NBPirate
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SB Nation Bowl Projections and opinion of Marshall
After that, the list of teams going to the three other bowls must include the best team from the non-power conferences. That could be one of several teams from the American or Mountain West, or perhaps Bowling Green, Marshall, or UL Lafayette. Give me ECU, which might boast mid-majordom's best offense and is just itching to take down either UNC, South Carolina, or Virginia Tech. Marshall could go unbeaten, but would need to blow opponents off the earth to top a 10-2 ECU, if strength of schedule actually matters.
With the list of teams in hand, geography takes over. Or so we've been told.
(Strict geography would dictate sending ECU to Atlanta and Ohio State to Arlington, but the matchups we've arranged make much more sense, wouldn't you agree?)
Cotton: ECU vs Baylor
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football...ll-playoff
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PirateMarv
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RE: SB Nation Bowl Projections and opinion of Marshall
That is the way Stuart Mandell had it as well. If SOS matters, then CUSA needs to perform above their pay grade in order for their champion to go to a big bowl. Or the AAC and MWC needs to have a terrible year and then the CUSA champion would need to go undefeated. Marshall, ULL and the MAC champions need to hope against hope that the AAC and MWC champions have at least 3 losses just to be safe; because 2 losses still leaves the AAC and MWC in the picture for the at large pick.
(This post was last modified: 08-20-2014 04:27 PM by PirateMarv.)
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RE: SB Nation Bowl Projections and opinion of Marshall
(08-20-2014 04:11 PM)NBPirate Wrote: After that, the list of teams going to the three other bowls must include the best team from the non-power conferences. That could be one of several teams from the American or Mountain West, or perhaps Bowling Green, Marshall, or UL Lafayette. Give me ECU, which might boast mid-majordom's best offense and is just itching to take down either UNC, South Carolina, or Virginia Tech. Marshall could go unbeaten, but would need to blow opponents off the earth to top a 10-2 ECU, if strength of schedule actually matters.
With the list of teams in hand, geography takes over. Or so we've been told.
(Strict geography would dictate sending ECU to Atlanta and Ohio State to Arlington, but the matchups we've arranged make much more sense, wouldn't you agree?)
Cotton: ECU vs Baylor
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football...ll-playoff
Sounds good to me! If it's not ECU I hope someone else from the AAC makes it and whoops somebody
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jaredf29
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RE: SB Nation Bowl Projections and opinion of Marshall
ECU and Baylor in a bowl game? That might explode the scoreboard between both offenses.
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RE: SB Nation Bowl Projections and opinion of Marshall
(08-20-2014 06:27 PM)jaredf29 Wrote: ECU and Baylor in a bowl game? That might explode the scoreboard between both offenses.
Seriously. The defenses should just stay home. Save money.
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08-20-2014 06:31 PM |
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RE: SB Nation Bowl Projections and opinion of Marshall
Cinci to peach
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