(11-27-2018 12:59 PM)TTT Wrote:  USM is 6-5...all 6 of CUSA's bowl tie-ins are spoken for by 7+ win teams so they get dibs first. With 78 spots for bowl teams and 82 bowl eligible teams...4 teams will get left out. Those bubble teams are USM, UL-Monroe, Wyoming, and Miami-OH. Saturday we'll need some help from UCF. If UCF win's then one of the 7 AAC primary bowl tie-ins will be vacant...Frisco or Independence Bowl which CUSA has secondary tie-ins for. Also, Marshall beating Va Tech would also help USM's chances. Of course ESPN/Bowl Committee could juggle whoever they want around so there's that. Anyway, blah blah blah...I know AAC fans could care less what happens to USM but I just wanted to stop by and say USM fans will all be selfishly rooting for UCF Saturday. Go Knights!


ps. I've noticed that UCF's band plays awesome music like LOTR. Nice.

pps. I'd love a USM/AAC matchup, maybe in the Bham Bowl.

(11-27-2018 02:46 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  If Memphis loses to UCF speculation is that we play in the Indy or Bham bowls. If it's USM we play, we'll roll you by 40.

(11-27-2018 03:00 PM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  So basically
if UCF loses, the MW Champ goes to NY6, therefore MW has another vacancy for Wyoming

If UCF wins, we go to NY6, therefore AAC doesn’t use all our bids, then CUSA fills a backup tie in for the AAC

Am I missing something?

(11-27-2018 02:46 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(11-27-2018 12:59 PM)TTT Wrote:  USM is 6-5...all 6 of CUSA's bowl tie-ins are spoken for by 7+ win teams so they get dibs first. With 78 spots for bowl teams and 82 bowl eligible teams...4 teams will get left out. Those bubble teams are USM, UL-Monroe, Wyoming, and Miami-OH. Saturday we'll need some help from UCF. If UCF win's then one of the 7 AAC primary bowl tie-ins will be vacant...Frisco or Independence Bowl which CUSA has secondary tie-ins for. Also, Marshall beating Va Tech would also help USM's chances. Of course ESPN/Bowl Committee could juggle whoever they want around so there's that. Anyway, blah blah blah...I know AAC fans could care less what happens to USM but I just wanted to stop by and say USM fans will all be selfishly rooting for UCF Saturday. Go Knights!


ps. I've noticed that UCF's band plays awesome music like LOTR. Nice.

pps. I'd love a USM/AAC matchup, maybe in the Bham Bowl.

To each his own, but all I hear out of the UCF band is the Mickey Mouse Club theme song or the Alladin soundtrack. Nothing beats Memphis' The Mighty Sound of the South marching band.

If Memphis loses to UCF speculation is that we play in the Indy or Bham bowls. If it's USM we play, we'll roll you by 40.

(11-27-2018 06:09 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I’d travel to see a Tulane/USM bowl game.

(11-27-2018 12:59 PM)TTT Wrote:  USM is 6-5...all 6 of CUSA's bowl tie-ins are spoken for by 7+ win teams so they get dibs first. With 78 spots for bowl teams and 82 bowl eligible teams...4 teams will get left out. Those bubble teams are USM, UL-Monroe, Wyoming, and Miami-OH. Saturday we'll need some help from UCF. If UCF win's then one of the 7 AAC primary bowl tie-ins will be vacant...Frisco or Independence Bowl which CUSA has secondary tie-ins for. Also, Marshall beating Va Tech would also help USM's chances. Of course ESPN/Bowl Committee could juggle whoever they want around so there's that. Anyway, blah blah blah...I know AAC fans could care less what happens to USM but I just wanted to stop by and say USM fans will all be selfishly rooting for UCF Saturday. Go Knights!


ps. I've noticed that UCF's band plays awesome music like LOTR. Nice.

pps. I'd love a USM/AAC matchup, maybe in the Bham Bowl.

(12-03-2018 12:40 PM)TTT Wrote:  Yeah it sucks we didn't get that invite but I expected it. Pretty sure Tulane's OT win vs. Navy last weekend to get 6-6 was the one game that ultimately decided our fate but in reality it was such a terrible season of "what could've been's" for us. We really didn't deserve it. Sad to think that 6 points separated USM from being 9-2, conf. champs and 6-5 and staying at home w/ no bowl.

Anyways, that being said every USM fan is absolutely rejoicing that ECU poached our AD. It's a real head-scratcher for them but we're excited. He didn't do jack for us besides have our stadium pressure washed and a new sound system replaced which some fans champion as some significant milestone but it's regular maintenance if you ask me. The only thing he really did was get a h/h w/ Mississippi State in 2024-2025 and created a nutrition bar/program in the fieldhouse (again, standard athletics upkeep if you ask me). Other than that, he didn't do anything for us...eagle club membership went down, season tix holders went down, fan excitement down, refused to let go of our terrible basketball coach Doc Sadler (who just lost to crosstown NAIA team William Carey), refused to put any pressure on HC's to make staff changes, poor fan engagement, personality of a brick wall, he extended Jay Hopson's contract only after 2 years (1-1 in bowl games and ZERO division or conference championships). Again, I kinda feel bad for ECU.

(12-03-2018 12:40 PM)TTT Wrote:  Yeah it sucks we didn't get that invite but I expected it. Pretty sure Tulane's OT win vs. Navy last weekend to get 6-6 was the one game that ultimately decided our fate but in reality it was such a terrible season of "what could've been's" for us. We really didn't deserve it. Sad to think that 6 points separated USM from being 9-2, conf. champs and 6-5 and staying at home w/ no bowl.

Anyways, that being said every USM fan is absolutely rejoicing that ECU poached our AD. It's a real head-scratcher for them but we're excited. He didn't do jack for us besides have our stadium pressure washed and a new sound system replaced which some fans champion as some significant milestone but it's regular maintenance if you ask me. The only thing he really did was get a h/h w/ Mississippi State in 2024-2025 and created a nutrition bar/program in the fieldhouse (again, standard athletics upkeep if you ask me). Other than that, he didn't do anything for us...eagle club membership went down, season tix holders went down, fan excitement down, refused to let go of our terrible basketball coach Doc Sadler (who just lost to crosstown NAIA team William Carey), refused to put any pressure on HC's to make staff changes, poor fan engagement, personality of a brick wall, he extended Jay Hopson's contract only after 2 years (1-1 in bowl games and ZERO division or conference championships). Again, I kinda feel bad for ECU.

(11-27-2018 12:59 PM)TTT Wrote:  USM is 6-5...all 6 of CUSA's bowl tie-ins are spoken for by 7+ win teams so they get dibs first. With 78 spots for bowl teams and 82 bowl eligible teams...4 teams will get left out. Those bubble teams are USM, UL-Monroe, Wyoming, and Miami-OH. Saturday we'll need some help from UCF. If UCF win's then one of the 7 AAC primary bowl tie-ins will be vacant...Frisco or Independence Bowl which CUSA has secondary tie-ins for. Also, Marshall beating Va Tech would also help USM's chances. Of course ESPN/Bowl Committee could juggle whoever they want around so there's that. Anyway, blah blah blah...I know AAC fans could care less what happens to USM but I just wanted to stop by and say USM fans will all be selfishly rooting for UCF Saturday. Go Knights!


ps. I've noticed that UCF's band plays awesome music like LOTR. Nice.

pps. I'd love a USM/AAC matchup, maybe in the Bham Bowl.