Bowl Projections

dml7007 · September 26, 2016

Would be happy with either one of these. Not sure I am ready to go this far, but nice to see us on list like this instead of bottom 10.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17634221/college-football-bowl-projections-2016-season-week-5

Gildan New Mexico Bowl

University Stadium, Albuquerque
Dec. 17, 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Schlabach: Nevada vs. Old Dominion
McMurphy: Colorado State vs. North Texas

Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl

Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas
Dec. 27, noon (ESPN)

Schlabach: Kansas State vs. North Texas
McMurphy: Kansas State vs. Colorado

Edited September 26, 2016 by dml7007

THOR · September 26, 2016

whoa nellie...tap those brakes...

Wag Tag · September 26, 2016

2 minutes ago, dml7007 said:

Would be happy with either one of these.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17634221/college-football-bowl-projections-2016-season-week-5

Gildan New Mexico Bowl

University Stadium, Albuquerque
Dec. 17, 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Schlabach: Nevada vs. Old Dominion
McMurphy: Colorado State vs. North Texas

Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl

Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas
Dec. 27, noon (ESPN)

Schlabach: Kansas State vs. North Texas
McMurphy: Kansas State vs. Colorado

WTF.....LOL

Cerebus · September 26, 2016

I don't think we become bowl eligible this year. However if SL can come in and get this program to a bowl game in his first year, we better start buttering up Graham Harrell, because SL will be gone soon.

cdizzle86 · September 26, 2016

Just now, Cerebus said:

I don't think we become bowl eligible this year. However if SL can come in and get this program to a bowl game in his first year, we better start buttering up Graham Harrell, because SL will be gone soon.

I think it's possible to make a bowl this year considering how bad CUSA is. If we continue to improve week to week like we have, I think we can steal a few close games.

All that said, I hope Coach Littrell will be our Coach Herman and stay loyal to NT. At least until his dream job becomes available.

Cerebus · September 26, 2016

1 minute ago, cdizzle86 said:

All that said, I hope Coach Littrell will be our Coach Herman and stay loyal to NT. At least until his dream job becomes available.

LSU, Texas, USC and ND will probably all be open next year. Don't think UH is going to keep Herman.

But yes, SL turning down P5 offers until Stoops retired would obviously be a dream come true for us.

MeanGreenTexan · September 26, 2016

8 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

I don't think we become bowl eligible this year. However if SL can come in and get this program to a bowl game in his first year, we better start buttering up Graham Harrell, because SL will be gone soon.

Agree. It would be an incredible turnaround to see a team go from a dis-interested 1-11 season to bowl-eligible in 1 year.

I'll be at either of those bowl games with 100% certainty. Would love either scenario, but I'm not holding my breath.

MDH · September 26, 2016

We rallied to beat a team that got throttled by WKU (I know they're good). I think how we play in the next 2 games tell us everything about bowling.

Wag Tag · September 26, 2016

9 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

I don't think we become bowl eligible this year. However if SL can come in and get this program to a bowl game in his first year, we better start buttering up Graham Harrell, because SL will be gone soon.

Great point and a real concern at some point. I believe you have 2 candidates with Eck... Work hard to keep both. A quick turnaround could mean quick exits.

Aldo · September 26, 2016

*Insert Belichickian statement here*

TreeFiddy · September 26, 2016

IMO we would have to win one of the next two games to have a realistic shot at 6 or more wins.

Even though we won we did not look like a bowl team in the Rice game. There are a lot of things that would have to improve.

With that said, the win will go a long way toward getting the players to buy in and that is easily half the battle. We probably have enough talent to compete, but they have to be bought in and they have to be more disciplined.

DeepGreen · September 26, 2016

35 minutes ago, dml7007 said:

Would be happy with either one of these. Not sure I am ready to go this far, but nice to see us on list like this instead of bottom 10.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17634221/college-football-bowl-projections-2016-season-week-5

Gildan New Mexico Bowl

University Stadium, Albuquerque
Dec. 17, 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Schlabach: Nevada vs. Old Dominion
McMurphy: Colorado State vs. North Texas

Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl

Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas
Dec. 27, noon (ESPN)

Schlabach: Kansas State vs. North Texas
McMurphy: Kansas State vs. Colorado

Well I would sure be posting this on bulletin boards throughout the Athletic Center and dressing rooms. Not a chance of it happening, but could give the players confidence.

Withers940 · September 26, 2016

Lets get to four wins before we go on the Bowl Invite talk

Cerebus · September 26, 2016

2 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

Lets get to four wins before we go on the Bowl Invite talk

Lets get to three wins before we go on the Four Wins talk.

greenminer · September 26, 2016

33 minutes ago, Wag Tag said:

Great point and a real concern at some point. I believe you have 2 candidates with Eck... Work hard to keep both. A quick turnaround could mean quick exits.

Not sure how everyone else feels about this, but I'm liking Perry a ton. His game planning is incredible, the kids are executing, and watching him on the sidelines during the game is fun. Totally engaged.

Is consideration given to ST coaches? I can't believe we are talking about this in Littrell year one. Hope we don't jinx them.

Ben Gooding · September 26, 2016

This kind of knocks the credibility of McMurphy and he's usually pretty spot on. I projected 6-6, but I had a SMU win in there. By having SMU in there it gave us wiggle room to lose one elsewhere. With losing to those nose thumbers, there is no room for error to get to 6 wins. We will HAVE to split Marshall/Middle to get to 3 wins. We will need to beat UTEP/nutsack/Army....All three are on the road and we have a young team. if we lose to UTEP we still HAVE to beat nutsack and Army. If we were to only take 2 or those 3, we HAVE to beat La Tech on Homecoming.

At this point the only game I see as an absolute loss is @ WKU. They are a strong team and we go to them.

Just now, greenminer said:

Not sure how everyone else feels about this, but I'm liking Perry a ton. His game planning is incredible, the kids are executing, and watching him on the sidelines during the game is fun. Totally engaged.

Is consideration given to ST coaches? I can't believe we are talking about this in Littrell year one. Hope we don't jinx them.

Littler isn't going anywhere. At least not until the end of next year at the absolute earliest. He gets us to 10-2 or thereabouts next year then we may need to consider opening the checkbook to keep schools like Houston or SMU away. I will say this...He is the kind of coach you give an extension to after a 9-4/10-3 type season (Not McCarney). We can get giddy and all, but I am still kind of waiting on February to roll around. That is when games are won and at this point I am still a little skeptical.

GMG24 · September 26, 2016

1 hour ago, Cerebus said:

I don't think we become bowl eligible this year. However if SL can come in and get this program to a bowl game in his first year, we better start buttering up Graham Harrell, because SL will be gone soon.

Remember, technically a 5-7 team can be bowl elligible.

Cerebus · September 26, 2016

2 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Remember, technically a 5-7 team can be bowl elligible.

For that to happen, the conference would have to not be able to fill it's bowl slots, no other FBS team could fill those slots for CUSA, and we would have to have the top APR among 5 win teams.

GMG24 · September 26, 2016

2 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

For that to happen, the conference would have to not be able to fill it's bowl slots, no other FBS team could fill those slots for CUSA, and we would have to have the top APR among 5 win teams.

I know just stating the possibility.

Mean Green 93-98 · September 26, 2016

1 hour ago, Cerebus said:

I don't think we become bowl eligible this year. However if SL can come in and get this program to a bowl game in his first year, we better start buttering up Graham Harrell, because SL will be gone soon.

From what I've seen from the coaches so far, I'm not sure Harrell is the one I'd want to stay on as HC were Littrell to get hired away. Not yet, anyway.

But yes, projecting us to go to a bowl at this point is borderline insanity.

MGNation92 · September 26, 2016

Lol "Bowl Projections"

we go 2-2 and all of a sudden people think we haven't screwed the pooch the last couple years in staffing/recruiting

if we got 4-8 it would be a massive step forward and probably best case scenario. If we make a bowl game I'll eat my own shoes

oldguystudent · September 26, 2016

2 minutes ago, MGNation92 said:

Lol "Bowl Projections"

we go 2-2 and all of a sudden people think we haven't screwed the pooch the last couple years in staffing/recruiting

if we got 4-8 it would be a massive step forward and probably best case scenario. If we make a bowl game I'll eat my own shoes

How do I save this? You know, just in case. If this comes to fruition, I'll bring the salt shaker.