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(12-25-2021 03:50 PM)cincybb51 Wrote:  I guess it makes sense to speculate that Miami's Ivan Pace Jr. ( Deshawn's brother) who entered the transfer portal will be a Bearcat next year.

There was a time where taking Miami’s best player as a transfer to possibly be a backup would warrant a trip to their board to poke the bear. Not sure if it even exists anymore.

Gruehls would have had them all popping Xanax before he was done.

Fenway bowl canceled due to covid issues at UVA.

Military Bowl out now due to issues at BC.

Bahamas Bowl: MTSU 31, Toledo 24
Cure Bowl: Coastal Carolina 47, NIU 41
Boca Raton Bowl: Western Kentucky 59, Appalachian State 38
New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State 31, UTEP 24
Independence Bowl: UAB 31, No. 13 BYU 28
LendingTree Bowl: Liberty 56, Eastern Michigan
LA Bowl: Utah State 24, Oregon State 13
New Orleans Bowl: No. 23 Louisiana 36, Marshall 21
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Tulsa 30 ODU 17
Potato Bowl: Wyoming 52 Kent 38
Frisco Bowl: SDSU 38 UTSA 24
Armed Forces Bowl: Army 24 MO 22 Army made a 41 yard FG as time expired. It was kickers longest of year. Had he missed he would have got another try as MO was guilty of an Illegal Substitution (two #6's on field). On the prior possession MO went for 2 after TD but missed a wide open receiver.
Another Frisco Bowl: Redskins 27 NTSU 14
Gasparilla Bowl: UCF 29 FL 17
Hawaii Bowl: Memphis 2 UH 0 forfeit
Camellia Bowl: GA State 51 Ball State 20
Military Bowl: ECU 2 BC 0 forfeit
Fenway Bowl: SMU 2 VA 0 forfeit

CUSA +3 -5
SBC +3 -1
MW +4-1
IND +2 -1
MAC +1 -5
P12 -1
AAC +5
SEC -2
ACC -2

Hopefully by this spring protocols will change so that positive tests no longer cancel games between healthy young athletes, especially if they are vaccinated and asymptomatic.

At this point it's hard to see too many more bowl games actually being played.

Miami out of sun bowl

Bahamas Bowl: MTSU 31, Toledo 24
Cure Bowl: Coastal Carolina 47, NIU 41
Boca Raton Bowl: Western Kentucky 59, Appalachian State 38
New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State 31, UTEP 24
Independence Bowl: UAB 31, No. 13 BYU 28
LendingTree Bowl: Liberty 56, Eastern Michigan
LA Bowl: Utah State 24, Oregon State 13
New Orleans Bowl: No. 23 Louisiana 36, Marshall 21
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Tulsa 30 ODU 17
Potato Bowl: Wyoming 52 Kent 38
Frisco Bowl: SDSU 38 UTSA 24
Armed Forces Bowl: Army 24 MO 22 Army made a 41 yard FG as time expired. It was kickers longest of year. Had he missed he would have got another try as MO was guilty of an Illegal Substitution (two #6's on field). On the prior possession MO went for 2 after TD but missed a wide open receiver.
Another Frisco Bowl: Redskins 27 NTSU 14
Gasparilla Bowl: UCF 29 FL 17
Hawaii Bowl: Memphis 2 UH 0 forfeit
Camellia Bowl: GA State 51 Ball State 20
Military Bowl: ECU 2 BC 0 forfeit
Fenway Bowl: SMU 2 VA 0 forfeit
Sun Bowl: WA State 2 Miami FL 0 forfeit

CUSA +3 -5
SBC +3 -1
MW +4-1
IND +2 -1
MAC +1 -5
P12 +1 -1
AAC +5
SEC -2
ACC -3

Weird...the ACC, the conference who clearly has the most to lose due to their lack of a top dog this year and not really much depth to showcase, is dropping out of games left and right against opponents who will likely win those games and conferences they can't afford to lose any more clout to.

Hmmmmmm

Also, why couldn't Memphis just fly to El Paso and play against Wazzou?

(12-27-2021 09:45 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Weird...the ACC, the conference who clearly has the most to lose due to their lack of a top dog this year and not really much depth to showcase, is dropping out of games left and right against opponents who will likely win those games and conferences they can't afford to lose any more clout to.

Hmmmmmm

Also, why couldn't Memphis just fly to El Paso and play against Wazzou?

Seems like the ACC bailed pretty early last year, too.

On a note closer to home, both UC and Alabama are in Dallas ready to roll. Alabama reports no players out with Covid. Their 2 coordinators are going to join the team on the day of the game.

(12-27-2021 10:14 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(12-27-2021 09:45 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Weird...the ACC, the conference who clearly has the most to lose due to their lack of a top dog this year and not really much depth to showcase, is dropping out of games left and right against opponents who will likely win those games and conferences they can't afford to lose any more clout to.

Hmmmmmm

Also, why couldn't Memphis just fly to El Paso and play against Wazzou?

Seems like the ACC bailed pretty early last year, too.

On a note closer to home, both UC and Alabama are in Dallas ready to roll. Alabama reports no players out with Covid. Their 2 coordinators are going to join the team on the day of the game.

Best news I've read today. I guess we'll be holding our breath until Friday kickoff given what's transpiring in the world of sports moment to moment this December.

(12-27-2021 10:14 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(12-27-2021 09:45 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Weird...the ACC, the conference who clearly has the most to lose due to their lack of a top dog this year and not really much depth to showcase, is dropping out of games left and right against opponents who will likely win those games and conferences they can't afford to lose any more clout to.

Hmmmmmm

Also, why couldn't Memphis just fly to El Paso and play against Wazzou?

Seems like the ACC bailed pretty early last year, too.

On a note closer to home, both UC and Alabama are in Dallas ready to roll. Alabama reports no players out with Covid. Their 2 coordinators are going to join the team on the day of the game.

Incentive is everything.

Incentive plus neither team had a meh 6-6 season and did not have to replace a staff with the mamba line to the transfer portal.

The biggest problem with these bowl cancellations is the AAC and UC will take a hit financially. The bowl games are not going to pay out the money and I believe Memphis and SMU had made their trip to their bowl destinations so expenses were incurred.

(12-27-2021 12:38 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  The biggest problem with these bowl cancellations is the AAC and UC will take a hit financially. The bowl games are not going to pay out the money and I believe Memphis and SMU had made their trip to their bowl destinations so expenses were incurred.

It's something they'll have to take a look at moving forward. The school taking all the risk isn't going to continue happening, covid or not. Especially for a game that is made for TV almost exclusively.

All bowls games including the playoff games need to happen one to two weeks after conference championship games. I would also support getting of travel and just letting teams host these games in the own stadiums.

(12-27-2021 12:38 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  The biggest problem with these bowl cancellations is the AAC and UC will take a hit financially. The bowl games are not going to pay out the money and I believe Memphis and SMU had made their trip to their bowl destinations so expenses were incurred.

Good point. So the American takes a hit regardless but will have the offset of the CFP revenue this cycle. Still, it would have been substantially better if those bowls had been played, making all the CFP earnings incremental this one year.

And the rich get richer I suppose. Was a 5-7 Rutgers filling a big bowl spot a revenue "make good" since the B10 failed to get two teams in the CFP? Follow the dollars; the Scarlet Knights certainly weren't chosen for their excellent season.

With WMU up 38-10 The MAC will get a win, Nevada's coach is an interim.

I guess UC joined the others in canceling media availability. Probably just an easy chance to avoid media but newsworthy no less.

Per Pete Thamel, Washington State is playing Central Michigan in the Sun Bowl.