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arkstfan said

You act as if I'm not aware of your situation.

I think FAU has a tough battle for another 15 years or so until you start getting enough 30 year old and older alums who had football as part of their collegiate experience (even if they didn't go to games). It's at that point where people start having the disposable income for season tickets and booster club donations.

That's when the REAL potential will emerge. Right now every positive accomplishment is just gravy.

I think the ideal first bowl situation for FAU would be a game like the Motor City against Ohio or New Orleans vs. UCF. Neither might draw well but it is precisely the sort of game that ESPN would love because of the storyline of two coaches who are working their career at smaller name schools. Never, ever, hurts to makes ESPN happy.

All of this is true but if FAU wins the belt (which we are far from) we go to the bowl, it doesn't matter what the fan base is at this time. Do I think that is the best thing for the New Orleans Bowl as far as attendance and TV is concerned, obviously not but let's remember that the fan base of every SunBelt school except maybe Troy is very weak at best but we have only been playing for 7 years.

I think there are only two teams in the Belt that would possibly get a bid for a bowl outside the NO Bowl and that is Troy and MTSU and MTSU I think is suspect due to the attendance at last years Motor City Bowl.  I don't believe any other team regardless of their record would be every invited at this point, especially FAU.

That's why we are going to win the Belt so I can go to New Orleans because damn it, I deserve it and I really like Cajun food.

GO OWLS!
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i just ahte the fact that attendance and winning are intertwined…

if you win, you deserve it…that was my original point…
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dusky256fc said

I think there are only two teams in the Belt that would possibly get a bid for a bowl outside the NO Bowl and that is Troy and MTSU and MTSU I think is suspect due to the attendance at last years Motor City Bowl.  I don't believe any other team regardless of their record would be every invited at this point, especially FAU.

Didn't the Motor City Bowl have like 50,000?

… actually, just checked the numbers and they drew 54,113. Obviously most of that was Central Michigan fans, but I would think most bowls would be happy with that attendance.

President of the No Homers Club. Keepin' it real since 2001.
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I disagree a bit.

FAU vs. UCF (O'Leary) or UTEP (Mike Price) or Memphis (Tommy West) would be good games from an ESPN standpoint. Of those Memphis would travel fairly well, UTEP traveled well to Houston and to a lesser degree Mobile but were dreadful in what they took to Boise. UCF hasn't played a bowl on the mainland yet so who knows.
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If CMU hadn't been in that bowl (I recall its first bowl in some time), attendance would have dropped way, way down.
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BMarkey said

If CMU hadn't been in that bowl (I recall its first bowl in some time), attendance would have dropped way, way down.

Exactly. They would have had similar attendance if it was FAU instead of Middle Tennessee.

President of the No Homers Club. Keepin' it real since 2001.
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