(07-23-2019 01:03 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-22-2019 11:42 PM)panite Wrote:  

(07-18-2019 09:11 AM)GTFletch Wrote:  PAC12 & /or MWC & BYU, Army... Type of tie in

This will work for all concerned. The MWC needs another bowl and the PAC-12 likes to play MWC teams in bowls lacking a P5 school plus a lot of the PAC-12 schools schedule MWC schools for OOC play. BYU also fits since the PAC-12 schools also schedule them OOC and would make a good MWC opponent if a PAC-12 wasn't available. This bowl also provides another bowl opportunity in the South a heavily recruited area for the Army and a Southern edge on recruiting for the Academy. Like I said it works for all concerned especially for he PAC-12 who will have to anchor this bowl without another P5 participant on the opposite side of the field.

Bottom level P5 bowls are almost always played inside that P5's footprint. If the Pac12 wants its #8 to play a MW team---there is absolutely zero need to go Shreveport to do that. The Pac12 has much better options. No---either the Indy puts together a deal to be part of the ESPN bowl pool or they are in a very bad situation. Maybe they can put together a CUSA vs Indy pool (Army/BYU/Liberty/UMass/NM St/UConn).

The P-12 dropped the Cheez IT bowl so it needs the Independence for its 7th bowl even though it may be out of its comfort zone. The conference leaders probably thought they had the ACC on the hook like the Sun Bowl but the ACC ducked out on them. The P-12 can't go back and get the Cheese Bowl because the B-10 and B-12 already signed contracts for it so they will have to settle for the MWC, BYU, and / or Army if Army gets in on this bowl for its opponent if the conference has a bowl eligible team to place in this bowl which will probably be the #7 / 8th pick if the PAC gets a team in the play off. I believe those 4 will be the primaries with a pool of CUSA, the Sun Belt and the AAC as some sort of back up. For some reason and going back to the Miami Bowl the PAC-12 seems to want to avoid the AAC in the post season for whatever reason. JMO.