Pretty Much New Mexico Bowl Bound!
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Ummm..... So not sure how your math works, but where I come from 10% isn't a very good chance guy!
No body asked me, but I don’t think we should be going to any kind of bowl, just because we had 7 wins. We didn't beat anyone of consequence; only losers that we historically haven't beaten. We have lost 4 of our last 5 and will be nationally embarrassed no matter who we meet. The 7-5 record is deceiving.
My guess is 95% for the NM Bowl. 5% chance at one of the Texas bowls.
Well fortunately it's not up to you and with so many bowls 7 wins is pretty much a for sure your going bowling. Think of it like CBI or NIT. More practice time, helps build to next year and if you win fan base will be happy.
It's a little different record wise in basketball because the games played. So percentage wise it's more like 18-14, but I get your point. Either way it still applies, more practice, small reward and happy fan base with win.
We're not one of those financially well-off schools who can flirt with elite coolness by turning down the payout of a bowl bid
Also UTEP goes to a bowl basically once every 7-8 years. We don't have a high horse to sit on!
I don't think it will be any of the cusa schools. All of them finished strong. My guess would be on Wyoming or the MAC teams.
It doesn't matter who finished strong. It matters if your conference has enough bowl tie ins. Whichever conference has more bowl eligible teams than tie ins will be the conference where the six win no bowl teams come from.
Why not Wyoming over UTEP if it was between the 2? Are UTEP fans going to travel to the game if they don't attend the games in El Paso? Wyoming's average attendance is higher than ours. What benefit does UTEP bring to the bowl game?
I would also guarantee any bowl would rather have a MW school than a CUSA one. You have to look at this from outside El Paso. Does UTEP and their vaunted offense make for an exciting bowl game? Who cares about UTEP outside of El Paso? Our only option is the New Mexico Bowl, because no other bowl would want us. At least under Price we slung the ball all over the place and weren't like watching paint dry.
Sure, maybe Dimel played the only way he could with our talent to win, and this is the team that we have. But this is a team that only a homer could enjoy watching. We do not make for an exciting bowl game.
Lol, thanks for clarifying that for him! He wrote a whole bunch of stuff on why a bowl would pick Wyoming over UTEP and you summed up the answer nice and short! So reiterating the tweet that was posted said... A 6-6 Group Of 5 Team Will Be Left Out!
They don’t understand how it works. CUSA cannot place ODU or UNT in a bowl and leave UTEP out. UTEP is 100% going bowling.
Quit sweating it. UTEP is going bowling. That’s why that 7th win was so important. It’s a 6-6 team that’s going to be left out. Some sites are projecting either Ball State or Miami (Ohio) as the odd one out.
Yes they are lol they're 7-5 bro not 6-6 no way in hell they get left out 100% they're going bowling!
I think it's gonna be one of the 6-6 MAC teams. Or if CUSA wanted to be petty they would make ODU or UNT stay home.
Probably, I guess it depends on which bowls are left. ODU and UNT probably “deserve” to go bowling based on their last 5 games. It’s all up to ESPN to decide once all guaranteed slots are taken.
The post does say a 7-5 MAC or CUSA or Liberty team. I guess should have included all the 7-5 MAC teams.
Why would a conference make one of its members stay home? Is that even possible? It’ll ultimately be ESPN who decides who stays home.
Ironically, if the San Francisco Bowl were playing this year, we’d be talking about a 5-7 team going bowling.
Because those conference teams aren't going to be in C-USA anymore. Sun Belt did it to an 8-4 WKU when they left. At least that’s what their fans claim.
Yea I saw that. ESPN analysts have us in Frisco vs Utah St or Dallas vs Army. Both very tough matchups.
And sports illustrated has us in Frisco vs Utah St. another tough match up. I think we all agree our best chance at winning a bowl is against Wyoming.
Im fine with that after seeing the other matchups we'd have. Here's my percentage of winning vs potential teams in our Bowl game.
Wyoming 50%
Nevada 35 %
Utah St. 30 %
Fresno St./Army 20%
Georgia -3,000,000% just threw this one in there for fun lol
