Time to be an App State fan...

[ManAboutTown]

I disagree. There is still a path to the NY6…it goes through Conway, SC.

Zero chance

[RaginDave]

Look here is what I know Liberty is very good and Coastal is very good and believe it or not App is very good. However this looks that we finish the season with wins over all three of these teams or any combination of the two and finish 12-1 and go win a bowl game we will be ranked, no question about it, whether it is APP or Coastal. So go do what we need to do, let the chips on the other side fall where they may and win our games. We have a path to a Top 15 end of season ranking right in front of us and we need to finish the season 13-1. We can only control what we can control, nothing more and nothing less. We need to win every game we play no matter who that team is and or where that game is played.

[CajunVic]

Look here is what I know Liberty is very good and Coastal is very good and believe it or not App is very good. However this looks that we finish the season with wins over all three of these teams or any combination of the two and finish 12-1 and go win a bowl game we will be ranked, no question about it, whether it is APP or Coastal. So go do what we need to do, let the chips on the other side fall where they may and win our games. We have a path to a Top 15 end of season ranking right in front of us and we need to finish the season 13-1. We can only control what we can control, nothing more and nothing less. We need to win every game we play no matter who that team is and or where that game is played.

I resemble this analysis.

[Turbine]

If 11-1 meets 11-1 and the championship is held at The Swamp, the attendance will hit News Orleans Bowl best numbers.

[CajunVic]

If 11-1 meets 11-1 and the championship is held at The Swamp, the attendance will hit News Orleans Bowl best numbers.

Yep, New Orleans Bowl numbers.

[VObserver]

If 11-1 meets 11-1 and the championship is held at The Swamp, the attendance will hit News Orleans Bowl best numbers.

Only one way to get 11-1 vs 11-1 in the Swamp. App beats Coastal then drops another conference game; UL and Coastal win out after the Chickens lose to App.

[ragin50]

If it happens...get ready for: Its too cold, its too early on Saturday, I can't set up my tailgate that early, Kids have plans, blah, blah, blah....

The 2021 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship will be played on Saturday, Dec. 4, and will be nationally televised on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT. The game will feature the champions of the conference’s East and West Divisions and will be played at the site of the divisional winner with the best overall conference record.

Is national ranking the tiebreaker if both teams are undefeated in conference? Also, if App beats the Covid chickens and App loses another conference game, we would host the chickens if we run the table in conference.

[Turbine]

If App beats Coastal and both Louisiana and Coastal are 11-1, Louisiana would have the best conference record.

[VObserver]

Is national ranking the tiebreaker if both teams are undefeated in conference? Also, if App beats the Covid chickens and App loses another conference game, we would host the chickens if we run the table in conference.

If both teams have the same Conference record, the tiebreaker is CFP ranking. I believe that our loss to Texas in game 1 will not hurt us as bad as a Week 8 loss to a 2 loss App will hurt Coastal. In fact, I expect our ranking will pass Coastal's immediately after their Week 8 loss. After we win out, we will have wins over everyone in conference that we played, plus a win over a very good Liberty team. Outside of conference, Coastal's best win will be Buffalo.

Also, if we win out in conference play and Coastal loses a conference game, we host, regardless of ranking and regardless of who wins the East..

[Duggie35]

I understand your line of thinking. And you’re probably right about the hype of the game nationally. But I think long term, hosting is the best result, for our fan base.

I think playing at home is always what is best for the team and our fans. All of us fans can do our part to make a statement nationally by simply showing up and attending home games in person. Just the visual appearance of 30,000 - 35,000 in Cajun Field to the TV audience would go a long way in improving our appeal on the national scene. Not to mention what it would do to the atmosphere in Cajun Field. For those reading this post that have not been to a Cajun game when the attendance has been 26,000 or more, it doesn't even feel like the same place.

[Big Buds]

Zero chance

Highly unlikely…but not zero chance.

Cincinnati is all but in the CFP. BYU is ineligible as an independent. So that leaves Coastal, SMU and San Diego State.

If SMU and SDS stub their toe and we win out…beating a potential Top 15 in the CCG, what keeps us out?

[ManAboutTown]

Only one way to get 11-1 vs 11-1 in the Swamp. App beats Coastal then drops another conference game; UL and Coastal win out after the Chickens lose to App.

Perfectly fine with this scenario. In fact, I prefer it.