(07-26-2019 08:11 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 07:11 PM)spenser Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 12:37 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 09:06 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(07-24-2019 09:35 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  That's not really what he said. He said they would have ESPN bowls, but did not say they would be tied to all 16 ESPN bowls. More than likely, they will get 3 selections from 6 or 7 bowls, if going by what other conferences have done.

My understanding is ESPN Events is telling leagues sign this and we will guarantee you X appearances per year in an ESPN Events bowl but we won't lock in which.

That certainly seems to likely to be the case---but who knows? The MW deal, for example, doesnt seem to lock in any bowl--though they apparently have an "understanding" that ESPN will try to get them a Texas location when it makes sense. My guess is thats generally going to mean Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl (nothing new there). The AAC deal seems more limited than the MW deal. The AAC pool agreement says the AAC will fill 4 slots in a series of specifically named bowls. It will be interesting to see if the Sunbelt and CUSA's bowl pool agreements are wide open or are limited to group of specifically named bowls.

Conference Usa and Sun Belt Bowl pool will be extremely similar or exactly the same as the MACs.

MAC gets 2 a year to these 7. AAC will put 4 teams in ESPN Bowl pool(with 3 better Bowls as priority vs P5), 1 guaranteed in one of the 5 (AAC) listed below.

14 spots total. MAC+MWC + AAC = 4 most years,
Max of 8 if AAC misses out on Birmingham, Gasparilla, and First Responder all in same season.
MWC is only New Mexico.

So CUSA and Sun Belt have to be a minimum of 6 and up to 10 to fill.

Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl(AAC)
Camellia Bowl
Cure Bowl(AAC)
Frisco Bowl(AAC)(Might be MWC Texas Bowl)
Mobile Alabama Bowl
Myrtle Beach Bow(AAC)
New Mexico Bowl(AAC)(MWC tied to annually)

The only question is if some are anchored every year like #1 to NOLA and if they get an anchor for #2 in the Independence Bowl. So 3 locks each into the pool.

CUSA will probably be in the Birmingham and Gaparilla pool. It is not the AAC will not be in them but there is a good chance that ACC and SEC may not always fill them. In addition, I think the ACC vs SEC will be matched in one of the two bowls every time when available.

SEC is set to be in both(Gasparilla and Birmingham), ACC can only be in one. So if They fill 3 then it would be SEC vs ACC, and Sec vs AAC. If SEC only send 1 then they may be matched up with ACC, and AAC would need CUSA to be the 2nd backup. And if ACC cant send anyone AAC vs SEC is possible in both or AAC vs CUSA as a backup in the 2bd bowl.

Basically SEC and AAC are guaranteed to both be in atleast 1 of the 2, and both could be in both. Depending if ACC has their 1 selection as 2nd priority.

Depending on ACC, AAC and SEC having enough bowl elligable teams CUSA could get the 6th priority to fill the 4 spots.

Priority selection switches/alternates each year between the 2 bowls. But conference priority is still same. SEC, ACC, AAC, SEC2, AAC2, then possible CUSA.

CUSA best hope is SEC sends 2 and AAC only has enough Bowl eligible teams to take 1, which would be SEC 1 vs AAC, SEC2 vs CUSA. But that would require only 6 total AAC teams being bowl Elligable (NY6, Boston, Military, Armed Forces/Hawaii, First Responder, and then Birmingham/Gasparilla). Or 5 without NY6.