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Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
Friday, December 20L
7:30 ET, ESPN2
Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
American Athletic vs. at-large
Projection: SMU vs. UAB
https://collegefootballnews.com/2019/11 ... er-week-14

Frisco Bowl: SMU vs. UAB
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/b ... 39558803_1

Cheez-It Bowl Dec. 27 Tempe, Ariz. Big 12 vs. Pac-12 SMU+ vs. San Diego State+
https://www.cbssports.com/collegefootba ... redictions

Not good.
None of ‘em.

Play Texas or Okie State SOMEWHERE.
Good Lord.

10-2

Payouts
Frisco 750k
Cheez-It 1.037 mil

Independence Bowl
Payout: $1.2 million and they had a rep at our game yesterday

TidePony wrote:Independence Bowl
Payout: $1.2 million and they had a rep at our game yesterday

Hopefully looking at Tulane.

mrydel wrote:

TidePony wrote:Independence Bowl
Payout: $1.2 million and they had a rep at our game yesterday

Hopefully looking at Tulane.

It’s a likely ACC opponent slot (last year was Temple v Duke) and a far better longtime bowl than almost all of the AAC bowl tie-ins; I’m not excited about Shreveport, either.

I think we can do better although it would be better than Frisco.

Looks like the SEC has nine eligible teams* for 10 slots and those 10 slots do not count the playoff slots. So they’re at least two teams short?

* Missouri has enough wins but is banned *unless* they win an academic-ban appeal.

You’ve got to believe the 10 win season plus a top 25 ranking would keep us out of Frisco

mtrout wrote:You’ve got to believe the 10 win season plus a top 25 ranking would keep us out of Frisco

No matter how great our season has been, there are three or four teams ahead of us in the selection process - especially with Central Florida's name recognition.

Considering the fact The American bowl affiliations blow I guess we will have to just wait and see...

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:

mtrout wrote:You’ve got to believe the 10 win season plus a top 25 ranking would keep us out of Frisco

No matter how great our season has been, there are three or four teams ahead of us in the selection process - especially with Central Florida's name recognition.

Considering the fact The American bowl affiliations blow I guess we will have to just wait and see...

I'm trying to be positive here

But yeah... per Sagarin we're 5th in the AAC.

In 2012, we played good A&M/Baylor/TCU teams in September. 3 losses. This year we play Texas State, North Texas, Arkansas State, and a down TCU team.

You can spin it however you want to but the 10 wins sure looks nice.

TidePony wrote:Independence Bowl
Payout: $1.2 million and they had a rep at our game yesterday

I heard the Independence Bowl had a rep at Ford Stadium yesterday, but so did a couple of other bowls.
I hadn't heard Tempe mentioned as a possibility. I'd be alright with that!

Dukie wrote:Looks like the SEC has nine eligible teams* for 10 slots and those 10 slots do not count the playoff slots. So they’re at least two teams short?

* Missouri has enough wins but is banned *unless* they win an academic-ban appeal.

They aren't winning their appeal, the NCAA already told them no (plus they just fired their coach).

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:No matter how great our season has been, there are three or four teams ahead of us in the selection process - especially with Central Florida's name recognition.

SMU is ahead of UCF. Better record plus better recognition in most of the country. Which name do you think carries more weight in LA and TX (or AZ or TN)? Once you get outside the CFP/NY6, it is about creating compelling match-ups and SMU fares well in many of those comparisons.

If we play some dumpy G5 program like UAB or whatever, I'm not going to bother buying a ticket. I hope we just boycott any garbage we get pitted with. Payoff is so low anyways that it's not even worth the hassle.

SMU_Alum11 wrote:If we play some dumpy G5 program like UAB or whatever, I'm not going to bother buying a ticket. I hope we just boycott any garbage we get pitted with. Payoff is so low anyways that it's not even worth the hassle.

But it is worth all of the extra practice time.