajunT]

i think if we go 12-0 we get in the access bowl. the access bowl is not the playoff, there is a big differnce. there is a spot saved for the top G5 program in the access bowl, if we are 12-0 i believe we are there.

I still haven't heard how that is likely over a 11-1 AAC program. What was the rpi of the ACC champion and Georgia Southern?

[CajunNation]

next year we play boise, if we go 12-0 with a win over them and they go 10-2 we get left out?

It depends. If Boise's 2 losses would be to us and, say, Ohio State, and the SBC has a terrible year, then, it could happen. Boise starts out with such a head start due to their pre-season ranking. They truly are a P5 program playing in a G5 league.

[cajunhawk]

next year we play boise, if we go 12-0 with a win over them and they go 10-2 we get left out?

You have to realize it's not automatic. It's based on rankings. Who controls the rankings? Those people will put a 10-2 Boise team over an unbeaten SBC team even if that team beat Boise.

[CajunNation]

I still haven't heard how that is likely over a 11-1 AAC program. What was the rpi of the ACC champion and Georgia Southern?

It's not likely. The AAC school would probably get the nod, but that would be true for any undefeated school from CUSA, the MAC, or the SBC.

[GeauxCajuns]

I'm incognito...

all of the guests on the threads are our bosses!!

[Cajun Monkee]

I'm incognito...

I'm incankton.

[ManAboutTown]

You know what I meant.

Are you telling me that if we were to run the table, we wouldn't have a shot at the Access Bowl this season?

You know we would.

Are you telling me if I buy a lottery ticket, I don't have a chance to win 100 million dollars?

Reality is, TECHNICALLY, there is a mathematically chance it could happen. In reality, it would be an extraordinary anomaly.

[Cajunfanatico]

I'm incankton.

Alright, I laughed.

[ManAboutTown]

No, actually I was just trying to answer Charliek's question after I saw that everyone else opted to to give him snarky responses in lieu of an actual answer.

Nothing snarky about it. First of all, any intelligent person would rather get the answer to their questions straight from the source than from supporters. Second, everyone that is involved or a fan of UL Athletics needs to hear Steve Hale speak. There were reasons for all comments...

Keep trying though.. its cute.