Armed Forces Bowl

by **Peruna Knight** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:29 am

J.T.supporta wrote:Bowl Names change yearly because of corporations trying to rack in cash anyway they can.

Remember when it was called the Culligan Holiday Bowl...now its something else. Bowl Names change yearly.

k.. cause i know it as the Fort Worth Bowl

by **Woblefrog** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:27 am

The bowl is now sponsored by Bell Hellicopter in Hurst and thus, the name change to the Armed Forces Bowl. Here's their new web site. http://www.armedforcesbowl.com/
With a military theme to the bowl and with them discounting lots of tickets to active military personnel I would expect to see an F16 flyby or at the very least a parachute jump or something kinda cool anyway.

by **mr. pony** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:10 am

We'll need 7-8 wins for a bowl.

by **jtstang** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:17 am

mr. pony wrote:We'll need 7-8 wins for a bowl.

Thank goodness we don't need that many wins to get daily coverage in the paper.

by **SMU_is_bowling** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:36 am

Personally, I would not like to face that other team in that particular bowl game. Maybe I am reaching, but I am hoping for something more. then again, a bowl game is a bowl game . . . lets just win baby!!!

Go Ponies!
Beat the crap out of the Herd!!!

by **SMU_is_bowling** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:38 am

7-8 wins???? why is that? 6 makes you bowl eligible, not guaranteed a bowl with 6, but i do not think 8 will be required

by **couch 'em** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:50 am

SMUshouldbebowling wrote:7-8 wins???? why is that?

It isn't like we travel well. Bowls need to sell tickets to make money.

by **SMU_is_bowling** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:01 pm

Neither did that other school from that other city back in '98 when they went out to California and beat up on the Trojans . . . but they were 6-5!!

by **Higher Authority** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:11 pm

couch 'em wrote:
SMUshouldbebowling wrote:7-8 wins???? why is that?

It isn't like we travel well. Bowls need to sell tickets to make money.

Bowls also like media attention. I still contend that if we get to 6 wins, some bowl someplace will extend a bid.

by **CA Mustang** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:16 pm

SMUshouldbebowling wrote:Neither did that other school from that other city back in '98 when they went out to California. . .

That game was played in El Paso, not CA.

by **SMU_is_bowling** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:27 pm

Yeah, sorry about that geographical sanfu, but not the point I was trying to get across. All I am saying is 6 wins gives us the chance. I know in 97 when we reached 6-4 the bowls were there watching when that other school beat us and they decided we were not worthy of a bowl bid (understandably) but I hope things will be different this time around. But who are we kidding, it is nice to even mention the word "bowl" around dallas area!

by **J.T.supporta** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:52 pm

going .500 makes us bowl eligible BUT CUSA only has a certain amount of Bowl BIDs to hand out to the teams that finish in best order from 1st to 4th or 5th i think.

if SMU just wins 6 games, they would have to receive an at large birth if there are 4 or 5 other team ahead of SMU in conference play.

They chances of us getting an at large bid are slim but to be safe, it is best for SMU to win 7 or 8.

There were 5 teams last year that I know of that won enough games to be bowl eligible but did not play in a bowl game.

by **SMU_is_bowling** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:40 pm

yeah, 6 bowl eligible teams last year, UCF, HOUSTON, TULSA, MEPHIS, S. MISS., UTEP. 4 of those went to bowls I know (UTEP, TULSA,UCF,HOUSTON) did memphis or S. MISS make a bowl? I do see your point about needing be high in the conf. standings, but if Houston can do it . . . so can we . . . right?

by **PonyPride** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:42 pm

Southern Miss played Arkansas State last year in the Something Bowl.

by **J.T.supporta** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:47 pm

The New Orleans Bowl, Its the Sun Belts only bowl bid

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