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72 teams can go bowling. Where do we fit?

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forgot the attachments!!
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here's the 3rd one!

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AlexFAU06 said

here's the 3rd one!



If you do the math–we are not looking so great!!  There are 34 Bowls, which means a possible 68 teams to choose from!!  With 72 eligible teams (as of right now) it is going to be tight!!  We have a slim chance of making it!!  What is everyone else thinking today?????

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OWL4EVER said

AlexFAU06 said

here's the 3rd one!



If you do the math–we are not looking so great!!  There are 34 Bowls, which means a possible 68 teams to choose from!!  With 72 eligible teams (as of right now) it is going to be tight!!  We have a slim chance of making it!!  What is everyone else thinking today?????

GO OWLS! '91

Well, I guess it depends on the bowl bids per conference. There are 72 possible teams, but the sunbelt has 4 possible candidates. That means if we rule out Arkansas State, we end up with 71 teams. Consequently, that works the same way for the other conferences. Take a look at the ACC, they have a bunch of eligible teams.
I don't know man!!!
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OWL4EVER said

What is everyone else thinking today?????

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Slim to none, and Slim is heading for the door.  The biggest thing we have going for us is the large TV market, but that doesn't mean 3 million people are going to tune in to FAU football.  Hopefully the sponsors look at that, but what kind of a message does that send to the Lafayettes of the world?  With 72 teams, nearly all of them with tie-ins, which four at-large teams would you leave out?
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I'm an optimist about this. I think FAU has a good shot of getting in to a bowl game.

Rutgers is bowl eligible and plays in a difference conference, but if you look at their season story…. they started the season 1 - 5 (like FAU) and they had loses to good football teams and one "fluke" loss (sound familiar? fluke = MTSU; good teams = Texas, MSU, Minny), then finished the season on a six game winning streak.

We finished the season 5 - 1.

And if it is true that Norther Illinois isn't going to travel for a bowl game (financial restrictions), that leaves only 70 bowl eligible teams for 68 spots. Which two are going to be left out???? Hopefully not us - especially if a story line can be created from whomever we get matched up against.

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smittysahoot said

I'm an optimist about this. I think FAU has a good shot of getting in to a bowl game.

Rutgers is bowl eligible and plays in a difference conference, but if you look at their season story…. they started the season 1 - 5 (like FAU) and they had loses to good football teams and one "fluke" loss (sound familiar? fluke = MTSU; good teams = Texas, MSU, Minny), then finished the season on a six game winning streak.

We finished the season 5 - 1.

And if it is true that Norther Illinois isn't going to travel for a bowl game (financial restrictions), that leaves only 70 bowl eligible teams for 68 spots. Which two are going to be left out???? Hopefully not us - especially if a story line can be created from whomever we get matched up against.

My understanding is that even though eligible at 6-6, NIU would not get an invite. They went 10-2 and 9-3 in back to back seasons and did not go bowling.

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owlfan1 said

My understanding is that even though eligible at 6-6, NIU would not get an invite. They went 10-2 and 9-3 in back to back seasons and did not go bowling.

OUCH. That's gotta be a tough sales pitch to recruits… come to cold Northern Illinois and, despite your best efforts, never play in a bowl game.
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Orlando Sentinel has us in the Papa Johns Bowl v. Rutgers.  This is from Dec. 3.

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