" 'Cause 2 out of 3 ain't bad..." UPDATED: 1 slot available

[Stallion]

Ponyup10 Yes it most certainly does say that all 7-5 teams MUST be picked before 6-6 teams.

[ponyup10]

I apolgize...C-USA didnt have anything, and I didnt realize that the NCAA made a blanket statement like that

[PhirePhilBennett]

Tulsa and Houston are already in ...

3 of these teams will make it to a bowl

5-5 UTEP plays at Marshall and Memphis - likely 7-5

6-4 S. Miss hosts UAB and Marshall - likely 8-4

6-4 ECU plays at Rice and at NC State - likely 6-6

5-5 SMU plays Tulsa and at Rice - likely ?

5-5 Rice hosts ECU and SMU - likely ?

Rice plays ECU, so Rice gets 6 or ECU gets 7, so really there are only 2 more slots available for SMU...and UTEP has one of them, leaving one to be divided between S.Miss (6-4), ECU or Rice, or SMU.

If ECU wins one more (the least likely of these three very likely events),
if S Miss wins one more (likely), and
UTEP wins their remaining two (likely),
then we are OUT
unless we win 7,
in which case we MAY be out anyway...

...unless the 'other' conferences bowl tie-in cannot select from the SEC (or is it the PAC10?) - is that the Hawaii bowl?

[ponyup10]

...unless the 'other' conferences bowl tie-in cannot select from the SEC (or is it the PAC10?) - is that the Hawaii bowl?

Its the PAC10 and they already have 6 bowl eligible teams with two 5-win teams

[PhirePhilBennett]

...unless the 'other' conferences bowl tie-in cannot select from the SEC (or is it the PAC10?) - is that the Hawaii bowl?

Its the PAC10 and they already have 6 bowl eligible teams with two 5-win teams

are you saying that they ONLY have 6 bowl tie-ins?

[mustangfan01]

What about the at large bid in the Poinsetta bowl?

They said they wanted Navy but Navy is bowl committed elsewhere...

Would they possibly sit back and look at the list of 6-6 teams that didn't make their conference cut and find one to bring out to San Diego???

What's the scoop..

[MustangStealth]

Its the PAC10 and they already have 6 bowl eligible teams with two 5-win teams

They actually only have 5 eligible so far. Oregon State plays 13 games this year, so they have to win 7. I think they will get there, so it is moot, and the PAC 10 is a longshot to get 2 in the BCS, so they will fill all of their spots.

[PhirePhilBennett]

...unless the 'other' conferences bowl tie-in cannot select from the SEC (or is it the PAC10?) - is that the Hawaii bowl?

Its the PAC10 and they already have 6 bowl eligible teams with two 5-win teams

are you saying that they ONLY have 6 bowl tie-ins?

This is from Oct 29th article:
Pac-10: The league could be entitled to eight bowl berths this year and be able to fill only half of them.

The point is, they have 6 tie-ins, plus BCS teams - so if USC and CAL go BCS, then they need 6 more...which they don't have...so we might have another bowl afterall

[MustangStealth]

What about the at large bid in the Poinsetta bowl?

They said they wanted Navy but Navy is bowl committed elsewhere...

Would they possibly sit back and look at the list of 6-6 teams that didn't make their conference cut and find one to bring out to San Diego???

What's the scoop..

The PAC 10 may have an extra team and that would probably be their first choice. If not, the Big East will almost certainly have available teams. I don't think they would make it down the list to CUSA without finding anyone.

[J.T.supporta]

SMU WILL NOT GET ANY AT-LARGE BIDS TO BOWLS THAT OTHER CONFERENCES DON'T FILL, plain and simple that won't happen.

Everyone, lets stop all this "what if, hypothetical" BS and focus on the next two games. As much as I hate to admit to most of my friends, SMU still has a great chance of a postseason. Lets stop concluding that UTEP and 4 other teams win 7 games and we get shut out. IF WE WIN OUT, WE GO BOWLING...nuff said. Am I the only one that seems to understand that???

We can beat Tulsa and we can beat Rice. It all comes down to exacuting and playing a whole game, something that we have not done all season. The players and coaches know what's at stake and PB and co. want nothing more for these seniors to go out on top.

[BRStang]

Tulsa and Houston are already in ...

3 of these teams will make it to a bowl

5-5 UTEP plays at Marshall and Memphis - likely 7-5

6-4 S. Miss hosts UAB and Marshall - likely 8-4

6-4 ECU plays at Rice and at NC State - likely 6-6

5-5 SMU plays Tulsa and at Rice - likely ?

5-5 Rice hosts ECU and SMU - likely ?

Rice plays ECU, so Rice gets 6 or ECU gets 7, so really there are only 2 more slots available for SMU...and UTEP has one of them, leaving one to be divided between S.Miss (6-4), ECU or Rice, or SMU.

If ECU wins one more (the least likely of these three very likely events),
if S Miss wins one more (likely), and
UTEP wins their remaining two (likely),
then we are OUT
unless we win 7,
in which case we MAY be out anyway...

...unless the 'other' conferences bowl tie-in cannot select from the SEC (or is it the PAC10?) - is that the Hawaii bowl?

Whoever posted that many on this board know nothing about college football yet spout off anyway may be right. What makes people on here think that ECU will necessarily lose to NC State? They are terrible this year. ECU is not that bad. I think ECU will actually beat NC State. Regardless, it is certainly not a probability.

[PhirePhilBennett]

Tulsa and Houston are already in ...

3 of these teams will make it to a bowl

5-5 UTEP plays at Marshall and Memphis - likely 7-5

6-4 S. Miss hosts UAB and Marshall - likely 8-4

6-4 ECU plays at Rice and at NC State - likely 6-6

5-5 SMU plays Tulsa and at Rice - likely ?

5-5 Rice hosts ECU and SMU - likely ?

Rice plays ECU, so Rice gets 6 or ECU gets 7, so really there are only 2 more slots available for SMU...and UTEP has one of them, leaving one to be divided between S.Miss (6-4), ECU or Rice, or SMU.

If ECU wins one more (the least likely of these three very likely events),
if S Miss wins one more (likely), and
UTEP wins their remaining two (likely),
then we are OUT
unless we win 7,
in which case we MAY be out anyway...

...unless the 'other' conferences bowl tie-in cannot select from the SEC (or is it the PAC10?) - is that the Hawaii bowl?

Whoever posted that many on this board know nothing about college football yet spout off anyway may be right. What makes people on here think that ECU will necessarily lose to NC State? They are terrible this year. ECU is not that bad. I think ECU will actually beat NC State. Regardless, it is certainly not a probability.

You need to READ before your mouth spews Diarrhea ...

QUOTE: "If ECU wins one more (the least likely of these three very likely events),..."

Then I listed 2 other scenarios.

Now, the way I read that is simple: ECU is likely to win 2 more, but it is the least likely of the trilogy that I posted...now, don't you think that UTEP has a better shot at 2 more wins than ECU does? I never 'dissed' ECU, I just think that playing 2 road games, one being at NCState, albeit not a great NCState team, that they are likely to get one loss.

I think it likely they will get one more win, but less likely than UTEP winning 2 or SMiss winning 1.

UTEP plays two home games against the weaker of the East division.

S Miss just needs to win one more.

[BRStang]

Tulsa and Houston are already in ...

3 of these teams will make it to a bowl

5-5 UTEP plays at Marshall and Memphis - likely 7-5

6-4 S. Miss hosts UAB and Marshall - likely 8-4

6-4 ECU plays at Rice and at NC State - likely 6-6

5-5 SMU plays Tulsa and at Rice - likely ?

5-5 Rice hosts ECU and SMU - likely ?

Rice plays ECU, so Rice gets 6 or ECU gets 7, so really there are only 2 more slots available for SMU...and UTEP has one of them, leaving one to be divided between S.Miss (6-4), ECU or Rice, or SMU.

If ECU wins one more (the least likely of these three very likely events),
if S Miss wins one more (likely), and
UTEP wins their remaining two (likely),
then we are OUT
unless we win 7,
in which case we MAY be out anyway...

...unless the 'other' conferences bowl tie-in cannot select from the SEC (or is it the PAC10?) - is that the Hawaii bowl?

Whoever posted that many on this board know nothing about college football yet spout off anyway may be right. What makes people on here think that ECU will necessarily lose to NC State? They are terrible this year. ECU is not that bad. I think ECU will actually beat NC State. Regardless, it is certainly not a probability.

You need to READ before your mouth spews Diarrhea ...

QUOTE: "If ECU wins one more (the least likely of these three very likely events),..."

Then I listed 2 other scenarios.

Now, the way I read that is simple: ECU is likely to win 2 more, but it is the least likely of the trilogy that I posted...now, don't you think that UTEP has a better shot at 2 more wins than ECU does? I never 'dissed' ECU, I just think that playing 2 road games, one being at NCState, albeit not a great NCState team, that they are likely to get one loss.

I think it likely they will get one more win, but less likely than UTEP winning 2 or SMiss winning 1.

UTEP plays two home games against the weaker of the East division.

S Miss just needs to win one more.

In the first post in this thread you said ECU is likely to go 6-6 and lose to both Rice and NCSU. Eat my diarrhea!

[PhirePhilBennett]

Sorry man, I meant 7-5...ECU probably beats RICE and loses to NCState...

[expony18]

Tulsa has already qualified for a bowl at 7 wins. There would have to be 6 seven win teams for Tulsa to get knocked out of a bowl.

which is possible base on the schedules... not likely though