Houston sports writer reflects on Houston & Rice & bowls

[The PonyGrad]

http://houston.sbnation.com/houston-cougars/2010/12/2/1847341/Conference-USA-Bowl-Games-Tie-Ins-Season-Recap-Houston-Cougars-Rice-Owls

[b_caesar]

http://houston.sbnation.com/houston-cougars/2010/12/2/1847341/Conference-USA-Bowl-Games-Tie-Ins-Season-Recap-Houston-Cougars-Rice-Owls

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.

[The PonyGrad]

As a someone without an axe to grind(?) what would you expect his prediction to be?

[Bergermeister]

http://houston.sbnation.com/houston-cougars/2010/12/2/1847341/Conference-USA-Bowl-Games-Tie-Ins-Season-Recap-Houston-Cougars-Rice-Owls

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.

[NickSMU17]

it liberty or armed forces it has been decided already

[mrydel]

UCF may have the Hawaii option when they lose tomorrow which would explain nothing being announced yet.

[sbsmith]

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

[CA Mustang]

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?

[sbsmith]

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.

[RednBlue11]

ugh, this topic alone made me want to puke.

[CA Mustang]

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?

[sbsmith]

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.

[The PonyGrad]

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.

[CA Mustang]

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?

[The PonyGrad]

At 7-6? Probably.