(12-08-2019 05:10 PM)vick mike Wrote:  Temple v UNC! Military Bowl! Let’s go Owls!

Congrats Owls. Kick their asses.

(12-08-2019 01:22 PM)SMUleopold Wrote:  Great. SMU vs. the fighting non-Kiffins

What a hose job. bull****.

(12-08-2019 04:09 PM)BraveKnight Wrote:  UCF and SMU got hosed.

For sure. Where's Boy-zee going? They'd get their asses beat by both of you.

I’d much rather be at the beach than Birmingham so after some reflection I’m fine with this.

Outside the playoffs and NY6, all these bowls are meaningless except for extra practices for the team.

(12-08-2019 03:37 PM)Tor Johnson Wrote:  Will Cincinnati bring all 110 fans to their bowl game?

Good luck getting 30k to Dallas after you barely got that many to show up in your own city.

(12-08-2019 05:35 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 04:09 PM)BraveKnight Wrote:  UCF and SMU got hosed.

For sure. Where's Boy-zee going? They'd get their asses beat by both of you.

They're playing Washington in the Las Vegas bowl I think. They only beat Marshall by 7 at home, so at least UCF gets an opportunity to prove how superior the AAC is to the MWC and Boy-Z.

(12-08-2019 05:42 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  I’d much rather be at the beach than Birmingham so after some reflection I’m fine with this.

Outside the playoffs and NY6, all these bowls are meaningless except for extra practices for the team.

Several of us will want to win to stay in the AP/Coaches' or in SMU's case return.
After we BEAT ARMY (sorry, reflex) Navy will be attempting to tie the school's all time best record of 11-2.
Playing on New Year's Eve or the day after New Year's Day can be good for recruiting, as is the final rankings, and the wins.

And each of our schools pockets $500,000 or so - that's a coordinator salary to keep pace with the autonomous five and separate from the G4 for our strategic goals.

So maybe not totally meaningless.

Good bowl lineup, all things considered.

(12-08-2019 03:37 PM)Tor Johnson Wrote:  Will Cincinnati bring all 110 fans to their bowl game?

To go to the dump in Birmingham? Probably not even that...

This conference should be ashamed that their #2 team has to go play in the Birmingham Bowl. But then again, this is par-for-the-course of what UC gets for being in the 'Murican. It is so worth it.

SMU -3 versus FAU
UCF -16.5 versus Marshall
Temple +6.5 versus UNC
Memphis +7 versus Penn State
Navy +2.5 versus Kansas State
Cinci -6.5 versus Boston College

No line for Tulane yet

(12-08-2019 06:31 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 03:37 PM)Tor Johnson Wrote:  Will Cincinnati bring all 110 fans to their bowl game?

To go to the dump in Birmingham? Probably not even that...

This conference should be ashamed that their #2 team has to go play in the Birmingham Bowl. But then again, this is par-for-the-course of what UC gets for being in the 'Murican. It is so worth it.

You could have had Liberty but didn’t want to be in Memphis three times so stop crying

(12-08-2019 06:34 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 06:31 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 03:37 PM)Tor Johnson Wrote:  Will Cincinnati bring all 110 fans to their bowl game?

To go to the dump in Birmingham? Probably not even that...

This conference should be ashamed that their #2 team has to go play in the Birmingham Bowl. But then again, this is par-for-the-course of what UC gets for being in the 'Murican. It is so worth it.

You could have had Liberty but didn’t want to be in Memphis three times so stop crying

I hope to God we tank...uh...Redshirt...against Boston College.

(12-08-2019 06:34 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 06:31 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 03:37 PM)Tor Johnson Wrote:  Will Cincinnati bring all 110 fans to their bowl game?

To go to the dump in Birmingham? Probably not even that...

This conference should be ashamed that their #2 team has to go play in the Birmingham Bowl. But then again, this is par-for-the-course of what UC gets for being in the 'Murican. It is so worth it.

You could have had Liberty but didn’t want to be in Memphis three times so stop crying

At least UC's got a fancy P5 opponent. Want to trade, Bearcats? Sunny location for your P5 opponent?

If you want to be really pissed, consider that horrid UVA is in the Orange Bowl.

(12-08-2019 05:42 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  I’d much rather be at the beach than Birmingham so after some reflection I’m fine with this.

Outside the playoffs and NY6, all these bowls are meaningless except for extra practices for the team.

Get another glorious "P5" win. Decent exposure and end up with a top 25 finish.

Meaningless or not, I will probably watch at least parts of 30+ of them. But I watch MACtion on Tuesday nights, so I am just a CFB junkie.

Why are bowl games being played and Jan 2, 3, 4, and 6?

(12-08-2019 06:45 PM)The Knight Time Wrote:  If you want to be really pissed, consider that horrid UVA is in the Orange Bowl.

After the 16Nov games, CLEM is only ACC team in CFP rankings. VT was a new #25 in AP / NR in coaches. In Massey Composite, compiling 111 computers, VT was only #39.
After 23 Nov games, VT appears at #24 in CFP (23/23 in the polls, but still only #35 in MC).
On 30 Nov, UVA beats VT for the first time in 15 years, and lo and behold appears at #23 in CFP, and 22/22 in the polls, but only #30 in the MC (to be fair, the MC had previously had UVA ahead of VT).
CLEM gets a ranked CCG opponent, whom they woodshed 62-17.
After that beatdown - having peeked up from unranked to a brand new 23/22/22, only to get a beatdown - UVA tumbles from 23 in the CFP to...#24. (AP NR, Coaches #25, MC (69 compiled so far) #33.
Luckily, the Orange Bowl has a second CFP-ranked ACC team to fulfill the ACC contract.
Doesn't smell good to me...week after week...

(12-08-2019 04:45 PM)Surbadger Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 03:54 PM)BraveKnight Wrote:  This is a horrible matchup. They couldn't have gotten us a better team than Marshall? Our game is at 2:30 on a monday too. Wouldve rather played in the Hawaii bowl vs BYU. These AAC bowl tie ins are absolutely garbage, at least we get the Fenway bowl added to our lineup next year.

Same thing USF said before we beat them down on their home turf. Keep thinking you are the "national champions" in your rusted out stadium.

We are not USF. Thanks for banter but your only going to get bashed on this forum.

Marshall fans like rest of Huntsville is on heroin.

(12-08-2019 07:20 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 06:45 PM)The Knight Time Wrote:  If you want to be really pissed, consider that horrid UVA is in the Orange Bowl.

After the 16Nov games, CLEM is only ACC team in CFP rankings. VT was a new #25 in AP / NR in coaches. In Massey Composite, compiling 111 computers, VT was only #39.
After 23 Nov games, VT appears at #24 in CFP (23/23 in the polls, but still only #35 in MC).
On 30 Nov, UVA beats VT for the first time in 15 years, and lo and behold appears at #23 in CFP, and 22/22 in the polls, but only #30 in the MC (to be fair, the MC had previously had UVA ahead of VT).
CLEM gets a ranked CCG opponent, whom they woodshed 62-17.
After that beatdown - having peeked up from unranked to a brand new 23/22/22, only to get a beatdown - UVA tumbles from 23 in the CFP to...#24. (AP NR, Coaches #25, MC (69 compiled so far) #33.
Luckily, the Orange Bowl has a second CFP-ranked ACC team to fulfill the ACC contract.
Doesn't smell good to me...week after week...

Comparing UVA to SMU...
SMU's best wins are MC #43 Temple, #51 TCU, #58 Tulane
UVA has one more win in that range: #38 Va Tech, #48 FSU, #49 UNC, #54 Pitt.
However, UVA also has TWO losses in that same range (to #45 Louisville and #59 Miami)
SMU's total of two losses to CFP-ranked Memphis and Navy kind of match UVA losses to CFP-better-ranked Clemson and ND.

Shenanigans

(12-08-2019 06:33 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  SMU -3 versus FAU
UCF -16.5 versus Marshall
Temple +6.5 versus UNC
Memphis +7 versus Penn State
Navy +2.5 versus Kansas State
Cinci -6.5 versus Boston College

No line for Tulane yet

Tulane opened at -7.5 and shot down to -6.