Place yer bets on the Bowl Game

NT80 · December 2

51 minutes ago, Greendylan said:

Keep in mind that the Frisco Bowl is going to happen one week after the portal opens, which means the week leading up to it will be filled with announcements of our players leaving (along with the two weeks following it). Getting an absolute kick to the crotch in that game that we might be playing with a bunch of backups on offense could really set things back, heading into the offseason.

Portal announcements have already begun for some players/schools....

Sources: Texas Tech WR Micah Hudson to enter transfer portal

Hudson is expected to be one of the most coveted receivers on the transfer market when he officially enters the portal on Dec. 9, the first day of the NCAA's winter transfer window.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42727311/texas-tech-wide-receiver-micah-hudson-plans-enter-college-football-transfer-portal

wardly · December 2

On 12/1/2024 at 5:21 AM, UNT 90 Grad said:

Frisco Bowl vs. Western Michigan. The writing is on the wall.

Well if we are in the Frisco Bowl we will get a chance to see the newly expanded SMU football stadium. Big Woop1

wardly · December 2

On 12/1/2024 at 12:24 AM, southsideguy said:

we finished 9 th in the conference, should we really be in a bowl game?

We have gone to at least 4 bowl games with 5 & 7 records so why not.

NT80 · December 3

wardly · December 3

25 minutes ago, NT80 said:

UNT is probably lucky that New Mexico lost otherwise we would probably be sitting at home instead of bowling.

MeanGreen22 · December 3

11 hours ago, NT80 said:

Portal announcements have already begun for some players/schools....

Sources: Texas Tech WR Micah Hudson to enter transfer portal

Hudson is expected to be one of the most coveted receivers on the transfer market when he officially enters the portal on Dec. 9, the first day of the NCAA's winter transfer window.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42727311/texas-tech-wide-receiver-micah-hudson-plans-enter-college-football-transfer-portal

My pitch to Micah: We don’t have a lot of money, but we do have one more year of Chandler Morris. Come catch 75 balls then go make a bajillion dollars in the portal.

Meangreen Fight · December 3

On 12/2/2024 at 9:53 AM, MeanGreenTexan said:

This spares many of our fans from having to witness in person (and also saves NT the embarrassment of a poor turnout in our own backyard)

Why is this an embarrassment? You find me another program with a metro location, no real rivals at 6-6 getting a high turnout for an exhibition game then I will be embarrassed. Bowl games have never been more meaningless and I suspect some will go away after their current media contracts go away. No G5 team that finishes 5th in their conference deserves a bowl game.

NM Green · December 3

Western Michigan is off the board. They are set to play South Alabama in Montgomery on December 14th.

gmg

untbowler · December 3

2 minutes ago, NM Green said:

Western Michigan is off the board. They are set to play South Alabama in Montgomery on December 14th.

gmg

makes sense to not play WMU since we play them next Fall

MeanGreenTexan · December 3

38 minutes ago, Meangreen Fight said:

Why is this an embarrassment? You find me another program with a metro location, no real rivals at 6-6 getting a high turnout for an exhibition game then I will be embarrassed. Bowl games have never been more meaningless and I suspect some will go away after their current media contracts go away. No G5 team that finishes 5th in their conference deserves a bowl game.

Were you at the Cotton Bowl for the 2013 HoD Bowl? Attendance of 38k, and I bet UNLV brought ~1500.
That's what a decent turnout should look like for a local bowl for us.
The 2022 Frisco Bowl's attendance was officially 12k (very generous), and the crowd was so unimpressive & unenthusiastic, you couldn't really even tell who many of them were rooting for. But, there was enough blue to know more than 1500 were rooting for Boise. Very embarrassing for a University that is only 30 minutes away.

Old Denton · December 3

USF vs San Jose St in Hawaii announced

untcampbell · December 3

SI/Patrick Andres predicts NT vs OHIO in Detroit

College Football Bowl Projections After Week 14 (3 hours ago)

Game Above Sports Bowl, Dec 26.

I am hoping for Shreveport, Dec 28.

GMG

kj86 · December 3

GameAbove Sports Bowl

Detroit

Dec. 26

North Texas vs. Ohio

Latest from S.I.

Dang. Beat me to it.

Edited December 3 by kj86
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southsideguy · December 4

I was looking at the UTEP fan forum and they are having players leave for the portal. In the lesser bowls I guess you have to hope your opponent has more players sitting out than you do.

The D played well against ECU in the first half. The second half they were just beating up and pushing our DL. The DL was out of gas, You really have to have depth if run our offense.

Udomann · December 4

4 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Were you at the Cotton Bowl for the 2013 HoD Bowl? Attendance of 38k, and I bet UNLV brought ~1500.
That's what a decent turnout should look like for a local bowl for us.
The 2022 Frisco Bowl's attendance was officially 12k (very generous), and the crowd was so unimpressive & unenthusiastic, you couldn't really even tell who many of them were rooting for. But, there was enough blue to know more than 1500 were rooting for Boise. Very embarrassing for a University that is only 30 minutes away.

Honestly that's a product of too many bowls. Nobody cares to go to the pity bowls. We should cut the number in half to give more value to the fans. I understand players get a few more weeks on the practice field, but from a fan perspective I have zero interest in watching two half baked programs play poor football for 3 hours

southsideguy · December 4

Besides with the portal why have so many bowl games?

NM Green · December 4

Not me. I’ll watch any football to satisfy through the long offseason and that is why networks still buy this programming. I’m not alone.

gmg

untcampbell · December 4

Two words: bowl pool. Lots of folks put up a few bucks, make 40 picks, then rank them for confidence 1-40. I watch at least a part of all 40 games. BTW, not sure how the playoff games will impact the pool structure this year.

GMG

untjim1995 · December 4

ESPN sponsors most of these bowls for TV content—not the bigger, traditional bowls, but the spare ones that are mostly in mid to late December.

wardly · December 4

2 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

ESPN sponsors most of these bowls for TV content—not the bigger, traditional bowls, but the spare ones that are mostly in mid to late December.

NYT has us playing Texas State in the Frisco Bowl. Is the construction at Toyota completed or is the Frisco Bowl played at SMU's stadium?

UNTLifer · December 4

1 hour ago, wardly said:

NYT has us playing Texas State in the Frisco Bowl. Is the construction at Toyota completed or is the Frisco Bowl played at SMU's stadium?

Is the NYT even a legitimate news source?