S Miss---mtsu In New Orleans Bowl

[SUMG]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4111912

[NT03]

Tough task for the TroY. I watched all of CMUs games this year , they are very good. Should be a great game

Edited December 7, 2009 by NT03

[SUMG]

Tough task for the MUTs. I watched all of CMUs games this year , they are very good.

It won't be them. It's Troy versus CMU.

I wonder how Troy fans feel. They're giving up New Orleans for Mobile. And even though I'd love to be in the GMAC Bowl......it's very anti-climactic.....played so late, and overshadowed by the BCS games that are going on then.

[Cerebus]

I wonder how Troy fans feel. They're giving up New Orleans for Mobile.

I think I would oscillate between desolate weeping and furious cursing.

[NT03]

It won't be them. It's Troy versus CMU.

I wonder how Troy fans feel. They're giving up New Orleans for Mobile. And even though I'd love to be in the GMAC Bowl......it's very anti-climactic.....played so late, and overshadowed by the BCS games that are going on then.

at least it's closer

[FirefightnRick]

at least it's closer

Troy should turn out very well for this game, and kick CMU's @ss.

Rick

[eulessismore]

Troy should turn out very well for this game, and kick CMU's @ss.

Rick

I don't know about that, CMU is good.

[SUMG]

I don't know about that, CMU is good.

Especially at QB. Their guy, Dan LeFevour....has many more career yards in his collegiate career....than Tebow does. By a lot.

Edited December 7, 2009 by SUMG

[ADLER]

2009-10 College Football Bowl Schedule

Bowl Location Date/Time Network

New Mexico

Fresno State vs. Wyoming Albuquerque, N.M.

University Stadium Dec. 19

4:30 p.m. ESPN

St. Petersburg

UCF vs. Rutgers St. Petersburg, Fla.

Tropicana Field Dec. 19

8 p.m. ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans

Southern Miss vs. Middle Tennessee New Orleans

Louisiana Superdome Dec. 20

8:30 p.m. ESPN

MAACO Las Vegas

Oregon State vs. BYU Las Vegas

Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 22

8 p.m. ESPN

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia

Utah vs. Cal San Diego

Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 23

8 p.m. ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii

Nevada vs. SMU Honolulu

Aloha Stadium Dec. 24

8 p.m. ESPN

Little Caesars

Marshall vs. Ohio Detroit

Ford Field Dec. 26

1 p.m. ESPN

Meineke Car Care

Pitt vs. North Carolina Charlotte, N.C.

Bank of America Stadium Dec. 26

4:30 p.m. ESPN

Emerald

Boston College vs. USC San Francisco

AT&T Park Dec. 26

8 p.m. ESPN

Gaylord Hotels Music City

Kentucky vs. Clemson Nashville, Tenn.

LP Field Dec. 27

8:30 p.m. ESPN

AdvoCare V100 Independence

Texas A&M vs. Georgia Shreveport, La.

Independence Stadium Dec. 28

5 p.m. ESPN2

EagleBank

Army or UCLA vs. Temple Washington, D.C.

RFK Stadium Dec. 29

4:30 p.m. ESPN

Champs Sports

Miami vs. Wisconsin Orlando, Fla.

Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 29

8 p.m. ESPN

Roady's Humanitarian

Bowling Green vs. Idaho Boise, Idaho

Bronco Stadium Dec. 30

4:30 p.m. ESPN

Pacific Life Holiday

Arizona vs. Nebraska San Diego

Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 30

8 p.m. ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces

Houston vs. Air Force Fort Worth, Texas

Amon G. Carter Stadium Dec. 31

Noon ESPN

Brut Sun

Oklahoma vs. Stanford El Paso, Texas

Sun Bowl Dec. 31

2 p.m. CBS

Texas

Navy vs. Missouri Houston

Reliant Stadium Dec. 31

3:30 p.m. ESPN

Insight

Minnesota vs. Iowa State Tempe, Ariz.

Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 31

6 p.m. NFL Network

Chick-fil-A

Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee Atlanta

Georgia Dome Dec. 31

7:30 p.m. ESPN

Outback

Northwestern vs. Auburn Tampa, Fla.

Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1

11 a.m. ESPN

Capital One

Penn State vs. LSU Orlando, Fla.

Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1

1 p.m. ABC

Konica Minolta Gator

West Virginia vs. Florida State Jacksonville, Fla.

Municipal Stadium Jan. 1

1 p.m. CBS

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi

Ohio State vs. Oregon Pasadena, Calif.

Rose Bowl Jan. 1

4:30 p.m. ABC

Allstate Sugar

Florida vs. Cincinnati New Orleans

Louisiana Superdome Jan. 1

8:30 p.m. FOX

International

South Florida vs. Northern Illinois Toronto, Canada

Rogers Centre Jan. 2

Noon ESPN2

Papajohns.com

South Carolina vs. UConn Birmingham, Ala.

Legion Field Jan. 2

2 p.m. ESPN

AT&T Cotton

Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss Arlington, Texas

Cowboys Stadium Jan. 2

2 p.m. FOX

AutoZone Liberty

Arkansas vs. East Carolina Memphis, Tenn.

Liberty Bowl Jan. 2

5:30 p.m. ESPN

Valero Alamo

Michigan State vs. Texas Tech San Antonio

Alamodome Jan. 2

9 p.m. ESPN

Tostitos Fiesta National Championship Game

Boise State vs. TCU Glendale, Ariz.

U. of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 4

8 p.m. FOX

FedEx Orange

Iowa vs. Georgia Tech Miami

Land Shark Stadium Jan. 5

8 p.m. FOX

GMAC

Central Michigan vs. Troy Mobile, Ala.

Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 6

7 p.m. ESPN

Citi BCS Championship Game

Texas* vs. Alabama Pasadena, Calif.

Rose Bowl Jan. 7

8 p.m. ABC

*not deserving

[NT03]

one day I hope my university can be like Idaho U

Nevada will destroy sMu

[NT80]

EagleBank

Army or UCLA vs. Temple

Washington, D.C.

RFK Stadium Dec. 29

4:30 p.m. ESPN

Play-in game?

Army has to beat Navy to qualify, otherwise UCLA is waiting anxiously to face....Temple!

Edited December 7, 2009 by NT80

[SUMG]

Think MTSU will take many people to the NO Bowl? 5,000? 10,000?

[stebo]

This should be the nail in the coffin for the International Bowl. USF vs NIU - yuck! Attendance... 5,000?

[UNTflyer]

Play-in game?

Army has to beat Navy to qualify, otherwise UCLA is waiting anxiously to face....Temple!

Army has the automatic tie-in, but they are not yet bowl eligible.

[ForneyGreen]

one day I hope my university can be like Idaho U

Nevada will destroy sMu

True Dat about Nevada - I am a Wolfpack fan for that game :-)

That Humaniatrian Bowl is kind of silly - Idaho vs. Bowling Green playing in freakin' Boise, Idaho. Good grief....

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

How many of these bowls will contain teams that could be the national champion.......ONE...!!!

---We need a playoff system with about 8 teams...... and let the bowl system still exist for those not in the playoffs as a reward for those teams with a good but not great season. There are a whole lot more bowls than eight teams or four games. . Eight teams would extend the two finalists by two games and by only one for the two eliminated in the semis.... all eight now play one extra game (their bowl game).. Lousy argument by claiming it extends season too much. Rarely is there more than 8 teams to be considered as the best team...

---I would suggest never no more than one conference with two teams... this year Alabama and Florida--- that could not meet until the final.....last year.....both Texas and OU. (it was debatable which was the best anyway, not so much this year between Florida and Bama) .

[FirefightnRick]

one day I hope my university can be like Idaho U

Robb Akey took over a program that had won 7 games the previous 3 years combined, that fielded a team that only had 16 players out 110 on their on-line roster who are from the state of Idaho, and goes bowling in his.........FIRST YEAR.

I could have sworn it couldn't be done, I could have just sworn it?

Rick

Edited December 7, 2009 by FirefightnRick

[meanrob]

i'm pretty sure this is Akey's third year.

[FirefightnRick]

i'm pretty sure this is Akey's third year.

Yeah, they've been so busy enjoying their football program that they apparantly forgot to update their website. Under "Football-2009 Coaching Staff" located HERE, it reads under Akey's bio...

When Robb Akey accepted the Vandal head coaching job last December,........................

He was hired in December of '06. So he's taken them to a bowl game in three seasons, still out of this world from where we are standing imo.

Rick

Edited December 8, 2009 by FirefightnRick

[NT80]

I see the N.O. Bowl is only paying $325K per team this year. Seems very low although the PapaJohns Bowl in Birmingham is only paying $300K per team.

Edited December 8, 2009 by NT80

[stebo]

I see the N.O. Bowl is only paying $325K per team this year. Seems very low although the PapaJohns Bowl in Birmingham is only paying $300K per team.

When the NCAA did away with the minimum payout, a few of the bowls reduced their payouts to the amount that it costs to get the team there and have them take place in the festivities. This gives the school an incentive to really push ticket sales because the school gets a certain amount of tickets as part of that "payout" - the more they sell, the more money they make. The bowls that still list a higher payout are just trying to look better - they have a similar setup. Their payout might be $750K but they require the school to buy 14K tickets and if the school doesn't sell them than their payout is about 300K. It's like taking from the right pocket and putting into the left one. The NO Bowl is just being transparent about it.

[VideoEagle]

I see the N.O. Bowl is only paying $325K per team this year. Seems very low although the PapaJohns Bowl in Birmingham is only paying $300K per team.

Oops! I didn't read Stebo's reply before I answered. Arkstate Fan can explain this with the actual details, but a lot of the $1 million or $1.5 million bowls bill the teams $750,000. The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.

Edited December 8, 2009 by VideoEagle