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USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
Five MAC teams projected to be "a-bowling". They are:
BG-Ark St in Potato Bowl
Buffalo-Tulane in Beef O Brady's Bowl
BSU-IU in LCB (interesting intra-state rivalry match-up that should produce a good crowd)
UT-UC in PinStripe (seems like an odd choice for a game in NY)
NIU-Troy in GoDaddy.com
"Flagship" program not projected but that could change of course.
Here ya go:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca...a/3295605/
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
Can't get more "flagship" than Toledo...... surely you must be making fun of the other schools in the MAC.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
Toledo vs. UC three years in a row... I'd enjoy a sweep, and a new rival.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
Pretty sure Buffalo would get a Pinstripe invite before Toledo if both teams are pretty even.
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10-30-2013 10:37 AM |
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(10-30-2013 10:37 AM)BullBoy Wrote: Pretty sure Buffalo would get a Pinstripe invite before Toledo if both teams are pretty even.
100% agree. Buffalo is after all in New York.
I also think because of Toledo SOS, and in the scenario Toledo wins at least 3/ final four we would be taken before pinstripe bowl could take us. Buffalo is good though and I believe they are in the way of winning 3 of final 4. Akron won't be easy either.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(10-30-2013 10:37 AM)BullBoy Wrote: Pretty sure Buffalo would get a Pinstripe invite before Toledo if both teams are pretty even.
That would be good for all parties.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(10-30-2013 09:40 AM)exCincy Kid Wrote: Five MAC teams projected to be "a-bowling". They are:
BG-Ark St in Potato Bowl
Buffalo-Tulane in Beef O Brady's Bowl
BSU-IU in LCB (interesting intra-state rivalry match-up that should produce a good crowd)
UT-UC in PinStripe (seems like an odd choice for a game in NY)
NIU-Troy in GoDaddy.com
"Flagship" program not projected but that could change of course.
Here ya go:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca...a/3295605/
If UB does not get the Pinstripe over another MAC team I will be so pissed at the conference....
If the MAC can pick their team for the Pinstripe and Buffalo is a go then it needs to be UB!
New Era is a Buffalo Based Company founded by a UB gradaute who is also a member of the #NYBI. We are trying to be more "New York State", most of our students come from NYC, and it's one of the most drivable Bowl games for people in WNY.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(10-30-2013 10:45 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote: (10-30-2013 10:37 AM)BullBoy Wrote: Pretty sure Buffalo would get a Pinstripe invite before Toledo if both teams are pretty even.
100% agree. Buffalo is after all in New York.
I also think because of Toledo SOS, and in the scenario Toledo wins at least 3/ final four we would be taken before pinstripe bowl could take us. Buffalo is good though and I believe they are in the way of winning 3 of final 4. Akron won't be easy either.
Keep in mind the founder of New Era is a UB alumnus
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10-30-2013 11:15 AM |
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
Swap ND in the Poinsettia and Toledo in the Pinstripe.
The MAC has the backup to Army in the Poinsettia and ND has a hand shake backup deal with the Pinstripe.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(10-30-2013 11:13 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote: If UB does not get the Pinstripe over another MAC team I will be so pissed at the conference....
If the MAC can pick their team for the Pinstripe and Buffalo is a go then it needs to be UB!
New Era is a Buffalo Based Company founded by a UB gradaute who is also a member of the #NYBI. We are trying to be more "New York State", most of our students come from NYC, and it's one of the most drivable Bowl games for people in WNY.
One of the most drivable of bowls, true. But that haul to and from NYC is still brutal, no matter which route through Upstate you take. It's similar in time to the rare drives I've made to Athens. Even Toledo is much faster and easier, than NYC. Most of the 75K alums like me in Buffalo who would go to a bowl will just fly, so Pinstripe or Beef o'Brady's wouldn't mean much difference. The x factor would be 35K NYC alums vs 8500 Florida alums: How many from NYC would just as soon take a brief December trip to sunny St Pete vs light-rain time to the Bronx?
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(10-30-2013 09:40 AM)exCincy Kid Wrote: NIU-Troy in GoDaddy.com
That would be such a mismatch. The best i see them going is 8-4 since Ole Miss is one of their last four remaining opponents. They very well could go 7-5.
The last two SBC teams we played in bowl games were complete blowouts.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(10-30-2013 12:21 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: Swap ND in the Poinsettia and Toledo in the Pinstripe.
The MAC has the backup to Army in the Poinsettia and ND has a hand shake backup deal with the Pinstripe.
Hoping the Poinsettia would be partial to us again. I would be able to host a bunch of Huskie fans since Qualcomm is only 10-12 mins from where i live.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(10-30-2013 09:40 AM)exCincy Kid Wrote: Five MAC teams projected to be "a-bowling". They are:
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Buffalo-Tulane in Beef O Brady's Bowl
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The Bulls in the Beef Bowl? They'd be made into hamburger!!!
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
Last year was a banner year for the MAC with 7 teams playing in bowls, this year feels much less successful but when you look at it there's a good chance we'll have 7 bowl eligible teams again this year. A bit of a surprise.
Snapshot of MAC bowl teams after week 9 last year-
8-1 Northern Illinois
8-1 Toledo
7-1 Kent State
7-1 Ohio
6-3 Ball State
6-3 Bowling Green
3-5 Central Michigan
45-15 Total record
Snapshot of potential MAC bowl teams after week 9 this year-
8-0 Northern Illinois
8-1 Ball State
6-2 Buffalo
6-2 Ohio
5-3 Toledo
5-3 Bowling Green
3-5 Central Michigan
41-16 total record
the marquee non conference wins and national rankings don't compare to last year but overall its good to see the top half of the conference reaching bowl eligibility again.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(11-02-2013 12:01 PM)perimeterpost Wrote: Last year was a banner year for the MAC with 7 teams playing in bowls, this year feels much less successful but when you look at it there's a good chance we'll have 7 bowl eligible teams again this year. A bit of a surprise.
Snapshot of MAC bowl teams after week 9 last year-
8-1 Northern Illinois
8-1 Toledo
7-1 Kent State
7-1 Ohio
6-3 Ball State
6-3 Bowling Green
3-5 Central Michigan
45-15 Total record
Snapshot of potential MAC bowl teams after week 9 this year-
8-0 Northern Illinois
8-1 Ball State
6-2 Buffalo
6-2 Ohio
5-3 Toledo
5-3 Bowling Green
3-5 Central Michigan
41-16 total record
the marquee non conference wins and national rankings don't compare to last year but overall its good to see the top half of the conference reaching bowl eligibility again.
Nice work.
I made a similar observation when looking at the standings and seeing that CMU is still in play for bowl eligibility. If BG beats Miss State and Ohio could have taken out Louisville then 2013 is a repeat of 2012, IMO.
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11-02-2013 01:21 PM |
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
There was no way OU was going to beat Louisville, but BG had a legit shot at Miss. State. Akron beating Michigan is what we really needed, having a 'lowly MAC team' beat an 'elite Big Ten program' like scUM would go a long way to helping our national perception.
We are looking weaker compared to last year's victories over Penn State, UC, Rutgers, etc., and this this year's flops like Miami and WMU have really hurt the MAC. However, the success of NIU and the top of the MAC pretty much negates that if they perform come bowl time. If for whatever reason NIU doesn't get a BCS bid, we're looking at matchups where we have some good teams playing the likes of Indiana, UL-Lafayette, and Colorado State (plus teams like Boise State and Marshall if we get the Poinsettia and St. Pete secondary bids). I like our chances with our top teams playing them. Having a 3-2 or 4-1 bowl record compared to last year's 2-5 would make us look strong.
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11-02-2013 01:59 PM |
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(11-02-2013 01:59 PM)Love and Honor Wrote: There was no way OU was going to beat Louisville, but BG had a legit shot at Miss. State. Akron beating Michigan is what we really needed, having a 'lowly MAC team' beat an 'elite Big Ten program' like scUM would go a long way to helping our national perception.
We are looking weaker compared to last year's victories over Penn State, UC, Rutgers, etc., and this this year's flops like Miami and WMU have really hurt the MAC. However, the success of NIU and the top of the MAC pretty much negates that if they perform come bowl time. If for whatever reason NIU doesn't get a BCS bid, we're looking at matchups where we have some good teams playing the likes of Indiana, UL-Lafayette, and Colorado State (plus teams like Boise State and Marshall if we get the Poinsettia and St. Pete secondary bids). I like our chances with our top teams playing them. Having a 3-2 or 4-1 bowl record compared to last year's 2-5 would make us look strong.
-Good point on the need to have a strong bowl record this year for the MAC as priority #1.
-Last year was a banner year for the MAC in the non-conference schedule. Ohio for example was 5-0 non-conference and 4-4 MAC. Kent State had an unreal performance against a ranked Rutgers team.
-What the MAC really needs is 2 top 25 programs......one in the West (NIU) and somebody doing comparable damage in the East. That would make the MAC look really solid like the MWC did with Utah/TCU.
-The MAC if it could sustain a couple of Top 25 programs would make an excellent arguement for having a contract bowl once 2020 rolls around.
I could see the AAC getting carved up between the B12 and ACC with the remaining programs joining the MWC or MAC. The next two bowls to reach major conference status are likely to be the Holiday and Capital One.
ACC (UConn, WVU)
B12 (Cinncy, Memphis, Tulane)
MWC (Houston, SMU)
MAC (Temple, ECU, UCF)
CUSA (Tulsa, USF)
The MAC could then land a contract to sign its champion to the Capital One Bowl while the MWC becomes an AQ for the Holiday Bowl.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
There's no way Tulane goes to the Big 12 or ECU, and UCF go the the MAC. In the case the top teams in the AAC leave for an AQ conference, the refugees will go to the MWC or C-USA.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
Air Force beat Army 42-28. Army now has six losses. One more loss and they will not be able to get bowl eligible. They still have Navy left who will likely beat them.
MAC can then fill in Army's spot to Poinsettia Bowl.
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RE: USA Today new bowl projections (Oct. 30)
(11-02-2013 02:48 PM)epasnoopy Wrote: Air Force beat Army 42-28. Army now has six losses. One more loss and they will not be able to get bowl eligible. They still have Navy left who will likely beat them.
MAC can then fill in Army's spot to Poinsettia Bowl.
I could see that Poinsettia Bowl going to NIU if they get robbed. NIU would put the beat down Boise State and make the MAC look good.
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