PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[NOCajun]

"worst case" for whom...

been in new Orleans since monday-ish, scouting places I may think will be "Cajun friendly" and I see.. and think no way , really huh?

I am ready for a Cajuns Nola bowl..

please don't think it would be "worst case" for, and maybe it is just me...although and
Therefore;

ps. selfishly and graciously i got no problem w/this match-up (giggles)

The problem I have with it is that NECH fan doesn't travel much beyond Shreveport...

[TheFan]

Bingo! Its getting old seeing these projections having UL going to all these different bowls, but truth be told, we are going to New Orleans, so we need to stop worrying. ASU (barring some ridiculous miracle) are going to the Godaddy bowl. WKU, FIU and maybe UNT will be fighting for atlarge Bids, I think that one of the 3, or maybe 2 of those 3 will get bowl bids.

The bigger question in all of this becomes who will we play. NO is scheduled to take the #5 team from CUSA, but with Boise losing and Houston still undefeated, there is a good chance that Houston ends up in a BCS bowl which would mean that NO would Essentially be taking the #6 seed from CUSA. Right now, CUSA has 4 bowl eligible team, they have 3 teams a 4-6 and 1 team at 5-5 and one of those 4-6 teams will fall to 4-7 this weekend as ECU and UCF play each other. They would need a lot of things to go right to have 6 eligible teams, so New Orleans may be in the mix for an atlarge team. Best Case Scenario is if we can nab a team from one of the AQ conferences that misses a slot, that would be really awesome. More likely though, we may end up playing one of the bowl eligible MAC teams. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Rivals.com has the Cajuns vs. Marshall in their bowl projection.

[CajunDreDog]

If Boomer and snote had a conversation on the internet, would anybody understand it?

Just the two of them. Secret code they know maybe?

[shof]

Just the two of them. Secret code they know maybe?

It would be entertaining!

[Ned Clampett]

If Boomer and snote had a conversation on the internet, would anybody understand it?

Between Boomer's dashes and Snote's dots, it would look something like Morse code I would think.

[Cajunsmike]

I really think that USM would travel better than SMU to New Orleans. But I think your lower end would be about right for SMU and the upper end and beyond would work for USM. JMHO

I doubt we see USM in the NO Bowl. I think you see them in the Liberty as that is where the CUSA
champ goes. This is likely if either they or Houston win the CUSA championship game. If Houston wins they will likely be in a BCS bowl leaving USM to fill the Liberty slot. If USM wins they are CUSA champs and go to the Liberty. SMU may bring a good crowd as flights from Dallas to New Orleans are plentiful and reasonably priced.

[Cajun90]

If Boomer and snote had a conversation on the internet, would anybody understand it?

I was just thinking that I followed snote's post and I've followed most of Boomer's post pretty well all week. Think I'll go ahead and schedule that checkup my wife has been bugging me about.

However if anyone is looking at the long term effects of concussions from playing football I think they should talk to both of these guys.

[moorecajun]

If the NO Bowl officials honestly think the NECHS would bring more than a few thousand people down here, then they're COMPLETE idiots!!

This sure would be a good way to show who travels well though!

[ET]

It doesn't matter what happens...we are going to New Orleans regardless. If WKU wins the tiebreakers or ASU wins the tiebreaker...New Orleans has the first choice...and as long as the winner of the tiebreaker gets slotted somewhere, anywhere, then New Orleans picks us. It's only a matter of when the invite comes.

Look at last year...FIU won the tiebreaker...where did they go? Little Caesars Bowl. Godaddy.com wanted MTSU and New Orleans wanted Troy. These bowls will get who they want. And lucky for us...New Orleans has the first choice and we are the apple of their eye.

True dat! The official word comes Monday!

[UL_Cajuns]

The NECHS wouldn't bring 2,000 down here. FORGEDDABOUTIT!!!

They drink too much in New Orleans for Tech Fans.