How can FAU go to a bowl?
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First Flight
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Option A: Win out every game remaining, win Sun Belt Conference and go to New Orleans Bowl
unlikely, because we would need Troy to lose 3 games (so we can break the tie with them) and ULL would need to lose a game PLUS the game against us
Option B: Win out every game remaining, ULL lose a game PLUS the game against us, and hope for the following:
invitation to the Papajohns.com Bowl (Big East vs. SEC), St. Petersburg Bowl (Big East vs. C-USA) or Independence Bowl (Big 12 vs. SEC):
in order to get into one of these bowls, we need the Big East, C-USA, SEC or Big 12 to not fulfill its number of eligible bowl teams
Big East: 6 bowl tie-ins (not including a BCS bowl for its champion)
Big 12: 8 bowl tie-ins (not including a BCS bowl for its champion… plus an at-large BCS for its runner-up)
SEC: 8 bowl tie-ines (not including a BCS bowl for its champion… plus an at-large BCS for its runner-up)
C-USA: 6 bowl tie-ins (this process gets even MORE confusing if Tulsa can somehow go undefeated and possibly "crash" the BCS party)
Where Option B stands as of right now:
Independence Bowl is very very unlikely… the Big 12 already has 5 bowl eligible teams, and no teams yet have been eliminated from eligibility (Iowa State has 6 losses, so one more loss, and they will fail to qualify)… but they only need 3 more teams to fulfill its tie-ins and that is very likely to happen (the Big 12 is a strong conference this year)…. as for the SEC, they are looking at possibly qualifying all 12 of their teams this year… Arkansas, Mississippi State and Tennessee have 5 losses, so they have to lose TWO more games to fail to qualify for a bowl, but even if that happens (high unlikely), the SEC would still look at possibly 9 teams eligible with 8 bowl tie-ins
Papajohns.com Bowl is unlikely, but not doomed yet… i just explained the SEC and their bowl eligibility… as for the Big East, they have 6 tie-ins and no one yet is ineligible (Syracuse has 6 losses and i am sure they will lose at one more game, which will make them ineligible)… this conference WILL qualify its 6 tie-ins because ONLY Syracuse and Rutgers have more than 3 losses (Rutgers has 5, so would still have to lose 2 more games this season)… they are looking at qualifying all 6, maybe even 7
St. Petersburg Bowl is our best shot… that was the Big East situation… as for C-USA, they have 6 tie-ins, one team is already ineligible (SMU), two teams have 6 losses (UAB and Southers Miss) so those teams only need to lose one more time, and 3 teams have 5 losses (UCF, Memphis and Tulane) so those teams need to lose twice… 5 teams in this conference look like they would become bowl eligible and if Tulsa can run the table and get a BCS berth, that would leave a spot open with only 5 teams eligible from this conference
so… we need to win out, we need ULL to lose twice (including against us), and pray for C-USA to have 6 eligible teams WITH Tulsa being undefeated going to the BCS bowl and we can end up in the St. Petersburg Bowl
got it? haha
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Wise Owl
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Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
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Wise Owl
Member since 2006
Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
Actually there are 3 Big East teams that are Bowl Eligible… All it takes is 6 wins to be bowl eligible
Cincinnati is 6-2
UConn is 6-2
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USF is 6-3
then you have West Virginia, Louisville and Pitt all with 5 wins
meaning that out of the 8 Big East teams Rutgers and Syracuse will be the only ones who aren't bowl eligible
My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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Wise Owl
Member since 2006
Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
I think play needs to improve greatly before we can talk about running the table for these last 4 games, and going to a bowl.
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First Flight
Member since 2008
Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
Jab979 said
"as for the Big East, they have 6 tie-ins and no one yet is ineligible"
Actually there are 3 Big East teams that are Bowl Eligible… All it takes is 6 wins to be bowl eligible
Cincinnati is 6-2
UConn is 6-2
&
USF is 6-3
then you have West Virginia, Louisville and Pitt all with 5 wins
meaning that out of the 8 Big East teams Rutgers and Syracuse will be the only ones who aren't bowl eligible
jab… read what i wrote… no one yet is INeligible, lol
as for the poinsetta bowl, yes, in theory, but i name these 3 particular bowls (st pete, independence and papajohns) because the sun belt has "guaranteed alternate" tie-ins for those
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Wise Owl
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Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
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Curious Owl
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Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
Go Troy Go
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Wise Owl
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Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
How can FAU go to a bowl?
Hemi said
Buy a ticket and sit in the stands.
Can you save me a seat? Unless you're saving a seat for the Troy football team
My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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Wise Owl
Member since 2006
Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
I love the Owls, but we are one of the worst teams in the country. We should not be but we are.
Let's get real here, please. We do not have a chance nor should we have a chance to be in a bowl this year.
We have 3 wins against 3 of the worst teams in the country, with a 4th win coming up against THE worst team in the country.
A bowl game? Please stop this nonsense…it's embarrassing.
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Wise Owl
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Re: How can FAU go to a bowl?
fauowl said
Uh, hate to burst anyone's bubble but, have you seen the Owls this year?
I love the Owls, but we are one of the worst teams in the country. We should not be but we are.
Let's get real here, please. We do not have a chance nor should we have a chance to be in a bowl this year.
We have 3 wins against 3 of the worst teams in the country, with a 4th win coming up against THE worst team in the country.
A bowl game? Please stop this nonsense…it's embarrassing.
Yeah this season has been a big disappointment but all you need is 6 wins to be bowl eligible and we're halfway there. So we beat UNT we have 4 wins. It's not out of the realm of possibility if we win outright we can get to a bowl… likely? NO…. Possible? YES
My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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