Next weekend CUSA needs USM to win at UTEP as well as FAU to beat Charlotte to get 8 teams bowl eligible.

UAB - 9
FIU - 8
UNT - 8
LT - 7
Marshall - 7
MT - 7
USM - 5
FAU - 5

– Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla vs. American Athletic
– Bahamas Bowl vs. MAC
– Cheribundi Tart Cherry Bowl vs. American Athletic
– Gildan New Mexico Bowl vs. Mountain West
– Hawai’i Bowl vs. Mountain West
– R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl vs. Sun Belt
– SERVPRO First Responders Bowl vs. Big Ten

Secondary Agreements
– Walk-On’s Independence Bowl
Conditional if ACC or SEC can’t fill a spot.

– DXL Frisco Bowl
Conditional if American Athletic or MAC can’t fill a spot.

Final weekend games involving teams with 5 wins
71 teams in already

Baylor (5-6) at Texas Tech (5-6)...winner is 72
Purdue (5-6) at Indiana (5-6)....winner is 73
Tennessee (5-6) at Vanderbilt (5-6)...winner is 74

So these teams are fighting it out to join the 6 win club:
Miami, OH (5-6) host Ball St (4-7)
Coastal Carolina (5-6) at South Alabama (2-9)
Florida St (5-6) host Florida (8-3)
Tulane (5-6) host Navy (3-8)
Wake (5-6) at Duke (7-4)
TCU (5-6) host Oklahoma St (6-5)
Wyoming (5-6) at New Mexico (3-8)
Maryland (5-6) at Penn St (8-3)
Minnesota (5-6) at Wisconsin (7-4)
Arizona (5-6) host Arizona St (6-5)
SMU (5-6) at Tulsa (2-9)
Southern Miss (5-6) at UTEP (1-10)
FAU (5-6) host Charlotte (4-7)
Kansas St (5-6) at Iowa St (6-4)
Colorado (5-6) at California (6-4)
USC (5-6) host Norte Dame (11-0)


**VT (4-6) host Virginia (7-4)... If VT wins they will play Marshall in a makeup game. They lose they’re season is over.
**Akron (4-6) at Ohio (7-4)....Akron plays at South Carolina the week after in makeup game

Conference situation

American - 6 in, 2 bubble
ACC - 9 in, 2 bubble, and VT with 4 wins but 2 games remaining
Big 12 - 5 in, 4 bubble (2 bubble teams face each other so 6 guaranteed)
Big 10 - 7 in, 4 bubble (2 bubble teams face each other so 8 guaranteed)
CUSA - 6 in, 2 bubble
Independents - 3 in, 0 bubble
MAC - 6 in, 1 bubble, Akron with 4 wins but 2 games left
MWC - 6 in, 1 bubble
PAC 12 - 7 in, 3 bubble
SEC - 10 in, 2 bubble and those 2 play each other so 11 in and 0 bubble (Ole Miss ineligible)
Sun Belt 6 in, 1 bubble

Summary:
39 bowl games so 78 teams
71 teams have clinched
6 bubble teams meet so 3 more guaranteed which puts it at 74


Appears there could be 80+ 6 win teams so USM might need FAU to lose so we’re not fighting them for CUSA’s 7th team.

Thanks for putting the time in and posting all this information. First we need to get to 6-5 and I hope we make a bowl. Would we be ahead of the 6-6 teams in the pecking order?

(11-18-2018 10:22 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  Thanks for putting the time in and posting all this information. First we need to get to 6-5 and I hope we make a bowl. Would we be ahead of the 6-6 teams in the pecking order?

Not sure how that works but don’t think it’s guaranteed as last year UTSA finished 6-5 (game vs Houston canceled due to hurricane that hit Houston area) and they were the lone CUSA bowl eligible team left out while La Tech, MTSU and WKU went bowling at 6-6

SI is projecting us to the NoLa bowl vs Troy

If we get bowl eligible, we will be in a bowl....IMHO

(11-19-2018 09:58 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  If we get bowl eligible, we will be in a bowl....IMHO

http://701bourbon.com/

(11-19-2018 09:58 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  If we get bowl eligible, we will be in a bowl....IMHO

And unfortunately that bowl could end up being Bahamas, Hawaii or New Mexico....but I guess that's better than not being in a bowl.

(11-19-2018 12:41 PM)usm99 Wrote:  

(11-19-2018 09:58 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  If we get bowl eligible, we will be in a bowl....IMHO

And unfortunately that bowl could end up being Bahamas, Hawaii or New Mexico....but I guess that's better than not being in a bowl.

I think this year would be a great year to take our turn in the Bahamas or Hawaii (iffen we're fortunate to get past the El Paso juggernaut this weekend).

(11-18-2018 09:18 AM)usm99 Wrote:  Final weekend games involving teams with 5 wins
71 teams in already

Baylor (5-6) at Texas Tech (5-6)...winner is 72
Purdue (5-6) at Indiana (5-6)....winner is 73
Tennessee (5-6) at Vanderbilt (5-6)...winner is 74

So these teams are fighting it out to join the 6 win club:
Miami, OH (5-6) host Ball St (4-7)
Coastal Carolina (5-6) at South Alabama (2-9)
Florida St (5-6) host Florida (8-3)
Tulane (5-6) host Navy (3-8)
Wake (5-6) at Duke (7-4)
TCU (5-6) host Oklahoma St (6-5)
Wyoming (5-6) at New Mexico (3-8)
Maryland (5-6) at Penn St (8-3)
Minnesota (5-6) at Wisconsin (7-4)
Arizona (5-6) host Arizona St (6-5)
SMU (5-6) at Tulsa (2-9)
Southern Miss (5-6) at UTEP (1-10)
FAU (5-6) host Charlotte (4-7)
Kansas St (5-6) at Iowa St (6-4)
Colorado (5-6) at California (6-4)
USC (5-6) host Norte Dame (11-0)


**VT (4-6) host Virginia (7-4)... If VT wins they will play Marshall in a makeup game. They lose they’re season is over.
**Akron (4-6) at Ohio (7-4)....Akron plays at South Carolina the week after in makeup game

Game night for this week starts today. Go Ball St

We might get the call over FAU. We sell more bowl tickets, historically. Would be neat to go somewhere different.

(11-19-2018 01:16 PM)Eagleholic Wrote:  

(11-19-2018 12:41 PM)usm99 Wrote:  

(11-19-2018 09:58 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  If we get bowl eligible, we will be in a bowl....IMHO

And unfortunately that bowl could end up being Bahamas, Hawaii or New Mexico....but I guess that's better than not being in a bowl.

I think this year would be a great year to take our turn in the Bahamas or Hawaii (iffen we're fortunate to get past the El Paso juggernaut this weekend).

omg no ... if we go to Hawaii, the whole program will melt down... need to play penn state in dallas

(11-20-2018 07:46 AM)USM@FTL Wrote:  We might get the call over FAU. We sell more bowl tickets, historically. Would be neat to go somewhere different.

I was thinking the same thing, but Kiffin is a celebrity. ESPN may push for him.

Minnesota won to make the count at least 80 (already accounted for Vandy/Tennessee winner) with the possibility of at least 8 more making it to bowl eligibility.

Arizona up 19 in 3rd so that could be 81
SMU down 7 early in 4th

Miami, OH (5-6) host Ball St (4-7) - Miami, OH is #75
Coastal Carolina (5-6) at South Alabama (2-9) - CC lost
Florida St (5-6) host Florida (8-3)....FSU lost
Baylor (5-6) at Texas Tech (5-6)...Baylor is 72
Tulane (5-6) host Navy (3-8)...Tulane is #76
Wake (5-6) at Duke (7-4)...Wake Forest is #77
TCU (5-6) host Oklahoma St (6-5)
Wyoming (5-6) at New Mexico (3-8)...Wyoming is 78
Purdue (5-6) at Indiana (5-6)....Purdue is 73
Maryland (5-6) at Penn St (8-3)...Maryland lost
Minnesota (5-6) at Wisconsin (7-4)...Minnesota is #80
Arizona (5-6) host Arizona St (6-5)...Arizona lost
SMU (5-6) at Tulsa (2-9)....SMU lost
Tennessee (5-6) at Vanderbilt (5-6)...winner is 74
Southern Miss (5-6) at UTEP (1-10)...USM is 79
FAU (5-6) host Charlotte (4-7)
Kansas St (5-6) at Iowa St (6-4)
Colorado (5-6) at California (6-4)
USC (5-6) host Norte Dame (11-0)

Next week
VT (5-6) host Marshall

80 teams have reached 6 wins with these 6 teams remaining (if my calculations are correct)

FAU (5-6) host Charlotte (4-7) - FAU up 21-10 at half
Kansas St (5-6) at Iowa St (6-4) - Tied early in 2Q
Colorado (5-6) at California (6-4) - Colorado trails 21-0 in 1Q
TCU (5-6) host Oklahoma St (6-5)
USC (5-6) host Norte Dame (11-0)

Next week
VT (5-6) host Marshall

(11-24-2018 07:45 PM)usm99 Wrote:  80 teams have reached 6 wins with these 6 teams remaining (if my calculations are correct)

FAU (5-6) host Charlotte (4-7) - FAU up 21-10 at half
Kansas St (5-6) at Iowa St (6-4) - Tied early in 2Q
Colorado (5-6) at California (6-4) - Colorado trails 21-0 in 1Q
TCU (5-6) host Oklahoma St (6-5)
USC (5-6) host Norte Dame (11-0)

Next week
VT (5-6) host Marshall

FAU lost so bowl eligible teams stays at 80 while maximum amount that can qualify drops to 85

FAU regretting that 10 year extension right now.

(11-24-2018 09:22 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  FAU regretting that 10 year extension right now.

And makes the Pecoraro move to FAU look even worse considering how good our D was this year.