New Bowl Starting in 2020: Myrtle Beach Bowl

[TheFan]

Exactly, if you don't want to watch the bowl game don't watch. What people don't understand is that if they took bowl games away, it's not going to be the 6-6 Iowa state vs 6-6 wake forest sitting at home...it's going to be the 8-4 UL or the 9-3 Troy sitting at home.

Exactly

[CajunDreDog]

Can this be a pre-season bowl game? I'd much prefer a trip to the beach in August rather than December.

When I thick of Myrtle Beach, the last thing I think of is December.

[Oiler]

By who exactly? Since 2013 they are 45-23 with 3 bowl wins. They also beat us twice by a combined score of 91-34. If they have been ridiculed, I don't see how it has hurt their program.

They've actually won four straight bowl games and they will be playing in their fifth bowl game in five years this year. Some here on RP say Tech has hit their ceiling. Maybe they have, but other than the bowl games G5 conferences are contracted with, what else does any of us have to play for?

[Boomer]

Ltur has beaten a good N Tex with a 7-3 record along with 5-5 FAU....their other wins are over SAl 2-8.....rice 1-10.... UtEP 1-9.....UTSA 3-7......they have SMiss 4-5 and WKU 1-9..... These easy wins occur when you play in the very dead last conference in the country.....5 of their wins will be against teams with a combined 8 wins!.........as one looks deeper into the Cusa true value, we see that NTex has no wins against FBS schools with a winning record and even lost to old D.....again a member of the worst by far conference in the country!

[Oiler]

Ltur has beaten a good N Tex with a 7-3 record along with 5-5 FAU....their other wins are over SAl 2-8.....rice 1-10.... UtEP 1-9.....UTSA 3-7......they have SMiss 4-5 and WKU 1-9..... These easy wins occur when you play in the very dead last conference in the country.....5 of their wins will be against teams with a combined 8 wins!.........as one looks deeper into the Cusa true value, we see that NTex has no wins against FBS schools with a winning record and even lost to old D.....again a member of the worst by far conference in the country!

The same thing can be said about every G5 conference. Half the teams in every single one of them are horrible. Who is it exactly that we've beaten that'll make our becoming bowl eligible more legit than a CUSA team's?

[Turbine]

The same thing can be said about every G5 conference. Half the teams in every single one of them are horrible. Who is it exactly that we've beaten that'll make our becoming bowl eligible more legit than a CUSA team's?

"Eligible" only has value when mentioned in conjunction with multiple seasons.

Otherwise its not the eligibility, its the actual game, the opponent and result.

[Oiler]

"Eligible" only has value when mentioned in conjunction with multiple seasons.

Otherwise its not the eligibility, its the actual game, the opponent and result.

I agree. Quality bowl game opponents give G5 teams an opportunity to showcase their programs against competition that is "perceived" to be in a better conference.

I'd say our best bowl win would be the win over San Diego State. I think the perception of Cajun football around the country got a nice bump from that particular bowl win. La Tech has beaten Illinois and Navy in recent bowl games. Those wins likely elevated the perception of their program around the country as well.

I'd love to face a P5 opponent every year in a bowl game. There's everything to gain and very little to lose against P5 opponents. If a P5 opponent isn't possible, the next best thing is to beat a team from either the MWC or the AAC. Beating a team out of the MAC or CUSA won't move the needle at all for us.