Possible Bowl Games Mega Thread

[NM Green]

Dykes is building it. They’re better than they were under Morris. We were fortunate to get them in September. Good for smu good for our sos, good rivalry building. Let’s both go bowling and win. 

GMG

[TheColonyEagle]

I hope we get the bowl in Dallas. That game vs UNLV was awesome from an atmosphere standpoint (at least on our side) If we could get a good matchup with someone that would bring some fans there could be 70,000 + at that game. Would be great for the team to beat a good opponent in front of a big crowd to get to 10 wins. Great cap to a good season. 

[Matt from A700]

22 hours ago, MrStrange18 said:

Honestly, with us not playing for a conference title this year...

Our best senario from here is to finish 9-3, play in the First Responders Bowl in front of a "home" crowd of 30,000+ against a school that could bring their own fans.

Then finish the season 10-3.  Not where we wanted to be, but I think from here it is the next best option.

Still more wins than last year.

[Cerebus]

8 hours ago, PlummMeanGreen said:

CUSA didn’t do much for the 2012 West Division Champion IMHO.  

Division winner isn't the conference champion.  

[wardly]

 I don't think we are taking 30,000 fans anywhere unless its in DFW. I have gone to every New Orleans bowl we have played in, and our attendance last year was pitiful. While granted Shreveport is a much shorter drive, we don't travel well, which is the reason The Independence  Bowl chose So. Miss. over us last year.

[UNTLifer]

We have travelled well to NOLA in the past, but the date hurt and I think fans were tired of NOLA. It brought back Sun Belt memories and Bourbon Street is a dump now. 

[NT91]

How about a team from the MAC?

i bet NT gets a good SBC team. Ga. Southern, Troy or App. St.

Edited November 18, 2018 by NT91

[wardly]

Well, the CUSA have lost 3 of 4 games against the Sun Belt this year, including UAB's 23 point loss to Coastal Carolina.

[vpackrats]

Hey, don't knock the Sun Belt this year.  In ESPN's Bottom 10 (always a funny read) we have the most out of any conference in the Bottom 10 with 3 teams.  And they are all highly ranked too (in a bad way) -- Minute Rice #1, Western Kentucky Hillstoppers #3 and UTEPID #4.  Sun Belt has ZERO teams in the bottom 10.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/bottom10181112/kentucky-wildcats-bad-week-had-losses-football-basketball-rivals

 

 

[UNTexas]

We will play in Dallas on the 26th. My money is on that anyways. 

Edited November 19, 2018 by UNTexas

[Wag Tag]

25 minutes ago, vpackrats said:

Hey, don't knock the Sun Belt this year.  In ESPN's Bottom 10 (always a funny read) we have the most out of any conference in the Bottom 10 with 3 teams.  And they are all highly ranked too (in a bad way) -- Minute Rice #1, Western Kentucky Hillstoppers #3 and UTEPID #4.  Sun Belt has ZERO teams in the bottom 10.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/bottom10181112/kentucky-wildcats-bad-week-had-losses-football-basketball-rivals

 

 

I would go to the Bahamas or Hawaii just to avoid a Sunbelt team!

[GMG_Dallas]

4 minutes ago, UNTexas said:

We will play in Dallas on the 25th. My money is on that anyways. 

How? The only bowl game in Dallas is on the 26th.

[RiseUNT]

If the servpro bo is not a good matchup I want a win in New Mexico instead.

Edited November 18, 2018 by RiseUNT

[UNT 90 Grad]

2 hours ago, vpackrats said:

Hey, don't knock the Sun Belt this year.  In ESPN's Bottom 10 (always a funny read) we have the most out of any conference in the Bottom 10 with 3 teams.  And they are all highly ranked too (in a bad way) -- Minute Rice #1, Western Kentucky Hillstoppers #3 and UTEPID #4.  Sun Belt has ZERO teams in the bottom 10.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/bottom10181112/kentucky-wildcats-bad-week-had-losses-football-basketball-rivals

Sagarin Conference Ratings:

      CONFERENCE          CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS      WIN50%

   1  SEC-WEST            (A) =  82.11      81.94  (  1)      7      81.90  (  1)
   2  BIG TEN-EAST        (A) =  79.44      78.49  (  3)      7      79.33  (  2)
   3  SEC-EAST            (A) =  78.68      79.13  (  2)      7      78.95  (  3)
   4  BIG 12              (A) =  77.96      77.84  (  4)     10      77.90  (  4)
   5  PAC-12(NORTH)       (A) =  77.64      76.44  (  5)      6      77.16  (  5)
   6  BIG TEN-WEST        (A) =  75.73      75.12  (  7)      7      75.48  (  6)
   7  ACC-ATLANTIC        (A) =  75.43      76.07  (  6)      7      75.28  (  7)
   8  ACC-COASTAL         (A) =  74.61      74.00  (  9)      7      74.13  (  9)
   9  PAC-12(SOUTH)       (A) =  73.74      74.47  (  8)      6      74.29  (  8)
  10  AAC EAST            (A) =  67.20      66.23  ( 11)      6      66.99  ( 10)
  11  MWC-MOUNTAIN        (A) =  66.33      66.51  ( 10)      6      66.38  ( 11)
  12  AAC WEST            (A) =  64.92      65.27  ( 12)      6      65.15  ( 12)
  13  I-A INDEPENDENTS    (A) =  62.43      63.51  ( 13)      6      62.62  ( 13)
  14  SUN BELT-EAST       (A) =  62.17      62.20  ( 14)      5      62.17  ( 14)
  15  MAC-WEST            (A) =  61.85      61.37  ( 16)      6      61.51  ( 16)
  16  MWC-WEST            (A) =  61.34      62.19  ( 15)      6      61.53  ( 15)
  17  MAC-EAST            (A) =  59.19      59.33  ( 17)      6      59.28  ( 17)
  18  CONFERENCE USA-EAST (A) =  58.80      58.41  ( 19)      7      58.50  ( 18)
  19  MISSOURI VALLEY     (AA)=  57.82      59.08  ( 18)     10      58.33  ( 19)
  20  CONFERENCE USA-WEST (A) =  55.28      55.07  ( 20)      7      55.26  ( 20)
  21  SUN BELT-WEST       (A) =  54.22      54.25  ( 21)      5      54.25  ( 21)
  22  COLONIAL            (AA)=  50.77      50.75  ( 22)     12      50.66  ( 22)
  23  BIG SKY             (AA)=  48.29      49.02  ( 23)     14      48.63  ( 23)
  24  SOUTHERN            (AA)=  45.50      44.72  ( 25)      9      45.21  ( 24)
  25  IVY LEAGUE          (AA)=  44.35      44.72  ( 24)      8      44.51  ( 25)
  26  OHIO VALLEY         (AA)=  42.25      42.34  ( 26)      9      42.39  ( 26)
  27  SOUTHLAND           (AA)=  41.50      40.93  ( 27)     11      41.24  ( 27)
  28  BIG SOUTH           (AA)=  34.77      35.86  ( 28)      6      34.53  ( 28)
  29  NORTHEAST           (AA)=  31.33      30.55  ( 32)      7      30.81  ( 31)
  30  I-AA INDEPENDENTS   (AA)=  30.83      30.83  ( 31)      2      30.83  ( 30)
  31  PATRIOT             (AA)=  30.73      33.11  ( 29)      7      31.28  ( 29)
  32  MID-EASTERN         (AA)=  30.62      31.01  ( 30)     10      30.65  ( 32)
  33  SWAC-WEST           (AA)=  29.08      28.03  ( 33)      5      28.59  ( 33)
  34  SWAC-EAST           (AA)=  24.10      24.16  ( 34)      5      24.09  ( 34)
  35  PIONEER             (AA)=  20.41      21.43  ( 35)     10      20.91  ( 35)
  36  ***UNRATED***       (**)= -91.00     -91.00  ( 36)      1     -91.00  ( 36)

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/2018/conference/

 

[wardly]

Bowl projections out today and everyone I saw had SMU vs Army in Ft. Worth, and UNT vs. UNAMEU in Dallas.[SMU still must beat lowly Tulsa on road to get to 6&6]. I would love to switch with Ponies and play in Cowtown.

[Silent Eagle]

3 minutes ago, wardly said:

Bowl projections out today and everyone I saw had SMU vs Army in Ft. Worth, and UNT vs. UNAMEU in Dallas.[SMU still must beat lowly Tulsa on road to get to 6&6]. I would love to switch with Ponies and play in Cowtown.

No. More. Army. For a while. 

[MeanGreenDan]

2 hours ago, UNTexas said:

We will play in Dallas on the 25th. My money is on that anyways. 

I'll take that bet...

[CMJ]

1 hour ago, Silent Eagle said:

No. More. Army. For a while. 

Well, they're Top 25 - so it'd be a chance to knock off a ranked team.

[RiseUNT]

4 minutes ago, CMJ said:

Well, they're Top 25 - so it'd be a chance to knock off a ranked team.

They will lose to navy.

[wardly]

1 hour ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

Sagarin Conference Ratings:

      CONFERENCE          CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS      WIN50%

   1  SEC-WEST            (A) =  82.11      81.94  (  1)      7      81.90  (  1)
   2  BIG TEN-EAST        (A) =  79.44      78.49  (  3)      7      79.33  (  2)
   3  SEC-EAST            (A) =  78.68      79.13  (  2)      7      78.95  (  3)
   4  BIG 12              (A) =  77.96      77.84  (  4)     10      77.90  (  4)
   5  PAC-12(NORTH)       (A) =  77.64      76.44  (  5)      6      77.16  (  5)
   6  BIG TEN-WEST        (A) =  75.73      75.12  (  7)      7      75.48  (  6)
   7  ACC-ATLANTIC        (A) =  75.43      76.07  (  6)      7      75.28  (  7)
   8  ACC-COASTAL         (A) =  74.61      74.00  (  9)      7      74.13  (  9)
   9  PAC-12(SOUTH)       (A) =  73.74      74.47  (  8)      6      74.29  (  8)
  10  AAC EAST            (A) =  67.20      66.23  ( 11)      6      66.99  ( 10)
  11  MWC-MOUNTAIN        (A) =  66.33      66.51  ( 10)      6      66.38  ( 11)
  12  AAC WEST            (A) =  64.92      65.27  ( 12)      6      65.15  ( 12)
  13  I-A INDEPENDENTS    (A) =  62.43      63.51  ( 13)      6      62.62  ( 13)
  14  SUN BELT-EAST       (A) =  62.17      62.20  ( 14)      5      62.17  ( 14)
  15  MAC-WEST            (A) =  61.85      61.37  ( 16)      6      61.51  ( 16)
  16  MWC-WEST            (A) =  61.34      62.19  ( 15)      6      61.53  ( 15)
  17  MAC-EAST            (A) =  59.19      59.33  ( 17)      6      59.28  ( 17)
  18  CONFERENCE USA-EAST (A) =  58.80      58.41  ( 19)      7      58.50  ( 18)
  19  MISSOURI VALLEY     (AA)=  57.82      59.08  ( 18)     10      58.33  ( 19)
  20  CONFERENCE USA-WEST (A) =  55.28      55.07  ( 20)      7      55.26  ( 20)
  21  SUN BELT-WEST       (A) =  54.22      54.25  ( 21)      5      54.25  ( 21)
  22  COLONIAL            (AA)=  50.77      50.75  ( 22)     12      50.66  ( 22)
  23  BIG SKY             (AA)=  48.29      49.02  ( 23)     14      48.63  ( 23)
  24  SOUTHERN            (AA)=  45.50      44.72  ( 25)      9      45.21  ( 24)
  25  IVY LEAGUE          (AA)=  44.35      44.72  ( 24)      8      44.51  ( 25)
  26  OHIO VALLEY         (AA)=  42.25      42.34  ( 26)      9      42.39  ( 26)
  27  SOUTHLAND           (AA)=  41.50      40.93  ( 27)     11      41.24  ( 27)
  28  BIG SOUTH           (AA)=  34.77      35.86  ( 28)      6      34.53  ( 28)
  29  NORTHEAST           (AA)=  31.33      30.55  ( 32)      7      30.81  ( 31)
  30  I-AA INDEPENDENTS   (AA)=  30.83      30.83  ( 31)      2      30.83  ( 30)
  31  PATRIOT             (AA)=  30.73      33.11  ( 29)      7      31.28  ( 29)
  32  MID-EASTERN         (AA)=  30.62      31.01  ( 30)     10      30.65  ( 32)
  33  SWAC-WEST           (AA)=  29.08      28.03  ( 33)      5      28.59  ( 33)
  34  SWAC-EAST           (AA)=  24.10      24.16  ( 34)      5      24.09  ( 34)
  35  PIONEER             (AA)=  20.41      21.43  ( 35)     10      20.91  ( 35)
  36  ***UNRATED***       (**)= -91.00     -91.00  ( 36)      1     -91.00  ( 36)

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/2018/conference/

 

Ranked behind the MAC and 1AA Missouri Valley as well. My gosh.

[CMJ]

1 hour ago, RiseUNT said:

They will lose to navy.

They could since anything can happen in rivalry games, but I doubt it.

[Shark84]

Any bowl game against a ranked opponent would draw a great UNT crowd.

[RiseUNT]

52 minutes ago, CMJ said:

They could since anything can happen in rivalry games, but I doubt it.

I don't.

[PlummMeanGreen]

Not sure it would be possible but someone in CUSA (or the TV people) pulled it off for La Tech couple years ago & that would be a berth in the Armed Services Bowl on the TCU campus.  

No other school would bring as many fans as North Texas— no matter who the opponent.

We also have a pretty good marquee name QB & his Mean Green teammates to market locally.

GMG!

[ADLER]

SBNation Bowl projection:

• SERVPRO (Dallas): Arkansas State* vs. North Texas