PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[ULGrad@HOU]

It brings into question the risk versus reward of conference championship games. There have been numerous instances that conference championships have screwed the conference. They have almost no potential whatsoever of improving the conference postseason situation but have proven to cost conferences over and over again.

Ironic, wanting more money, by getting a televised championship game, and then losing money because of the result.

I thought UH was a decent team, but not #6. Their schedule was suspect, and they didn't beat any team that was really good. That can be said about many teams, I know. It's college football, without a playoff.

[Cajun90]

5th choice C-USA. Who?

If you eliminate Houston & S. Miss as possibilites you are left with Tulsa, SMU, and Marshall as possibilites.

[gatadotcom]

Houston just ____ed away a mega pay day for them and CUSA. Congrats to USM.....no gimme win, they earned it.

It is a lost mega payday for ALL non-AQ conferences. If a non-AQ team gets a BCS bowl, then EVERY non-AQ conference gets roughly double the normal payoff.

Not only did CUSA forfeit a big payday this afternoon with Houston's loss, but the Sun Belt did also . . . unless Boise gets chosen for a BCS bowl.

Go Boise State!

[Just1More]

One result of this is that we now likely get a CUSA team as a New Orleans Bowl opponent.

Very true. We'll have to see how the selection process works out from here on out.

[ib4jesus]

Put my deposit in two days after the anouncement, got my tickets today section 341. Good chance i work the chains for all home games. You Think?

[sportsfanatic21]

Looks like Cajuns-Thundering Herd on December 17th. D#%n you Houston!!!

[Just1More]

Ironic, wanting more money, by getting a televised championship game, and then losing money because of the result.

I thought UH was a decent team, but not #6. Their schedule was suspect, and they didn't beat any team that was really good. That can be said about many teams, I know. It's college football, without a playoff.

I believe it's a 50/50 of USM being pretty decent and Houston being overrated. I feel like championship games are notorious for the top rated team to slack off and the opponent stepping up. They are simply not good for the conference when you look at the current postseason format. I know why split division conferences have them, but they're problematic.

[Just1More]

Put my deposit in two days after the anouncement, got my tickets today section 341. Good chance i work the chains for all home games. You Think?

Think what?

[ib4jesus]

Maybe a little closer

[VObserver]

I think there may be 6 CUSA bowl tie-ins.

There are 6