(08-12-2017 08:25 AM)DowdyPirate2 Wrote:  And the first top 10 team to play in the Peach Bowl was in 1970.

You're right. My bad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_Bowl

Five Top 10 teams in the first 46 years (5/92 = 5.4%).

Five Top 10 teams since NY6 three years ago (5/6 = 83.3%)

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The year #12 ECU beat #21 NC State, there were seven better bowl matchups if you combine the rankings of the participants:

12 - Orange Bowl: #1 Miami 22, #11 Nebraska 0
6 - Rose Bowl: #2 Washington 34, #4 Michigan 14
21 - Sugar Bowl: #18 Notre Dame 39, #3 Florida 28
14 - Cotton Bowl Classic: #5 Florida State 10, #9 Texas A&M 2
16 - Fiesta Bowl: #6 Penn State 42, #10 Tennessee 17
27 - Florida Citrus Bowl: #14 California 37, #13 Clemson 13
23 - Blockbuster Bowl: #8 Alabama 30, #15 Colorado 25

So the Peach Bowl, that season, was the 8th best matchup. Not a major bowl.

What day was the game played?

The Peach Bowl has been played on Jan 1 twice in its history.

Not a "traditional New Year's game" which is the standard I was using pre-Bowl Alliance/BCS.

(08-12-2017 10:00 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  The Peach Bowl has been played on Jan 1 twice in its history.

Not a "traditional New Year's game."

Certainly not for Houston who played in December

Ffs, the dick measuring. The Peach Bowl back then was a good bowl but definitely not considered a major bowl. That's just how it is.

If ECU fans really want to make that argument you'd have to admit that NCSU has been to several major bowls. They've gone to the Peach Bowl 7 times.

The Peach was never major until the CFP era.

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(08-12-2017 07:31 AM)DowdyPirate2 Wrote:  ECU Peach Bowl, traditional New Year bowl

Good Lord, every two years or so a Pirate tries to mention the Peach Bowl that ECU played in circa 1992 as a "major bowl".

But nobody will ever regard it as such, because it WAS NOT a major bowl when ECU played it. Good Grief.

Let's look at it another way... true, the Peach Bowl historically is not a major bowl, but they have historically only taken power 6 teams.

These are the schools that have appeared in the Peach Bowl grouped by current conference:

AAC - East Carolina, Houston
ACC - Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech
B1G - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Purdue
B12 - Baylor, Iowa State, TCU, Texas Christian, West Virginia
PAC - Arizona State, Washington
SEC - Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Miss State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt

Independents - Army

C-USA - None
MAC - None
MWC - None
Fun Belt - None

The only non-p6 school to appear in the Peach Bowl was independent Army.

Next person who carries on this Peach Bowl crap, gets a -3. Take it to a new thread dumbasses!

(08-12-2017 11:00 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Next person who carries on this Peach Bowl crap, gets a -3. Take it to a new thread dumbasses!

Calm down, just following your OP and giving a reason why the MWC is not p6... because they've never been to the Peach Bowl.

100% agree with those above who mentioned markets n time zone.

I will add that the MW has way to many programs with so little success in athletics (bottom feeders) resulting their interest level to nose dive further, hence their horrible ratings.

(08-12-2017 09:57 AM)DowdyPirate2 Wrote:  What day was the game played?

The Citrus Bowl in Orlando was also played on New Years Day for a long time, but it was not considered a premiere bowl on the level of a BCS/Access Bowl or the Rose/Sugar/Cotton, Orange Bowls of the pre-BCS era.

Stop being so sensitive. The primary point is, ECU has not appeared in what was considered a "premier" bowl game the year it was played.

(08-12-2017 01:55 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  10 out of 12 of our schools would rank 1st in the MWC football recruiting rankings right now according to 247. The level of recruits coming into the two conferences in the major sports is not even close right now.

AAC teams it looks have signed more players so far. Teams have around 20 where mwc teams have 10 ish. A better measure is their averages until signing day. Way to spike the ball on the 20 yard line.

(08-12-2017 11:41 AM)Square Knight Wrote:  

(08-12-2017 09:57 AM)DowdyPirate2 Wrote:  What day was the game played?

The Citrus Bowl in Orlando was also played on New Years Day for a long time, but it was not considered a premiere bowl on the level of a BCS/Access Bowl or the Rose/Sugar/Cotton, Orange Bowls of the pre-BCS era.

Stop being so sensitive. The primary point is, ECU has not appeared in what was considered a "premier" bowl game the year it was played.

Way back in 1992 there were a grand total of 18 Bowl Games. The 10 minor ones were played prior to New Years Day and the Major ones were played on New Years Day. The Peach was one of those played on New Years Day.

Now everyone just chill. All it means is that the AAC has another bowl win....

Why was this thread started? The SEC board doesn't have a "Why the Sun Belt isn't P6" thread. How bout we not be a-holes.


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(08-11-2017 10:20 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(08-11-2017 10:14 PM)panama Wrote:  No sticker

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At least you have the moniker The Fun Belt. MWC doesn't have that

ShunnedBelt is also accepted

Schedule us SMU and experience the shunning

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(08-11-2017 09:44 PM)RGV Pony Wrote:  Wrong time zone

You guessed it!!!

Nobody cares about anything west unless its the Pac. Period. That is why all the "lets add _____(some team west of Texas)" is a bad idea no matter who - unless it is BYU. If BYU needed Colorado state to come with, we could work that out. There is nothing else worth discussing that makes the extra pieces of pie worth it.

but yes - time zone.

(08-12-2017 01:38 PM)gostangs Wrote:  Nobody cares about anything west unless its the Pac. Period. That is why all the "lets add _____(some team west of Texas)" is a bad idea no matter who - unless it is BYU. If BYU needed Colorado state to come with, we could work that out. There is nothing else worth discussing that makes the extra pieces of pie worth it.

but yes - time zone.

This...time zone problems

(08-12-2017 11:56 AM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Way back in 1992 there were a grand total of 18 Bowl Games. The 10 minor ones were played prior to New Years Day and the Major ones were played on New Years Day. The Peach was one of those played on New Years Day.

Now everyone just chill. All it means is that the AAC has another bowl win....

Silly sleight of hand attempt. While it's true that all of the Major bowls were played on New Years Day in 1992, it is NOT true that all of the bowls played that day were Major bowls. The Major bowls in 1992 were the Cotton, Sugar, Rose, Orange, and Fiesta.

Heck, the Blockbuster Bowl was a bigger bowl than the Peach that year. It matched Big 8 Co-Champ Colorado vs 11-1 SEC runner-up Alabama, a much bigger matchup than ECU vs NC State. And the Blockbuster wasn't regarded as a major bowl either.

The Peach, Hall of Fame, and Citrus bowls were regarded as Major bowls that year by absolutely Nobody. Zippo.