New Orleans Bowl Question

shaft · December 19, 2010

Why is Ohio in the game? Aren't the bowl tie-ins between the SBC and CUSA.

Edited December 19, 2010 by shaft

meangreendork · December 19, 2010

All I know is that our guys could be there now and that next year, I'm almost certain they will be in a bowl. Our guys fell just short of Troy and same thing with Ohio. With a strong D that holds other schools down by 3 TDs a game and our high scoring offense, our team can dominate.

GrayEagle · December 19, 2010

Why is Ohio in the game? Aren't the bowl tie-ins between the SBC and CUSA.

Mostly because we are too cheap. The payout for the New Orleans Bowl is $325,000. The next lowest payout is $750,000. CUSA had seven invites and six bowl-eligible teams. They went for the higher payouts.

shaft · December 19, 2010

That's not correct. The NCAA sets a minimum payout for bowls ($750k), but there is some flexibility when it comes to ticket package. Teams can take a lower cash payout in exchange for not having to buy as many tickets/hotel stays.

So back to the original question did the bowl switch conference affiliations this year?

MeanGreen61 · December 19, 2010

That's not correct. The NCAA sets a minimum payout for bowls ($750k), but there is some flexibility when it comes to ticket package. Teams can take a lower cash payout in exchange for not having to buy as many tickets/hotel stays.

So back to the original question did the bowl switch conference affiliations this year?

Beleive ESPN engineered a switch to get UTEP in the New Mexico Bowl. Saw where La Tech would have gone to NO if they had won their last game for a 6-6 season.

Edited December 19, 2010 by MeanGreen61

Marty · December 19, 2010

Troy kicked a$$. Final 48-21. Go Sunbelt!

Cr1028 · December 19, 2010

Troy kicked a$$. Final 48-21. Go Sunbelt!

Yep great job by a Troy team we very nearly beat. Seeing Ohio on TV made me appreciate the switch from hunter green to kelly green again. Hunter is just too dark for TV.

greenminer · December 19, 2010

What is solich missing that got him whipped today?

What does Blakeby have that put him over the top (aside from the typical shady recruiting scheme)?

Solich was a wonderful coach at Nebraska

NorthTexan95 · December 19, 2010

What is solich missing that got him whipped today?

What does Blakeby have that put him over the top (aside from the typical shady recruiting scheme)?

Solich was a wonderful coach at Nebraska

Athletes.

LongJim · December 20, 2010

Athletes.

Yep. Team speed was a big difference. Go back and watch the first Troy offensive possession, and it's pretty obvious, for sure.

PlummMeanGreen · December 20, 2010

Yep. Team speed was a big difference. Go back and watch the first Troy offensive possession, and it's pretty obvious, for sure.

Troy figured out what Boise had years ago on this overall team speed thing. It's a "no brainer" until you find yourself with a decent and talented football team that is still 1 step too slow and then thats when you find out you can no longer dominate a league even like the Sun Belt Conference any longer.

Thats what happened in DD's last few years of not recruiting well while he waited on a bigger and better job because of 4 bowl games few outside the Mean Green Nation saw as that big a deal. The bowls were great for the national publicity it gave our school and for that we will always be grateful for DD's efforts those 4 seasons, but the ones we really needed to impress (the national, regional and local sports/poll voting media) seemed to all be duly unimpressed. That was no ones fault at North Texas, either. It was just the new conference "no respect" thing that would have happened with almost any new league in any part of the USA. I do think the SBC with a couple of Troy's teams could have beaten a couple of Top 25 ranked MAC teams, though, but I also think Troy being a member of the 'Belt kept that from happening, too.

My bet is that Coach McCarney and Staff turn much of this media-thinking around but it will still take some time.

GMG!

Edited December 20, 2010 by PlummMeanGreen

meangreendork · December 20, 2010

Ohio's guys just couldn't keep up. They weren't fast enough in the game and they weren't conditioned nearly as well. When your team is pretty much out of steam in the 2nd quarter, you're in trouble.

Coffee and TV · December 20, 2010

Troy kicked a$$. Final 48-21. Go Sunbelt!

Not only that, but our defeat by CSU in 2001 is no longer the biggest margin of victory in the New Orleans Bowl.

oldguystudent · December 20, 2010

Seeing Ohio on TV made me appreciate the switch from hunter green to kelly green again. Hunter is just too dark for TV.

I happened upon the Jets game yesterday and noticed that they make a darker shade of green work (even though they were in road whites yesterday, they showed highlights from previous games). Not sure what it is. More contrast with the white on the uniform? Just better cameras?