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* represents fill in team

New Orleans - LT vs ULL
Cure - *MT vs Appalachian St
New Mexico - UNT vs San Diego St
Boca Raton - FIU vs *Akron
Bad Boy Mowers - FAU vs USF
Bahamas - WKU vs Central Michigan
Birmingham - *UAB vs Memphis
Armed Forces - Marshall vs Army
Heart of Dallas - *USM vs *Miami (OH)

Left out teams who still have a chance - ODU, UTSA

SB Nation

To start they have Auburn beating Alabama as well as beating UGA in SEC championship


New Orleans - LT vs Troy
New Mexico - UNT vs Colorado St
Boca Raton - FAU vs USF
Frisco - MT vs Houston
Bad Boy Mowers - UAB vs SMU
Bahamas - FIU vs Ohio
Armed Forces - UTSA vs Army
Hawaii - WKU vs Fresno St
Independence - USM vs Utah St
Belk - Marshall vs Louisville

Teams left out - ODU

Sports Illustrated

New Orleans - USM vs Troy
New Mexico - UTSA vs San Diego St
Boca Raton - FIU vs Temple
Frisco - MT vs Houston
Bad Boy Mowers - Marshall vs Akron
Bahamas - FAU vs Northern Illinois
Heart of Dallas - UNT vs Texas Tech
Independence - UAB vs Florida St

Teams left out - ODU, LT, WKU

2 out of the 3 have FAU hosting USF in the Boca Raton Bowl. That would be awesome!

(11-12-2017 03:12 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  2 out of the 3 have FAU hosting USF in the Boca Raton Bowl. That would be awesome!

Screw the Boca Bowl. Why would we want to play USF at home for our first bowl game in a decade, when we're literally going to be doing that same thing in the regular season in a couple of years.

If we play USF, let's play them in St. Pete.

(11-12-2017 03:12 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  2 out of the 3 have FAU hosting USF in the Boca Raton Bowl. That would be awesome!

Check again. They are matched up twice but one in Boca while other is Bad Boy Mowers (St Pete)

(11-12-2017 03:14 PM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(11-12-2017 03:12 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  2 out of the 3 have FAU hosting USF in the Boca Raton Bowl. That would be awesome!

Screw the Boca Bowl. Why would we want to play USF at home for our first bowl game in a decade, when we're literally going to be doing that same thing in the regular season in a couple of years.

If we play USF, let's play them in St. Pete.

Yeah yeah yeah. But will there be national exposition? Will there be a full stadium? Will there be a pile of local and national sponsors? Will there be a great benefit to local economy?

(11-12-2017 03:15 PM)usm99 Wrote:  

(11-12-2017 03:12 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  2 out of the 3 have FAU hosting USF in the Boca Raton Bowl. That would be awesome!

Check again. They are matched up twice but one in Boca while other is Bad Boy Mowers (St Pete)

You're right, I got too excited with a match-up itself.

This week's Sagarin Predictor projects 76 teams finishing with 6 wins. This week's two APR sweepstakes winners are Air Force and Minnesota.

Teams currently (projected) eligible by conference (59 current, 78 projected with 2 5-7 APR exemptions)

AAC--6 (7 with Temple)
ACC--7 (10 with Boston College, Georgia Tech, and Florida State)
Big 12--5 (6 with Texas)
Big Ten--7 (8 with Minnesota by 5-7 APR exemption)
C-USA--6 (9 with Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech)
Independent--2 (2)
MAC--5 (6 with Akron)
MWC--5 (7 with Utah State and also Air Force by 5-7 APR exemption)
Pac 12--5 (9 with Oregon, Arizona State, UCLA, and Utah)
SEC--8 (9 with Missouri)
Sun Belt--3 (5 with Arkansas State and New Mexico State)

This is a great opportunity for our conference to get several teams extra practice time & exposure

So if the Birmingham Bowl is available for CUSA...what are the chances UAB is NOT invited for it? Just curious...I'd love for USM to go to that bowl vs an AAC team, but I'd totally understand if they sent UAB there.

You know C-USA is going to keep UAB in B’ham, FAU in Boca, NT in Dallas, LT in NO, FIU in Miami, UTSA in Texas somewhere if they can. Then they don’t have to pay for the travel. It is a great business move but sucks for the fans and players to have to play all year to basically play in you Home stadium or a bowl you play in every year just to be able to afford to do other stuff.

(11-12-2017 03:47 PM)MU42 Wrote:  You know C-USA is going to keep UAB in B’ham, FAU in Boca, NT in Dallas, LT in NO, FIU in Miami, UTSA in Texas somewhere if they can. Then they don’t have to pay for the travel. It is a great business move but sucks for the fans and players to have to play all year to basically play in you Home stadium or a bowl you play in every year just to be able to afford to do other stuff.

If the Independence has an opening, more likely that Tech would go there than New Orleans if it can win two games. There was an Independence rep in Ruston yesterday.

(11-12-2017 02:48 PM)usm99 Wrote:  SB Nation

To start they have Auburn beating Alabama as well as beating UGA in SEC championship


New Orleans - LT vs Troy
New Mexico - UNT vs Colorado St
Boca Raton - FAU vs USF
Frisco - MT vs Houston
Bad Boy Mowers - UAB vs SMU
Bahamas - FIU vs Ohio
Armed Forces - UTSA vs Army
Hawaii - WKU vs Fresno St
Independence - USM vs Utah St
Belk - Marshall vs Louisville

Teams left out - ODU

That potential USM/Utah State match up just gives me goosebumps*

*sarcasm alert

(11-12-2017 02:40 PM)usm99 Wrote:  CBS Sports
* represents fill in team

New Orleans - LT vs ULL
Cure - *MT vs Appalachian St
New Mexico - UNT vs San Diego St
Boca Raton - FIU vs *Akron
Bad Boy Mowers - FAU vs USF
Bahamas - WKU vs Central Michigan
Birmingham - *UAB vs Memphis
Armed Forces - Marshall vs Army
[b]Heart of Dallas - *USM vs *Miami (OH)[/b]

Left out teams who still have a chance - ODU, UTSA

Nope

(11-12-2017 02:48 PM)usm99 Wrote:  SB Nation

To start they have Auburn beating Alabama as well as beating UGA in SEC championship


New Orleans - LT vs Troy
New Mexico - UNT vs Colorado St
Boca Raton - FAU vs USF
Frisco - MT vs Houston
Bad Boy Mowers - UAB vs SMU
Bahamas - FIU vs Ohio
Armed Forces - UTSA vs Army
Hawaii - WKU vs Fresno St
Independence - USM vs Utah St
Belk - Marshall vs Louisville


Teams left out - ODU

This wrong too.

(11-12-2017 02:58 PM)usm99 Wrote:  Sports Illustrated

New Orleans - USM vs Troy
New Mexico - UTSA vs San Diego St
Boca Raton - FIU vs Temple
Frisco - MT vs Houston
Bad Boy Mowers - Marshall vs Akron
Bahamas - FAU vs Northern Illinois
Heart of Dallas - UNT vs Texas Tech
Independence - UAB vs Florida St

Teams left out - ODU, LT, WKU

Finally, someone with a brain.

(11-12-2017 04:17 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(11-12-2017 02:58 PM)usm99 Wrote:  Sports Illustrated

New Orleans - USM vs Troy
New Mexico - UTSA vs San Diego St
Boca Raton - FIU vs Temple
Frisco - MT vs Houston
Bad Boy Mowers - Marshall vs Akron
Bahamas - FAU vs Northern Illinois
Heart of Dallas - UNT vs Texas Tech
Independence - UAB vs Florida St

Teams left out - ODU, LT, WKU

Finally, someone with a brain.

Actually, they might be thinking very soundly. They might be thinking that you get your ass kicked again by FAU in the CCG and don't have a choice as to where to go and the champs might want to play the P5 team (assuming only one). UNT has one good year and the arrogance and condescension is so thick you can cut it with a knife

(11-12-2017 03:12 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  2 out of the 3 have FAU hosting USF in the Boca Raton Bowl. That would be awesome!

I dont know how many times this needs to be said the Boca Raton and most of it's sponsors who are hotels do not want a home team. The resorts want 10k people to come fly in from clod cities whenever you see this in a prediction it is someone who is not familiar with the bowl.

(11-12-2017 04:42 PM)owlcountry40 Wrote:  

(11-12-2017 03:12 PM)goliath74 Wrote:  2 out of the 3 have FAU hosting USF in the Boca Raton Bowl. That would be awesome!

I dont know how many times this needs to be said the Boca Raton and most of it's sponsors who are hotels do not want a home team. The resorts want 10k people to come fly in from clod cities whenever you see this in a prediction it is someone who is not familiar with the bowl.

In that case, looks like it'll be UNT in Boca..