New Mexico St whipped Auburn at Auburn and are now 9-3, If they win CUSA and finish 11-3shouldn’t they be a contender for the G5 NY6 bowl?
Opinions?

If 13-0 Liberty is getting no media love, 11-3 NMSU won't either. I think it is impossible for the MAC champ to fall below NMSU, even if both Toledo and Miami lose this coming week.

(11-19-2023 01:51 AM)Crayton Wrote:  If 13-0 Liberty is getting no media love, 11-3 NMSU won't either. I think it is impossible for the MAC champ to fall below NMSU, even if both Toledo and Miami lose this coming week.

But New Mexico st blew out auburn at their house! That’s impressive

(11-19-2023 02:07 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(11-19-2023 01:51 AM)Crayton Wrote:  If 13-0 Liberty is getting no media love, 11-3 NMSU won't either. I think it is impossible for the MAC champ to fall below NMSU, even if both Toledo and Miami lose this coming week.

But New Mexico st blew out auburn at their house! That’s impressive

It is. They also lost to UMass and Hawaii, two (other, perennial) cellar dwellers. The MAC teams, combined, lost to Miami(FL) and Illinois, both with better records and from better conferences.

(11-19-2023 02:11 AM)Crayton Wrote:  

(11-19-2023 02:07 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(11-19-2023 01:51 AM)Crayton Wrote:  If 13-0 Liberty is getting no media love, 11-3 NMSU won't either. I think it is impossible for the MAC champ to fall below NMSU, even if both Toledo and Miami lose this coming week.

But New Mexico st blew out auburn at their house! That’s impressive

It is. They also lost to UMass and Hawaii, two (other, perennial) cellar dwellers. The MAC teams, combined, lost to Miami(FL) and Illinois, both with better records and from better conferences.

The Auburn win is more impressive than the losses are bad, but 3 losses is probably too many unless a lot of craziness happens in other places. Hardly "impossible" though.

(11-19-2023 02:11 AM)Crayton Wrote:  

(11-19-2023 02:07 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(11-19-2023 01:51 AM)Crayton Wrote:  If 13-0 Liberty is getting no media love, 11-3 NMSU won't either. I think it is impossible for the MAC champ to fall below NMSU, even if both Toledo and Miami lose this coming week.

But New Mexico st blew out auburn at their house! That’s impressive

It is. They also lost to UMass and Hawaii, two (other, perennial) cellar dwellers. The MAC teams, combined, lost to Miami(FL) and Illinois, both with better records and from better conferences.

Prior to last season Hawaii was a bowl invitee for four consecutive seasons. That stretch included bowl wins over BYU and Houston.

Hawaii's all-time winning percentage is .543, ranking it 68th among the 133 current FBS programs.

This season's Hawaii team is still down and struggling to recover from the Todd Graham debacle, but nonetheless has wins against not only 9-3 NMSU but also 8-3 Air Force and 9-3 Albany (currently ranked #12 in the FCS).

We aren't a perennial winner... but we aren't a perennial cellar dweller either. I’ve followed the program for nearly 50 years and mostly it’s been feast or famine without a lot of in-between.

If you believe the CFP Committee, it's Tulane's bid to lose.

Perhaps NMSU should take auburns place in the iron bowl.
Lol

They probably wont even beat Liberty in the CCG.

(11-19-2023 01:09 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  New Mexico St whipped Auburn at Auburn and are now 9-3, If they win CUSA and finish 11-3shouldn’t they be a contender for the G5 NY6 bowl?
Opinions?

They lost to UMass at home.

No

(11-19-2023 01:51 AM)Crayton Wrote:  If 13-0 Liberty is getting no media love, 11-3 NMSU won't either. I think it is impossible for the MAC champ to fall below NMSU, even if both Toledo and Miami lose this coming week.

The big difference is that Liberty had no stand out wins and struggled against bad teams. At least NMSU beat somebody of note.


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No chance but what a job Kill has done there.

The UMass loss is catastrophically bad. That’s a very poor 3-8 team.

The Liberty loss is fine. The Hawaii loss is canceled out by the Auburn win.

Their bid for the NY6 died in week 0. Shame, because at 10-2 they have a better case.

I am a long suffering Aggie fan and grad. Most Aggie fans think that the team would have no business in a NY6 bowl. Too bad the UMass and Hawai'i games were so early in the season while the team was still figuring things out. Still a great season for the Aggies!

What bowl does the CUSA winner get? The NM Bowl?

(11-19-2023 07:28 AM)schmolik Wrote:  If you believe the CFP Committee, it's Tulane's bid to lose.

Fingers crossed. Go Roadrunners!!!

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(11-20-2023 12:25 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  What bowl does the CUSA winner get? The NM Bowl?

It's not locked ... it don't know if it would be the "the Bahamas are somewhere down that direction" bowl, but it could be any of the NM Bowl, the Armed Forces Bowl or the New Orleans Bowl.

But I'd think NMSU would be likely to go to the NM Bowl whether they win or lose the CCG, as I think that Liberty would rather go to New Orleans anyway.

They lost to Umass. Automatically disqualifies them.

Given a choice between Charlotte, Albuquerque, Fort Worth and New Orleans ... who wouldn't prefer NOLA? I am dieting now just in case.

(11-19-2023 04:44 AM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  

(11-19-2023 02:11 AM)Crayton Wrote:  

(11-19-2023 02:07 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(11-19-2023 01:51 AM)Crayton Wrote:  If 13-0 Liberty is getting no media love, 11-3 NMSU won't either. I think it is impossible for the MAC champ to fall below NMSU, even if both Toledo and Miami lose this coming week.

But New Mexico st blew out auburn at their house! That’s impressive

It is. They also lost to UMass and Hawaii, two (other, perennial) cellar dwellers. The MAC teams, combined, lost to Miami(FL) and Illinois, both with better records and from better conferences.

Prior to last season Hawaii was a bowl invitee for four consecutive seasons. That stretch included bowl wins over BYU and Houston.

Hawaii's all-time winning percentage is .543, ranking it 68th among the 133 current FBS programs.

This season's Hawaii team is still down and struggling to recover from the Todd Graham debacle, but nonetheless has wins against not only 9-3 NMSU but also 8-3 Air Force and 9-3 Albany (currently ranked #12 in the FCS).

We aren't a perennial winner... but we aren't a perennial cellar dweller either. I’ve followed the program for nearly 50 years and mostly it’s been feast or famine without a lot of in-between.

@HawaiiMongoose

Don't mind the Gator.

Poor fella doesn't know any better

Does Auburn have the most G5 loses among SEC teams?