ESPN has released their projections with 2 people making them:

New Orleans:
USM vs Troy
USM vs Arkansas St

New Mexico:
FAU vs Fresno St
Marshall vs San Diego St

Boca Raton:
UTSA vs Tulane
FAU vs Tulane

Bad Boy Mowers (St Pete):
UNT vs Houston
FIU vs SMU

Bahamas:
WKU vs Ohio
UNT vs Akron

Armed Forces:
Marshall vs Army
WKU vs Army

Heart of Dallas:
La Tech vs Cal
UTSA vs Cal

Independence:
FIU vs Wake Forest

I like it. That Marshall vs. SDST game would be an awesome much up. They could both be in the top 25. I would love if we could get 10 teams in.

SB Nation projections

New Orleans:
La Tech vs Troy

Cure:
FIU vs Western Michigan

New Mexico:
UTSA vs Boise St

Boca Raton:
FAU vs Houston

Bad Boy Mowers:
UNT vs Memphis

Bahamas:
Marshall vs Ohio

Armed Forces:
USM vs Army

Independence:
UAB vs Duke

(10-22-2017 10:06 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  I like it. That Marshall vs. SDST game would be an awesome much up. They could both be in the top 25. I would love if we could get 10 teams in.

Good team but the location... Marshall will not travel out West for a bowl game unless for some reason we would ever make the Fiesta Bowl.

(10-22-2017 10:06 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  I like it. That Marshall vs. SDST game would be an awesome much up. They could both be in the top 25. I would love if we could get 10 teams in.

Minimal to no chance of 10 teams as the current bottom teams in 14 team CUSA:
UTEP 0-7
Charlotte 1-7
Rice 1-6
ODU 2-5
MTSU 3-5
La Tech 3-4

At this point and IMO I feel 7 is very realistic, 8 is a possibility and 9 is a stretch

Marshall 6-1
WKU 5-2
USM 5-2
UTSA 4-2...11 game season due to hurricane cancelled game
FIU 4-2...added 12th game vs UMass on 12/2 due to hurricane cancelled game
FAU 4-3
UNT 4-3
UAB 4-3

(10-22-2017 10:17 AM)usm99 Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 10:06 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  I like it. That Marshall vs. SDST game would be an awesome much up. They could both be in the top 25. I would love if we could get 10 teams in.

Minimal to no chance of 10 teams as the current bottom teams in 14 team CUSA:
UTEP 0-7
Charlotte 1-7
Rice 1-6
ODU 2-5
MTSU 3-5
La Tech 3-4

At this point and IMO I feel 7 is very realistic, 8 is a possibility and 9 is a stretch

Marshall 6-1
WKU 5-2
USM 5-2
UTSA 4-2...11 game season due to hurricane cancelled game
FIU 4-2...added 12th game vs UMass on 12/2 due to hurricane cancelled game
FAU 4-3
UNT 4-3
UAB 4-3

Tech and MTSU could still get to 6-6, but I don't like MTSU's odds.

Remaining games for teams who still have mathematical chances of getting full bowl eligibility:


Marshall (6-1) - FIU, @FAU, WKU, @UTSA, USM
WKU (5-2) - FAU, @Vandy, @Marshall, MTSU, @FIU
USM (5-2) - UAB, @Tennessee, @Rice, Charlotte, @Marshall
UTSA (4-2) - @UTEP, @FIU, UAB, Marshall, @La Tech
FIU (4-2) - @Marshall, UTSA, ODU, @FAU, WKU, UMass
FAU (4-3) - @WKU, Marshall, @La Tech, FIU, @ Charlotte
UNT (4-3) - ODU, @La Tech, UTEP, Army, @Rice
UAB (4-3) - @USM, Rice, @UTSA, @Florida, UTEP
La Tech (3-4) - @Rice, UNT, FAU, @UTEP, UTSA
MTSU (3-5) - bye week, UTEP, @Charlotte, @WKU, ODU
ODU (2-5) - @UNT, Charlotte, @FIU, Rice, @MTSU
Rice (1-6) - La Tech, @UAB, USM, @ODU, UNT

Charlotte (1-7) and UTEP (0-7)

FAU vs. Fresno State or Houston sounds very interesting to me. Very intriguing match-ups. FAU vs Tulane does not get my dander up.

(10-22-2017 10:08 AM)Surbadger Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 10:06 AM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  I like it. That Marshall vs. SDST game would be an awesome much up. They could both be in the top 25. I would love if we could get 10 teams in.

Good team but the location... Marshall will not travel out West for a bowl game unless for some reason we would ever make the Fiesta Bowl.

Yeah I don't see that happening either. The furthest I could see us going is to the Armed Forces to play Army. And that only happens if they fill both FL bowls up with other schools. I could see us taking NO also.

If UAB got the Independence vs Duke while we got sent all yhe way to the Bahamas to play a MAC school 90 minutes from Huntington, I would be really salty lol

(10-22-2017 10:44 AM)usm99 Wrote:  Remaining games for teams who still have mathematical chances of getting full bowl eligibility:
WKU (5-2) - FAU, @Vandy, @Marshall, MTSU, @FIU

WKU will prob lose @Vandy and @Marshall. As for the other 3 games, who knows. I'm guessing WKU will end the season at 6-6 or 7-5.

Brent returns on Nov 4, but Richie James is done.

So, FWIW.

(10-22-2017 11:15 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  Brent returns on Nov 4, but Richie James is done.

So, FWIW.

I hope James heals well. Also hope him staying in the game for 2 extra plays didn't injure him any further than he already was on Friday. When I firt seen the way he was holding his shoulder I thought it looked dislocated. Thought for sure there would be an injury timeout and your DRs take him out of the game.

(10-22-2017 10:06 AM)usm99 Wrote:  SB Nation projections

New Orleans:
La Tech vs Troy

Cure:
FIU vs Western Michigan

New Mexico:
UTSA vs Boise St

Boca Raton:
FAU vs Houston

Bad Boy Mowers:
UNT vs Memphis

Bahamas:
Marshall vs Ohio

Armed Forces:
USM vs Army

Independence:
UAB vs Duke

Marshall vs Ohio would be great... just not in a bowl. We’ve already done that and even worse Bahamas?

ESPN would have USM in the N.O. bowl if we went 12-0!

IF we go 6-6 we'll be in the N.O. Bowl...and we ain't going 6-6!

(10-22-2017 03:25 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  ESPN would have USM in the N.O. bowl if we went 12-0!

IF we go 6-6 we'll be in the N.O. Bowl...and we ain't going 6-6!

Agreed. We could go 11-2 or 6-6 and would still go to the New Orleans Bowl.

(10-22-2017 11:15 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  Brent returns on Nov 4, but Richie James is done.

So, FWIW.

I brought this up because with Brent we are going to be fairly heavy favorites against UTEP, Charlotte and ODU.

And according to dahbeed Brent is going to have a field day in Bowling Green. Though I have a feeling the team, after the expectations, are about ready to pack it in could conceivably go 7-5 at which point our university's leadership will be salivating to get us in the new (as of yet announced) bowl game in Azerbaijan. Although, I think there is a chance we could end up in Handan, Xuchang to play exhibition bowl against a first year college football team from China. Special order from our President (he really likes China).

(10-22-2017 03:47 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 03:25 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  ESPN would have USM in the N.O. bowl if we went 12-0!

IF we go 6-6 we'll be in the N.O. Bowl...and we ain't going 6-6!

Agreed. We could go 11-2 or 6-6 and would still go to the New Orleans Bowl.

That’s mainly due to the fact ESPN wants ratings along with butts in seats. ESPN knows we’ll put the most butts in seats of all CUSA teams due to our location to New Orleans. They then usually assume butts in seats will help ratings because people watching on tv aren’t tuned out because the Dome is 90% empty.

Maybe not those exact reasons but it’s definitely something that goes into consideration. CUSA probably wants us in New Orleans for similar reasons as well as it cuts down on transport costs expenses.

Agree with everything you said but ratings

RANKING THE 2016-17 BOWLS BY TV VIEWERSHIP
http://collegesports.blog.statesman.com/...-17-games/

26. Armed Forces…..Louisiana Tech 48, Navy 45……..Dec. 23…..2.34 million
30. Heart of Dallas…Army 38, North Texas 31………….Dec. 27…..1.65 million
31. Boca Raton………W. Kentucky 51, Memphis 31…….Dec. 20…..1.58 million
33. New Mexico…….New Mexico 23, UTSA 20………….Dec. 17……1.39 million
34. Bahamas…………Old Dominion 24, E. Michigan 20..Dec. 23…1.37 million
35. Hawaii…………….Hawaii 52, Middle Tenn. 35……….Dec. 24…..1.36 million
36. New Orleans…….Southern Miss 28, La.-Laf. 21…….Dec. 17…..1.34 million

37. Independence…..N.C. State 41, Vanderbilt 17………..Dec. 26….1.27 million

38. Potato……………..Idaho 61, Colorado St. 50……………Dec. 22….1.15 million

39. Miami Beach……Tulsa 55, Cent. Michigan 10………..Dec. 19…….790,000

nr. Cure………………..Arkansas St. 31, Cent. Florida 13….Dec. 17…….n/a

I see UTSA in HOD Bowl.