Early CUSA Bowl Outlook

[SmooPower]

CUSA has five guaranteed bowl slots for 2009 with two other tie-ins based on what happens with other teams; largely, the military academies. Navy will more than likely be bowl eligible needing 3 wins in their final 7 games (13 game schedule due to playing Hawaii). CUSA would earn a spot in this game if the Big XII can't fill theirs.

Also in question is if Army will fill their slot in the EagleBank Bowl. Thanks to a last second win over Vanderbilt last weekend (after a heartbreaking loss to Tulane), they need 3 wins over their final 6 games. Rutgers, Air Force and Navy will be challenging games, but Temple, VMI and North Texas are all winnable.

As of today there are 7 CUSA teams at or above .500.

CUSA BOWL GAMES

Liberty Bowl
Hawaii Bowl
Armed Forces Bowl
New Orleans Bowl
St. Petersburgh Bowl
Texas Bowl *
EagleBank Bowl #

* Big XII / Navy (4-2)
# Army (3-3)

CUSA TEAMS

Houston 4-1
Marshall 4-2
Tulsa 4-2
UCF 3-2
Southern Methodist 3-2
Southern Miss 3-3
East Carolina 3-3
UAB 2-3
Tulane 2-3
UTEP 2-4
Memphis 2-4
Rice 0-6

SCHEDULES OF NOTE

NAVY (4-2)
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@ SMU
Wake Forest
Temple
@ Notre Dame
Delaware
@ Hawaii
Army

ARMY (3-3)
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@ Temple
Rutgers
@ Air Force
VMI
@ North Texas
Navy

[couch 'em]

We have a chance to do it. We just need to execute with minimal INTs.

[StallionsModelT]

Win our home games and we are golden. Navy is a HUGE game. Can't emphasize it enough how huge a win would be against a quality opponent like Navy.

[Sam I Am]

Beat NAVY and we are in a bowl. Lose and don't think about it.

[SMU21TCU10]

Beat Washing State and we are in a bowl. Lose and.. Oh wait...

[The PonyGrad]

Beat Washing State and we are in a bowl. Lose and.. Oh wait...

Can we get over Wash. St.? Beating ECU made up for it. We were not supposed to beat them.

[StallionsModelT]

Navy is not a make or break game for us but it would go a long way towards getting us to where we want to be. We have a better than average shot at winning all four games to end the season. That puts us at 7-5 and in a bowl. Beat Navy and that gives us an outstanding shot at a bowl.