(11-28-2018 05:59 PM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  La Tech vs Hawaii in Hawaii Bowl. Did not see that one coming...

With current fan support, or lack thereof, and general downward feeling of performance on the field, I feel like this was the best case we could hope for. We weren't bringing a ton of fans anywhere, so not having anyone in Hawaii is understandable. We get a shot at 5 straight bowl wins. Its Hawaii, a huge destination to play football.

Tech @ Hawaii

Just another road game, that makes 5 home and 8 road games in 2018. We used to go to the island during our WAC days, every other year, and are 0-fer playing UH there. Actually 0-5 with the closest game coming in 2004, 34-23.

This is a road game....nothing more.

who goes to Baco Roton? Marshall
AAC leaves that game open
your looking at EM

I said right from the beginning of the season that we were NOT going to be shipped off to Hawai’i or the Bahamas.

Give me an opponent we haven’t played before.

at least Tech gets an old WAC rival for their bowl game

I'm happy about this for Tech.

(11-28-2018 10:52 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  I'm quite hopeful Marshall ends up being offered New Orleans, should App win on Saturday. Would be a great neutral site game to kick off the upcoming series and renew an old rivalry at this level.

Meh, I prefer to play a team who's head coach wants to be at their school...

(11-29-2018 12:23 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  I said right from the beginning of the season that we were NOT going to be shipped off to Hawai’i or the Bahamas.

Give me an opponent we haven’t played before.

Ive said the same thing. One guy at ESPN has had us going to Hawaii the whole year and Jerry Palm at CBSSports has had us going there the last 2 months. We've now been in CUSA since 05 and have never even been a thought for that bowl.

The interesting thing that I heard today is everyone thinks their ADs do wrangling for bowls but that's not even remotely right. The writer for herdzone.com explained today unless they let the conference champ pick their bowl then there are 2 calls made to the AD once bowls are set. The 1st call comes from the conference headquarters telling you bowls are set and you will receive a call from that bowl. The next call is from the bowl for an invite, that's the 1st time you know which bowl.

The one thing you don't see anymore and I don't think Ive seen it for at least 10 years now is bowl officials at conference championship games and inviting the winner and sometimes even losers to a certain bowl on the field.

(11-29-2018 09:51 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(11-29-2018 12:23 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  I said right from the beginning of the season that we were NOT going to be shipped off to Hawai’i or the Bahamas.

Give me an opponent we haven’t played before.

Ive said the same thing. One guy at ESPN has had us going to Hawaii the whole year and Jerry Palm at CBSSports has had us going there the last 2 months. We've now been in CUSA since 05 and have never even been a thought for that bowl.

The interesting thing that I heard today is everyone thinks their ADs do wrangling for bowls but that's not even remotely right. The writer for herdzone.com explained today unless they let the conference champ pick their bowl then there are 2 calls made to the AD once bowls are set. The 1st call comes from the conference headquarters telling you bowls are set and you will receive a call from that bowl. The next call is from the bowl for an invite, that's the 1st time you know which bowl.

The one thing you don't see anymore and I don't think Ive seen it for at least 10 years now is bowl officials at conference championship games and inviting the winner and sometimes even losers to a certain bowl on the field.

Bowl officials being in a stadium, invite in hand, was still occurring as recently as 2012, and probably since then too. I know for sure about '12...it just didn't work out for us.

As disappointing a season that Louisiana Tech had, I still think they can beat Hawaii, and maybe easily.

(12-01-2018 01:53 AM)Ourland Wrote:  As disappointing a season that Louisiana Tech had, I still think they can beat Hawaii, and maybe easily.

I think they can too. They beat UNT and they throw every play just like Hawaii. Tech needs to find some offense.

So, V-Tech is in after destroying Marshall.

BYU's contract with ESPN guarantees placement in one of ESPN-owned bowls if it is eligible.

According to McMurphy, Va Tech has accepted a bid to the Military Bowl.

New Orleans Bowl keeps retweeting UAB champ pics. Y'all hearing anything about picking the NO Bowl?

UAB versus App State would be awesome.

Where is USM going to land?

Hoping for Bham or Indy vs P5 or AAC

(12-01-2018 08:28 PM)LouisianaEagleEdD Wrote:  Where is USM going to land?

Could be nowhere. Sure hope not, but could happen still.

I don't see how given tie-ins.