So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

Agreed, the tie-ins were way better in CUSA. P5 pounced on their chance to widen the gap just with bowl games.

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

All bowls should be against P5 teams only.

(12-21-2016 07:04 AM)Jack Hoff Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

All bowls should be against P5 teams only.

What's this P5 you speak of? Aresco is going to send you to an AAC reprogramming facility.

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

Hopefully it will balance itself out with our champ playing a 6-6 Wake and our best team playing 6-6 Scar.

Not sure what Navy will do. Don't they have a ton of players injured?

I just want Temple and USF to win and keep their rankings.

You guys are delusional. WKU would spank Temple's ass. Now USF would be a great game.

(12-21-2016 07:04 AM)Jack Hoff Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

All bowls should be against P5 teams only.

Most P5 teams only play other P5 teams in bowls

The American properly plays other G5 teams

(12-21-2016 08:21 AM)SublimeKnight Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 07:04 AM)Jack Hoff Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

All bowls should be against P5 teams only.

What's this P5 you speak of? Aresco is going to send you to an AAC reprogramming facility.

Oh, no, please don't tell our Great Leader of the People's Republic of the American Athletic Conference!

All the AAC teams have to do is win their bowl games. If they don't it encourages fans of non AAC teams over to this board to gloat.

It's been a bad bowl season so far.

(12-21-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatfan Wrote:  All the AAC teams have to do is win their bowl games. If they don't it encourages fans of non AAC teams over to this board to gloat.

It's been a bad bowl season so far.

Losing to vastly inferior teams because we've checked out is power. We are Power.

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

Rumors has it that the Cure Bowl originally picked USA, but someone intervened at the last minute. Reportedly UCF, who allegedly turned their nose up at playing the 8th place team in the Belt. If that was how it went down, then I'd not complain about stAte in the Cure Bowl because from what I'm hearing, UCF was responsible for playing stAte.

By rumor, it was ESPN putting USA 'official' to the Cure Bowl and the Ark State AD stating publicly that 'they almost went to Arizona', which would have meant that the USA was playing in the Cure. Along with a bunch of chatter from multiple teams.

UCF and the AAC did that to themselves, in all likelihood.

(12-21-2016 10:54 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

Rumors has it that the Cure Bowl originally picked USA, but someone intervened at the last minute. Reportedly UCF, who allegedly turned their nose up at playing the 8th place team in the Belt. If that was how it went down, then I'd not complain about stAte in the Cure Bowl because from what I'm hearing, UCF was responsible for playing stAte.

By rumor, it was ESPN putting USA 'official' to the Cure Bowl and the Ark State AD stating publicly that 'they almost went to Arizona', which would have meant that the USA was playing in the Cure. Along with a bunch of chatter from multiple teams.

UCF and the AAC did that to themselves, in all likelihood.

South Alabama is in a bowl? Lmao

(12-21-2016 11:23 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 10:54 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

Rumors has it that the Cure Bowl originally picked USA, but someone intervened at the last minute. Reportedly UCF, who allegedly turned their nose up at playing the 8th place team in the Belt. If that was how it went down, then I'd not complain about stAte in the Cure Bowl because from what I'm hearing, UCF was responsible for playing stAte.

By rumor, it was ESPN putting USA 'official' to the Cure Bowl and the Ark State AD stating publicly that 'they almost went to Arizona', which would have meant that the USA was playing in the Cure. Along with a bunch of chatter from multiple teams.

UCF and the AAC did that to themselves, in all likelihood.

South Alabama is in a bowl? Lmao

Yes sir, we are. Second time in our four years in FBS. Like Memphis, we will be playing a G5 team with 3 losses. We will probably get stomped. But maybe we won't lose our game by 20 points.

(12-21-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatfan Wrote:  All the AAC teams have to do is win their bowl games. If they don't it encourages fans of non AAC teams over to this board to gloat.

It's been a bad bowl season so far.

When I saw our bowl matchups, I thought we had a great chance to win all of them, save for WKU vs Memphis (which I thought we'd lose but it would be a lot closer than 20 points).

But then this P6 sticker silliness ... that's the kind of thing that usually bites you in the arse, and so far, it's bitten us in the arse.

(12-21-2016 12:04 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 09:18 AM)bearcatfan Wrote:  All the AAC teams have to do is win their bowl games. If they don't it encourages fans of non AAC teams over to this board to gloat.

It's been a bad bowl season so far.

When I saw our bowl matchups, I thought we had a great chance to win all of them, save for WKU vs Memphis (which I thought we'd lose but it would be a lot closer than 20 points).

But then this P6 sticker silliness ... that's the kind of thing that usually bites you in the arse, and so far, it's bitten us in the arse.

If you care about wins and losses, but that's never been what being power is about. Power is about marketing. Stickers are marketing. Therefore, stickers are power... and we have the stickers, so we are power.

Our bowl outcome is DEFINITELY being influenced by loss of coaches. Regular season much more legitimate indicator of our performance.

(12-21-2016 06:55 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  So far our bowls have been these matchups:

AAC #6 Houston vs. Mtn West #1 San Diego St
AAC #7 UCF vs. Sun Belt #2 Arkansas St
AAC #4 Tulsa vs. MAC #7 C Michigan
AAC #5 Memphis vs. C-USA #1 W Kentucky


As you can see, our 4th-7th place teams have played (and lost, save for Tulsa) vs the G4 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 7th teams).

This is what I was talking about right here...our middling teams, who aren't excited anyway have to play for the most part the best teams in the G4 who are giddy to be in a bowl and against a power conference team.


To me, this is a no win scenario: We win, and the nation says, "So, you beat a G4 team". We lose, (and we have) the nation laughs at us and says, "you can't beat a G4 team".

No win scenario.

Aresco need to fix this next bowl go around.

Doesn't matter about the what rank a team is in the conference, all those games except for Tulsa/CMU had pretty much the same W-L record.

(12-21-2016 12:30 PM)Bull Wrote:  Our bowl outcome is DEFINITELY being influenced by loss of coaches. Regular season much more legitimate indicator of our performance.

Did not seem to affect WKU all that much.

Our bowl losses had to do with loss of coaches to other power programs/conferences, not being 'up' for games against the G4ers, and fatigue...the AAC beat each other up a lot during the conference games.

(12-21-2016 01:14 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Our bowl losses had to do with loss of coaches to other power programs/conferences, not being 'up' for games against the G4ers, and fatigue...the AAC beat each other up a lot during the conference games.

Sorry, but that just sounds like a bunch of excuses.