Mean Green Matt

Depends on whether you mean football success or paycheck success.

Would be kind of embarrassing if we didn’t, wouldn’t it?

I’m a realist, Plumm. We had a great crowd that day. But the upper deck was 100% empty with the exception of some people above the main North Texas crowd. The lower bowl end zones were largely empty and the UNLV side was not even close to full. Plus on the North Texas side the seats underneath the upper deck (the obstructed view seats behind the pillars) were largely empty. I’d say we had around 25,000 North Texas fans there. Throw in some UNLV fans and some casual observers, then add about 10,000 phantom attendees to make the number look better and you get around 40,000.

That Tulsa game is in OKC.

It did not, but Albuquerque itself exceeded expectations…which were not high. But it was great.

I stand by my comment. [insert my prior post with a blue circle around it]

Hard not to respect what ULM does with their budget.

Having this at the top makes it look like a confirmed game. And it isn’t.

While I frequently poke fun at the overestimation of attendance on this board (no, there were not 40,000 North Texas fans at the 2014 HOD Bowl), I do think our fanbase typically shows well for bowl games. I'd expect the stadium to be near capacity for this. Of course, it is likely between us and ODU getting left out of the bowl picture since we have a conference that won't help (and may actively obstruct) either of those teams get a spot.

If the NCAA sees it the same way those teams would be placed behind every other 6 win team except for Hawaii and above every 5 win team. WVU would obviously get in above Miami-Ohio. But Miami Ohio could seek a waiver from the NCAA as well. CUSA appears to have direct tie ins for 7 teams. I know some underestimate Judys vindictiveness, but you have to imagine either North Texas or ODU are the odd man out for those. Then it is a matter of whether the team left out picks up one of the other spots. I remain fairly concerned about this.

Reddit CFB Twitter suggesting it will be Miami-Ohio left out. Them and WVU apparently both have non-qualifying sixth wins which put them at the back of the line but ahead of 6-7 Hawaii. So one of those two would be left out, and obviously would not be WVU. If that is true we should be good.

I think the capacity is less than that now. But can’t seem to find the number.

Montana State is terrible, but they absolutely shot the lights out from behind the arc for the first quarter and a half against the Mean Green. The last 2.5 quarters we outscored them by around 25. Credit to our team for weathering the storm.

The Bahamas bowl matchup is already MTSU and Toledo. So CBS is a step slow.

CBS has us in Bahamas playing Miami Ohio.

Both of ESPNs guys have us in. One has us in Boise playing…Boise. The other has is in Frisco playing Wyoming.

Yep. It’s locked in at 83 teams for 82 spots.

Maybe I’m just being paranoid. But Miami Ohio and Ball State are the only non-CUSA teams I could see is going over. Of course once you get outside the conference specific tie ins as @MeanGreenTexansaid it’s really ESPN pulling the strings. But I’m definitely still a little concerned.

So, Hawaii is not one of the 83. The other 6 win G5 teams are Tulsa, Memphis, ODU, MTSU, Miami Ohio, Ball State and Wyoming. Cal and USC appear to be the only teams that can still get there. Both are 4-6 and are playing right now. They play each other next week so at most 1 of them can get there.

Hawaii is not bowl eligible at 6-7 if there are enough teams at 6-6 or better. What I don’t know is if Hawaii is one of the 83 teams in Brett’s tweet. My only concern would be our current bad blood with CUSA, but ODU is in the same boat with that.

What is UNLV up to? Maybe they’ll be available

I’m not so sure Houston won’t beat Cincy and get the NY6 spot. Maybe we can play Cincy in the bowl game like old times.

Frisco would be amazing. Great stadium for football and it would be absolutely packed. I think the capacity is only like 17,000.

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What’s the other win (other than SDSU and UTSA)?