SMU_Alum11 wrote:mustangxc wrote:WordUpBU wrote:[quote="mustangxc"]Aresco and Hart really dropped the ball if we didn’t negotiate our way into the Texas Bowl or Independence Bowl.
Independence bowl is fair. Texas Bowl was filled up by the original conferences with OSU and A&M so that wasn’t possible.
That's why I used or. I've since warmed up to the idea of going to Boca Raton. While FAU is not a P6 team, at least they are conference champions and while the Boca Raton Bowl doesn't have the history to make it a destination bowl, at least it is a rewarding destination for our players. Aside from being an easy drive from Houston/Dallas, Boca Raton >>> Shreveport.
While I have no desire to spend a bunch of money to travel there for a coachless G5 opponent, I understand why it all unfolded the way it did. While I truly wish we had a mediocre P5 opponent versus a "good" G5 opponent, I can live with this being Sonny's first real bowl. Out of all the bowls, the biggest travesty is the Alamo bowl. A 7-5 UT team has no place in fighting with the 2nd best PAC12 team. Just another privilege example UT gets away with.
I really hope the next bowl game we go to is actually exciting against an exciting opponent.[/quote]
The Alamo pays handsomely to the Big 12 and PAC 12 to have first pick after the NY6.
Texas was the obvious money pick and really only jumped two 8-4 teams that they beat and one 7-5 team that beat them- not crazy. All four of the options for that bowl went 2-1 or 1-2 against the other three so it wasn’t clear cut. They’ll also jump at taking UT for the first time since Mack was the coach especially with Utah probably not traveling well there.