(10-27-2019 11:00 AM)vick mike Wrote:  Temple will finish 5-7.

Too many coaching changes/losses to remain on top. They've been exposed in the secondary and o-line perhaps. It may have finally caught up with them. They still beat UConn to finish 6-6 I believe. USF is a toss-up game.

(10-27-2019 06:05 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Usf in the the "not bowling" section seems premature. They're 4-4 and have shown signs of getting things together.

Agree, it should be unlikely bowling. Temple will be a toss up. We'll have to get that one and steal another one somewhere.

Re-re-revisiting this...

Already bowling

SMU
Memphis
Cincinnati
UCF
Navy
Tulane

Definitely bowling

Temple

Snowball's chance in hell of bowling

Houston
USF
ECU

Officially not bowling

Tulsa
UConn

USFFan

(10-11-2019 11:13 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  Houston will stumble and bumble into 6 or 7 wins. They have talent.

Man I sure hope that you are right about this!!!

Temple, Cinci and UCF have all shown they can be beat by marginal talent.

I was 100% certain USF would lose to Cinci, but their struggle against ECU gave me hope, especially since we have a history of screwing them up.

Temple has been bipolar and kinda looks weaker now that more of the season had played on. Some of their wins aren’t as impressive anymore.

UCF is a rivalry game a we have nearly beat them when we are at our absolute worst. Pitt and Temple showed they can be beat. I tend to lean toward UCF winning, but it’s not a lock.

USF needs 2 our of three, unless we pull of some miracle and take out Memphis. I don’t like how we like up against them since their strength are our weakness but we may have stumbled upon a winning QB combo against BYU, so who knows.

I would rule USF out of a bowl just yet. If we win against Temple, then there’s a punchers chance. We’ll see.

(11-02-2019 06:21 PM)usffan Wrote:  Re-re-revisiting this...

Already bowling

SMU
Memphis
Cincinnati
UCF
Navy
Tulane

Definitely bowling

Temple

Snowball's chance in hell of bowling

Houston
USF
ECU

Officially not bowling

Tulsa
UConn

USFFan

ECU is out, they have 2 FCS wins... The only way they get in is if they can get to 6 wins and there are not enough 6-6 teams.

(10-27-2019 11:00 AM)vick mike Wrote:  Temple will finish 5-7.

5-7?

Temple is 5-3 now, with 4 remaining games:

@USF

vs Tulane

@ Cincy

vs UConn


It seems most likely that Temple will finish 6-6, 7-5, or 8-4.

Agree @USF will be a tough road game, due to injuries and Temple's low-scoring offense. Moreover, they couldn't beat a .500 MAC team on the road, when they were healthier. Edge: USF.

Tulane is 6-3, but will play @ Temple in their homecoming game. Temple should have a home field advantage with decent attendance. Temple should have the slight edge in that game unless the squad remains decimated by injuries.

It would be a humiliating shock for UConn to beat Temple in Philly. The Owls should rise for the occasion and to achieve bowl status.

Hopefully, there might be enough time for key Owl players to recover in time for their likely bowl game against a G4 team.

(11-03-2019 10:30 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(10-27-2019 11:00 AM)vick mike Wrote:  Temple will finish 5-7.

5-7?

Temple is 5-3 now, with 4 remaining games:

@USF

vs Tulane

@ Cincy

vs UConn


It seems most likely that Temple will finish 6-6, 7-5, or 8-4.

Agree @USF will be a tough road game, due to injuries and Temple's low-scoring offense. Moreover, they couldn't beat a .500 MAC team on the road, when they were healthier. Edge: USF.

Tulane is 6-3, but will play @ Temple in their homecoming game. Temple should have a home field advantage with decent attendance. Temple should have the slight edge in that game unless the squad remains decimated by injuries.

It would be a humiliating shock for UConn to beat Temple in Philly. The Owls should rise for the occasion and to achieve bowl status.

Hopefully, there might be enough time for key Owl players to recover in time for their likely bowl game against a G4 team.

While anything can happen, I don’t see Tulane losing to temple. Tulane has their bye this week to get ready for you and get healthy. I believe we’ll be favored in that game. (Espn has us as 63% favorites on the road).

Cincy, Memphis, Navy, SMU, UCF, Temple, and Tulane will all go bowling...if one of our teams make the Access Bowl we'll have the Cotton Bowl vs 'At Large', Birmingham Bowl vs SEC, Military Bowl vs ACC, and Hawai'i Bowl vs BYU/Hawai'i for our top teams.

perhaps we can trade Frisco for Independence for Tulane since the SEC won't have enough teams...I would think their fans would love the chance to take over Shreveport and hit up the casinos.

9 eligible SEC (3 in NY6) would open up Liberty bowl

(11-03-2019 10:30 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(10-27-2019 11:00 AM)vick mike Wrote:  Temple will finish 5-7.

5-7?

Temple is 5-3 now, with 4 remaining games:

@USF

vs Tulane

@ Cincy

vs UConn


It seems most likely that Temple will finish 6-6, 7-5, or 8-4.

Agree @USF will be a tough road game, due to injuries and Temple's low-scoring offense. Moreover, they couldn't beat a .500 MAC team on the road, when they were healthier. Edge: USF.

Tulane is 6-3, but will play @ Temple in their homecoming game. Temple should have a home field advantage with decent attendance. Temple should have the slight edge in that game unless the squad remains decimated by injuries.

It would be a humiliating shock for UConn to beat Temple in Philly. The Owls should rise for the occasion and to achieve bowl status.

Hopefully, there might be enough time for key Owl players to recover in time for their likely bowl game against a G4 team.

Temple already had their Homecoming game against Memphis. Thought you would know that.

Tulane at home is DirecTV.

Tulane away from home is cable (1-3).

(11-04-2019 03:26 AM)Fishpro10987 Wrote:  

(11-03-2019 10:30 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(10-27-2019 11:00 AM)vick mike Wrote:  Temple will finish 5-7.

5-7?

Temple is 5-3 now, with 4 remaining games:

@USF

vs Tulane

@ Cincy

vs UConn


It seems most likely that Temple will finish 6-6, 7-5, or 8-4.

Agree @USF will be a tough road game, due to injuries and Temple's low-scoring offense. Moreover, they couldn't beat a .500 MAC team on the road, when they were healthier. Edge: USF.

Tulane is 6-3, but will play @ Temple in their homecoming game. Temple should have a home field advantage with decent attendance. Temple should have the slight edge in that game unless the squad remains decimated by injuries.

It would be a humiliating shock for UConn to beat Temple in Philly. The Owls should rise for the occasion and to achieve bowl status.

Hopefully, there might be enough time for key Owl players to recover in time for their likely bowl game against a G4 team.

Temple already had their Homecoming game against Memphis. Thought you would know that.

Jed/granger looking at 2015 schedule.

(11-03-2019 09:40 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  

(11-02-2019 06:21 PM)usffan Wrote:  Re-re-revisiting this...

Already bowling

SMU
Memphis
Cincinnati
UCF
Navy
Tulane

Definitely bowling

Temple

Snowball's chance in hell of bowling

Houston
USF
ECU

Officially not bowling

Tulsa
UConn

USFFan

ECU is out, they have 2 FCS wins... The only way they get in is if they can get to 6 wins and there are not enough 6-6 teams.

Mathematically still in. 78 teams (60% of FBS) playing in bowls and the CFP. But yeah, "Snowball's chance in hell of bowling" pretty much sums it up for ECU.

I think we can finally write this one in stone:

Officially bowling

SMU
Memphis
Cincinnati
UCF
Navy
Tulane
Temple

Snowball's chance in hell of bowling

USF (has to win at least two over ranked Cincinnati, ranked Memphis and UCF)
Houston (has to win out, including over ranked Memphis and Navy)

Officially not bowling

ECU
Tulsa
UConn

USFFan

7 AAC teams bowling. 4 AAC teams in the Top 25. Not too shabby.

Bowl projections
Cin vs ND Cotton
Memphis vs ISU Liberty
SMU vs Boise Las Vegas
Navy vs NCST Military
UCF vs Wyoming Tampa
Tulane vs UAB Birmingham
Temple vs FAU Boca Raton

(11-11-2019 02:51 AM)templefootballfan Wrote:  Bowl projections
Cin vs ND Cotton
Memphis vs ISU Liberty
SMU vs Boise Las Vegas
Navy vs NCST Military
UCF vs Wyoming Tampa
Tulane vs UAB Birmingham
Temple vs FAU Boca Raton

So Tulane and Temple get virtual road games? Please no. I would rather dominate another Cure Bowl than that.

Meeting cancelled so took a few minutes to look at Bowl projections after week 11. CFN is the only one I've noted that does not have an American team in the Cotton Bowl:

Memphis: Cotton Bowl v Florida (CBS); Frisco v Fresno (ESPN); Cotton v Baylor (ESPN & 247); Boca v Central Michigan (CFN)

Cincinnati: Gasparilla v La Tech (CBS & 247); Cotton v Oregon (ESPN); Liberty v Iowa St. (ESPN); Cure v Ga St (CFN)

SMU: Belk v Va Tech (CBS & 247); Gasparilla v UAB (ESPN); Liberty v Kansas St (ESPN); Frisco v Buffalo (CFN)

Navy: Military v Pitt (CBS & 247); Birmingham v UAB (ESPN); Military v Louisville (ESPN & CFN)

UCF: Cure v Ark St (CBS); Frisco v Marshall ESPN); Gasparilla v Charlotte (ESPN); Cure v SDSU (247); Gasparilla v Western Kentucky (CFN)

Tulane: Birmingham v Liberty (CBS & 247); Hawaii v BYU (ESPN); Birmingham v BC (ESPN); Birmingham v Charlotte (CFN)

Temple: Frisco v Marshall (CBS & 247); Boca v Central Michigan (ESPN); Military v Louisville (ESPN); Texas v Oklahoma St (CFN)

For Temple, potential p5 matchups v OK ST and Louisville, although I would look forward to any of these opponents.

Good research, vick. Quick question, out of complete naivety. We have 7 bowl tie-ins, not including the Cotton, and 7 likely eligible teams. Most of these bowls blow. These predictions include a handful of more appealing bowls than our official tie-ins, including Liberty, Belk, Texas and Cure. How exactly does that work? Aren't contractually obligated to filling some of those?