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Every school that has pulled this move has suffered a few (more) years of below average results.
By that I mean the pride move led to years where they couldn't go bowling if they wanted to.
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So let's say CUSA has 6 bowl eligible teams.
Southern Miss
Winner of ECU/Marshall game
Houston
Tulsa
UTEP(only if they beat UCF in their finale)
CUSA has six bowl tie ins.
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Beef O' Brady's St Petersburg Bowl (WTF is Beef O' Brady's)
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Autozone Liberty Bowl
Ticketcity Bowl
I can see SMU and Tulsa both trying for either the Armed Forces or Ticketcity Bowls. Both are in Dallas. One is at SMU's stadium other at Cotton Bowl.
Houston if they keep winning will get a BCS game. I expect Houston to win on the road against Tulsa. That would make the CUSA championship game Houston vs. Southern Miss. Houston wins...BCS game Southern Miss still goes to Liberty Bowl, Southern Miss wins they go to Liberty Bowl and Houston hopefully looks towards New Orleans. So if Houston beats Tulsa, Southern Miss is going to the Liberty Bowl come hell or high water.
The winner of the ECU/Marshall game will be scraping the walls to get to the Beef O' friggin Brady's bowl thing since they are the only two eastern teams and that is really the only eastern bowl they have.
If UTEP wins the game against UCF I think they get shipped to Hawaii. if UTEP doesn't win and Houston wins and goes to a BCS bowl....Hawaii will be without a CUSA team.
I'm going to predict only 5 bowl eligible teams for CUSA. I don't see Houston losing to anyone until the BCS game so that only leaves 4 CUSA teams for 6 bowl slots. I see Hawaii and New Orleans wide open.
That means...mystery opponent!!!!
Big East has 6 bowl tie ins(5 regular and a BCS bowl) and 4 eligible as of today with 3 more possible. Pitt has 2 games to win one...WVU this Friday and Syracuse in two weeks. I expect them to get eligible. That's 5. Next up UCONN...they have 2 games to get two wins...I do no expect them to become bowl eligible. South Florida has two games to get one win. I think they can get that one win. That makes 6. That leaves Syracuse who has two games to win one. I think they can do it. That makes 7. Hell there is a scenario where every Big East team goes bowling. Pitt beats West Virginia but loses to Syracuse. Both Pitt and Syracuse are bowl eligible. South Florida beats Louisville and they are eligible. If UCONN beats Rutgers and Cincinnati...all 8 Big East teams are bowl eligible. There is a good chance that the Big East sends someone to New Orleans if there is an opening.
Big Ten has 8 bowl tie ins(7 regular and a BCS). If Michigan beats Ohio State there is a good chance they will be a second at large BCS bid for the Big Ten. That really makes 9 tie ins. The Big Ten as of right now has 9 eligible teams and Purdue at 5-6 with only Indiana to play. Purdue will be bowl eligible. That makes 10. That's 2 teams that the Big Ten has that can be hole stuffers for bowls that aren't filled. There is a good chance a Big Ten team can be sent to New Orleans to fill a hole.
Best scenario for the Cajuns...Tulsa upsets Houston or Houston beats Tulsa and loses to Southern Miss in CUSA Championship game...Houston beats Southern Miss in CUSA Championship game and Houston occupies the Liberty spot. That leaves Southern Miss with open arms coming for New Orleans. That's what we want. The dome packed to the rafters...and no black and gold in sight. Tee hee.
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Neither is Eastern Michigan. It also has two wins over 1-AA schools and would need one more win to be eligible!!
Hooray, I agree, don't accommodate those guys, let them wait next year when they come to Cajun Field and play us, don't need to help them with any prestige. Looks like they will have a bowl anyway to go to. Hey they won but their fans can travel, can't they.
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cbs bowl projections have smu highlighted on the bowl in Dallas, so I guess they are out of the formula, and with UH and USM almost definitly going to different bowls that starts to make the cusa options pretty thin
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