ESPN Bowl Projections

[Mitch McConnell]

Hawaii says one. Armed Forces says another...

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bow ... 10&week=12

[redpony]

We do not want to go to Hawaii. They have a very good team and with the 'emotional' aspect of wanting revenge on JJ they would probably really hammer us. BYU in the Armed Services bowl at Ford would be best for us if not in the Hillbilly bowl at rocky top (oopppps- really meant to say the SEC- lIberty bowl in memphis).

GO PONIES!!!

[Mitch McConnell]

I'm about done with all this Hawaii crap and June. He left. Move on.

[Stallion]

BYU is one of the hottest non BCS schools in country also right now with 3 straight blowout wins. What I'm tired of are SMU fans wanting to play spares just to make our record look better. I want to play the best team possible in highest profile bowl. Personally, the best matchups we are likely to get are Hawaii, BYU then Army and finally against the Sun Belt in New Orleans. Give me Hawaii and let's see what happens. People will tune in to watch SMU v. Hawaii and is the best platform to showcase our program

[Hoofbeat83]

BYU is one of the hottest non BCS schools in country alsp right now with 3 straight blowout wins. What I'm tired of are SMU fans wanting to play spares just to make their record look better. I want to play the best team possible in highest profile bowl

AND it would be fun to have "rematch" of the 1980 Holiday Bowl. hopefully with a better outcome

[skyscraper]

AND it would be fun to have "rematch" of the 1980 Holiday Bowl. hopefully with a better outcome

I think that would be a lot of fun. The older alums would love to get revenge. The press would have an easy story to write since it would be a rematch of one of the most notable bowl games in college football history.

[Mitch McConnell]

I'm just glad that we're discussing bowl politics for the second consecutive season.

[ponyboy]

I'm about done with all this Hawaii crap and June. He left. Move on.

He didn't leave and never will. If you don't get that you don't get June Jones.

I like the Hawaii connection and admit to having fallen in love with the place a bit.

[gostangs]

Uh....but he did leave. Time to move along.

[sbsmith]

BYU is one of the hottest non BCS schools in country also right now with 3 straight blowout wins. What I'm tired of are SMU fans wanting to play spares just to make our record look better. I want to play the best team possible in highest profile bowl. Personally, the best matchups we are likely to get are Hawaii, BYU then Army and finally against the Sun Belt in New Orleans. Give me Hawaii and let's see what happens. People will tune in to watch SMU v. Hawaii and is the best platform to showcase our program

What will help us showcase our program best is another bowl win and we have a better chance of beating BYU at home than we do Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. Plus a bowl game at Ford versus BYU (could fill the stadium for a nationally televised game considering BYU's fanbase travels well) 30 years after the legendary BYU-SMU Holiday Bowl would be an opportunity too unique to pass up.

[SMU89]

http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20 ... dec_4.html

Hawaii Bowl expected to be decided Dec4

[One Trick Pony]

I'll take the couch over the Liberty Bowl game.

[leopold]

BYU is one of the hottest non BCS schools in country also right now with 3 straight blowout wins. What I'm tired of are SMU fans wanting to play spares just to make our record look better. I want to play the best team possible in highest profile bowl. Personally, the best matchups we are likely to get are Hawaii, BYU then Army and finally against the Sun Belt in New Orleans. Give me Hawaii and let's see what happens. People will tune in to watch SMU v. Hawaii and is the best platform to showcase our program

You do realize you just contradicted yourself, right? You want to play the best team possible and that's Army? Hawaii? Oh, yeah, BYU is hot - their last four wins are WYOMING, UNLV, CSU, AND NEW MEXICO (Combined 9 wins). That's better than, say, Florida, who ESPN has going to to the Liberty Bowl? Tennessee is pulling it's act together, and if they beat Kentucky, who is a legitimately decent team, may be the LB opponent. I saw their game against Oregon, but I don't care, they are better than Army or Hawaii, and it's a far, far more high profile game than against Hawaii, and the LB will be PACKED if its UT, and our fans WILL bring more to Memphis than Hawaii.
This isn't even close. The best possible scenario for us by your standards is to WIN THE CONFERENCE AND PLAY AN SEC TEAM IN THE LIBERTY BOWL.
Period.

[Bergermeister]

We do not want to go to Hawaii.
GO PONIES!!!

Yes, WE do.

[ponyscott]

Its all about the kwan too guys...The Liberty Bowl is a large payout of $1.7 VS for instance the New Orleans Bowl of $350K. Even though there is sharing with the CUSA, you gotta think lots more $$ will filter down to the SMU coffers if Liberty Bowl.
Liberty or Bust and if another loss, then Armed Services right here at home. I just think its one more year before these guys are really ready and deep enough to play on a major National stage against a major program, but whatever.......just get to a Bowl game, then we can talk all we want.