C-USA BOWL Selection Process and why the Boca Raton Bowl
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Coach Kiffin on Boca Bowl for The Owls - FAU Owl's Nest
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Owlguin said
…based on the CUSA website, the Champ gets to select which bowl they want that is affiliated with the conference.Posted On: Dec 4th 2017, 12:51 PM #374892
That was deemed incorrect by Kiffin multiple times during our call, they don't get a say in it.
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OwlPT15 said
Apparently the invitation/acceptance/selection process is more complicated than we assumed. I think that if we put together some good seasons and get a number in front of our name bigger bowls will start calling. We see our conference and team much differently than the rest of the country. Our perception will change this is still a really young program, there is no reason we can’t get to where UCF and USF are within the next decade.Posted On: Dec 4th 2017, 1:28 PM #374895
Very true - the same as why we are not ranked, anti CUSA bias. CUSA is too weak! All I know is CUSA has NINE bowl teams - 2nd most of all Conferences!!!!
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Southern Miss vs FSU with ZERO story line.
Lane Kiffin & The Owls vs FSU with weeks of story lines.
There is no way you can convince me that 10,000 extra people there would not come out to see the game given the implications of what Coach has done with this program during year one and the possibility of putting the cherry on top by "upsetting" FSU.
It could have potentially dominated the news - period.
No one cares to watch them beat Southern Miss.
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The Independence Bowl is different in that it has a significantly higher payout. But for the financial good of the conference members CUSA will put a team there that incurs less cost rather than put the most deserving team or the program that might stand the best chance to win that game. This is ALL about money - everything in college athletics is now.
As champs, if we have any sway at all it still would have been only with the tie-ins. Given those games, if we aren't going to Dallas our voiced preference was most likely for St. Pete or Boca because the AAC should give you a good match-up (if UCF wasn't in the New Year's 6 game the Boca or St. Pete game would have probably gotten either Memphis or USF). Then the conference office takes over from there. I guess a bowl could get real specific and force the conference's hand, but just look at who is going where and it makes sense this is all a big financial decision process.
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