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Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:26 pm
by The PonyGrad

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:22 pm
by b_caesar


And, shock-surprise-dismay, expects SMU to lose on Saturday to UCF and end up in the Armed Forces Bowl while making all sorts of hopeful statements that UCF will finally win the Liberty Bowl against a mediocre SEC team.

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:57 am
by The PonyGrad
As a someone without an axe to grind(?) what would you expect his prediction to be?

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Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:13 pm
by Bergermeister
b_caesar wrote:


And, shock-surprise-dismay, expects SMU to lose on Saturday to UCF and end up in the Armed Forces Bowl while making all sorts of hopeful statements that UCF will finally win the Liberty Bowl against a mediocre SEC team.

Since Tulsa has not been invited to the Hawaii Bowl - I imagine it will be SMU - not announced until after the game. Tulsa can enjoy Dallas, Tejas.

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:16 pm
by NickSMU17
it liberty or armed forces it has been decided already

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:33 pm
by mrydel
UCF may have the Hawaii option when they lose tomorrow which would explain nothing being announced yet.

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:05 pm
by sbsmith
mrydel wrote:UCF may have the Hawaii option when they lose tomorrow which would explain nothing being announced yet.



I was thinking the same thing. The conference traded the NO Bowl bid to the WAC for the New Mexico Bowl bid which went to UTEP so these are the tie-ins left (dependent on the C-USA winner which won't be known until around 3 PM Central Saturday).


Scenario 1-SMU wins C-USA

Liberty Bowl-SMU
Hawaii Bowl-UCF
Armed Forces Bowl-Tulsa


Scenario 2-UCF wins C-USA

Liberty Bowl-UCF
Hawaii Bowl-Tulsa
Armed Forces Bowl-SMU

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:26 pm
by CA Mustang
sbsmith wrote:Scenario 1-SMU wins C-USA

Liberty Bowl-SMU
Hawaii Bowl-UCF
Armed Forces Bowl-Tulsa


Scenario 2-UCF wins C-USA

Liberty Bowl-UCF
Hawaii Bowl-Tulsa
Armed Forces Bowl-SMU

1) I must have missed the trade involving the NM and NO bowls.
2) Wouldn't it make more sense to send Tulsa to Hawaii rather than UCF?

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:48 pm
by sbsmith
CA Mustang wrote:
sbsmith wrote:Scenario 1-SMU wins C-USA

Liberty Bowl-SMU
Hawaii Bowl-UCF
Armed Forces Bowl-Tulsa


Scenario 2-UCF wins C-USA

Liberty Bowl-UCF
Hawaii Bowl-Tulsa
Armed Forces Bowl-SMU

1) I must have missed the trade involving the NM and NO bowls.
2) Wouldn't it make more sense to send Tulsa to Hawaii rather than UCF?



1) UTEP accepted a NM bowl bid today, WAC takes the NO Bowl if LA Tech can beat Nevada, if not then that bid is filled by an at-large (likely from the MAC as they have 6 eligible teams and only 3 tie-ins)


2) Makes sense, Tulsa has been to the Armed Forces Bowl before and hasn't been to the Hawaii Bowl (the reverse is true of UCF) and Tulsa is closer to Hawaii than Orlando.

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:56 pm
by RednBlue11
ugh, this topic alone made me want to puke.

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:58 pm
by CA Mustang
sbsmith wrote:2) Makes sense, Tulsa has been to the Armed Forces Bowl before and hasn't been to the Hawaii Bowl (the reverse is true of UCF) and Tulsa is closer to Hawaii than Orlando.

I agree. So if SMU wins tomorrow, why not send UCF to Dallas and Tulsa to Hawaii?

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:10 pm
by sbsmith
CA Mustang wrote:
sbsmith wrote:2) Makes sense, Tulsa has been to the Armed Forces Bowl before and hasn't been to the Hawaii Bowl (the reverse is true of UCF) and Tulsa is closer to Hawaii than Orlando.

I agree. So if SMU wins tomorrow, why not send UCF to Dallas and Tulsa to Hawaii?




Now that I really have thought about it, that scenario could happen, haven't heard it brought up before though because pretty much everyone is assuming that UCF will win tomorrow and for months it has been assumed that we'd be headed for the Armed Forces Bowl.

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:26 pm
by The PonyGrad
CA Mustang wrote:
sbsmith wrote:2) Makes sense, Tulsa has been to the Armed Forces Bowl before and hasn't been to the Hawaii Bowl (the reverse is true of UCF) and Tulsa is closer to Hawaii than Orlando.

I agree. So if SMU wins tomorrow, why not send UCF to Dallas and Tulsa to Hawaii?


Seems like being the East Champs would be worth something.

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:59 pm
by CA Mustang
The PonyGrad wrote:
CA Mustang wrote:
sbsmith wrote:2) Makes sense, Tulsa has been to the Armed Forces Bowl before and hasn't been to the Hawaii Bowl (the reverse is true of UCF) and Tulsa is closer to Hawaii than Orlando.

I agree. So if SMU wins tomorrow, why not send UCF to Dallas and Tulsa to Hawaii?


Seems like being the East Champs would be worth something.

True, but is Dallas just rewards for the West Champs?

Re: Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:00 am
by The PonyGrad
At 7-6? Probably.
:cry: