Tallgrass Wrote:Maize is doing what the MWC fans do. Here was an announcement of the Big East and Houston Bowls--very much a positive for the Big East. All a Big East fan had to do was post that article--and the article shouted volumes all by itself.
But Maize proceeded to trash and trivilize by calling the CUSA Commish a liar. The reader, rather than focusing on the good of the BE/Houston deal, is refocused to an apparent preturbed poster that resented that CUSA even got 1/4 of the action.
Maize, instead of using the words he used, should have simply called for a point of clarification. The writer, a known West Va fan and Marshall (and therefore CUSA) basher, may be confused. Or the bowl official may be confused. Or CUSA Commish might be confused. But to holler liar! liar! That just trivilizes and makes BE appear small. Maize, in his well deserved glory and happiness for Louisville and BE, doesn't seem to grasp what he is doing over there on the CUSA board. Or care.
He and the MWC have been not been telling the truth. This is from the Houston paper.
Nov. 15, 2005, 1:32AM
Houston Bowl has chance to land big fish
Starting in '06, deal could bring Notre Dame to city if Irish miss BCS
By JOSEPH DUARTE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
The EV1.net Houston Bowl has reached a four-year agreement with the Big East Conference, Conference USA and Notre Dame to pair a team against the Big 12, officials said Monday.
The agreement covers the 2006-09 seasons.
The game will match the No. 5 or No. 6 selection from the Big 12 against either the Big East's No. 2 or No. 3 team or Notre Dame. C-USA would provide a representative in the event the Big 12 did not have enough bowl-eligible teams.
"We didn't want to rush into anything. We've been working on this for some time," Houston Bowl chairman Shea Guinn said. "This was something we wanted to do right."
The Houston Bowl is about to end a three-year tie-in with the Southeastern Conference, which is unlikely to produce an opponent for the Big 12 for the third consecutive year.
The inclusion of Notre Dame will give the Houston Bowl an opportunity for a marquee team in the years the Irish are not eligible for the BCS.
"At the end of the day, we wanted some assurances of the type of teams that were going to be there," Guinn said.
By adding C-USA to the mix, the Houston Bowl will have the opportunity to feature a regional team with the conference's new realignment including UTEP, Houston, SMU and Rice. The bowl will keep a payout of about $1.2 million.
The game has been affiliated with the Big 12 since its inception in 2000, when it was known as the galleryfurniture.com Bowl.
<a href='http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/fb/fbc/3461321' target='_blank'>Where is the guaranteed C-USA Slot</a>
In the C-USA Press Release they stated that they were guaranteed a slot in the bowl game. Guess what, you have two media outlets-(One in Houston and the other in West Virginia) reporting that is not the case.