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VT again. Ugh!

(12-02-2018 04:44 PM)mbj655 Wrote:  VT again. Ugh!

When the alternatives are the garbage dump of the Sun Belt and CUSA in middle December, I'm thrilled with a P5 opponent in a NYE bowl.

Do we know the rest of the AAC bowl lineup yet? Outside of the access bowl, this is as good as we can get in our P6 conference

(12-02-2018 04:46 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:44 PM)mbj655 Wrote:  VT again. Ugh!

When the alternatives are the garbage dump of the Sun Belt and CUSA in middle December, I'm thrilled with a P5 opponent in a NYE bowl.

X2. This thread would be 25 pages long if we drew Southern Miss.

Already got my hotel 2 weeks ago.

4th time in bowl vs. VPI

(12-02-2018 04:50 PM)bearcatdp Wrote:  Do we know the rest of the AAC bowl lineup yet? Outside of the access bowl, this is as good as we can get in our P6 conference

Houston/Army, Armed Forces
Temple/Duke, Independence
Tulane/Louisiana, Cure
Memphis/Wake, Birmingham
UC/VT, Military
USF/Marshall, Gasparilla
UCF/LSU, Fiesta

(12-02-2018 04:56 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:50 PM)bearcatdp Wrote:  Do we know the rest of the AAC bowl lineup yet? Outside of the access bowl, this is as good as we can get in our P6 conference

Houston/Army, Armed Forces
Temple/Duke, Independence
Tulane/Louisiana, Cure
Memphis/Wake, Birmingham
UC/VT, Military
USF/Marshall, Gasparilla
UCF/LSU, Fiesta

Actually not that bad of a lineup for the conference. 4 against p5 and Houston draws a ranked army team.




mc

(12-02-2018 05:06 PM)marcuscan Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:56 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:50 PM)bearcatdp Wrote:  Do we know the rest of the AAC bowl lineup yet? Outside of the access bowl, this is as good as we can get in our P6 conference

Houston/Army, Armed Forces
Temple/Duke, Independence
Tulane/Louisiana, Cure
Memphis/Wake, Birmingham
UC/VT, Military
USF/Marshall, Gasparilla
UCF/LSU, Fiesta

Actually not that bad of a lineup for the conference. 4 against p5 and Houston draws a ranked army team.




mc

Agreed. Pretty solid bowl lineup

LSU is very beatable too. Wouldn't be surprised to see UCF pull it off again.

(12-02-2018 05:06 PM)marcuscan Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:56 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:50 PM)bearcatdp Wrote:  Do we know the rest of the AAC bowl lineup yet? Outside of the access bowl, this is as good as we can get in our P6 conference

Houston/Army, Armed Forces
Temple/Duke, Independence
Tulane/Louisiana, Cure
Memphis/Wake, Birmingham
UC/VT, Military
USF/Marshall, Gasparilla
UCF/LSU, Fiesta

Actually not that bad of a lineup for the conference. 4 against p5 and Houston draws a ranked army team.




mc

If Houston was at full strength would give them better odds. When King QB got injured I think he had 36 TDs and 6 INTs. Oliver isn't playing either. It is a good lineup for sure.

(12-02-2018 04:52 PM)Ragpicker Wrote:  Already got my hotel 2 weeks ago.

Monday afternoon against a school we've already played twice in bowls in the last decade. Meh. I guess it's okay if you're retired or unemployed.

(12-02-2018 05:44 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote:  Monday afternoon against a school we've already played twice in bowls in the last decade. Meh. I guess it's okay if you're retired or unemployed.

It's New Years Eve. For most jobs you have to take one day. It's kind of a great situation for traveling and taking a long weekend.

(12-02-2018 05:46 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 05:44 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote:  Monday afternoon against a school we've already played twice in bowls in the last decade. Meh. I guess it's okay if you're retired or unemployed.

It's New Years Eve. For most jobs you have to take one day. It's kind of a great situation for traveling and taking a long weekend.

Not if you have a job where you have to put in for vacation about a year in advance. Maybe if bowl organizers concentrated the games on weekends they wouldn't have oceans of empty seats for their games. Cold weather game against the same school we played in the same bowl a few years ago. Big disappointment IMO.

(12-02-2018 04:44 PM)mbj655 Wrote:  VT again. Ugh!

Yep. Don't get me wrong, glad we are in a bowl, glad we are playing someone relevant. I just like it when we are matched up against teams we have never played or not in a long time.

(12-02-2018 05:54 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 05:46 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 05:44 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote:  Monday afternoon against a school we've already played twice in bowls in the last decade. Meh. I guess it's okay if you're retired or unemployed.

It's New Years Eve. For most jobs you have to take one day. It's kind of a great situation for traveling and taking a long weekend.

Not if you have a job where you have to put in for vacation about a year in advance. Maybe if bowl organizers concentrated the games on weekends they wouldn't have oceans of empty seats for their games. Cold weather game against the same school we played in the same bowl a few years ago. Big disappointment IMO.

Looks like attendance is pretty good at the Military Bowl and capacity is usually achieved.

(12-02-2018 03:05 PM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 01:42 PM)natibeast21 Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 01:05 PM)Ragpicker Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 12:59 PM)RealDeal Wrote:  If I'm not mistaken with the B10 missing the playoffs for the second straight year and OSU and MSU being shut out the two years before that it will be at 4 seasons since the B10 has scored a point in the playoffs. Making the case for a P4

Outstanding!!!!

Uh PAC or Big 12? Big Ten (Ohio State) have won 1 of 4 championships. The rest has been won by 2 teams Alabama and Clemson.

What would be Outstanding!!! Is if the playoff were the below

1) Alabama
2) Clemson
3) Oklahoma
4) Ohio State
5) Washington
6) UCF
7) Notre Dame
8) Georgia

1-5: conference champion. Ranked on conference strength for the year or strength of schedule for the champion.
6: top G5.
7-8: use BCS rankings for the last two spots.

A plus to this is Notre Dame would finally have to join a conference.

O$U are legends in their own minds.

Nobody gets more mileage out of a blowout win against sorry a$$ Michigan than the mighty nuts.

F*** yeah we get pumped we beat the crap out of Michigan and you can bet your own a$$ when we beat the crap out of sorry a$$ Eggs in b-ball I and I would think most UC fans get pumped too. I’d say pretty normal in rivalry games ya nard lol

(12-02-2018 05:56 PM)rtaylor Wrote:  

(12-02-2018 04:44 PM)mbj655 Wrote:  VT again. Ugh!

Yep. Don't get me wrong, glad we are in a bowl, glad we are playing someone relevant. I just like it when we are matched up against teams we have never played or not in a long time.

Unfortunately all of our halfway decent bowls are against mediocre ACC teams. And most of the mediocre ACC teams are usually mediocre most years. Still way better than Sunbelt or CUSA.

Love NYE
OK about Annapolis. Good tailgating but could be cold.
Ok about opponent. Same as everyone else it’s nice playing a team you don’t get to match up with often. But I feel like there is somewhat of a common respect between the two fan bases at least.

All in all I’ll give the bowl game a B-

Now let’s go win one for once!