Bowl game / scheduling opportunities

ScreamingEaglesFan · May 4, 2012

So will we play a farewell round in the Sunbelt coming this fall, or do we start the new CUSA scheduling. Also with all the CUSA/MWC alliance talk which bowls are an option for sure, and might we alliance potentially bring? Thanks for the info.

ScreamingEaglesFan · May 4, 2012

OK so I found the CUSA bowl tie ins:

Autozone Liberty

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces

Sheraton Hawaii

R+L New Orleans

Texas Bowl Houston

EagleBank Bowl in Washington DC

Plus I didn't realize how many games CUSA had on TV. From meangreensports.com

The C-USA TV package had nearly 70 football games broadcast nationally or regionally in 2011. The networks were CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports Net, FX, ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, CSS and others. That doesn't include ESPN3 games or other potential television partners. Suffice to say, you won't have any excuses for not being able to watch North Texas anymore.

Edited May 4, 2012 by ScreamingEaglesFan

Stan R · May 4, 2012

Excellent info ScreamingEaglesFan.

Mark Gommesen · May 4, 2012

I excited to see what will result from the MWC/CUSA media and promotional alliance.

Harry · May 4, 2012

OK so I found the CUSA bowl tie ins:

Autozone Liberty
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Sheraton Hawaii
R+L New Orleans
Texas Bowl Houston
EagleBank Bowl in Washington DC

Plus I didn't realize how many games CUSA had on TV. From meangreensports.com

The C-USA TV package had nearly 70 football games broadcast nationally or regionally in 2011. The networks were CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports Net, FX, ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, CSS and others. That doesn't include ESPN3 games or other potential television partners. Suffice to say, you won't have any excuses for not being able to watch North Texas anymore.

Great info SEF!

playoffpush · May 4, 2012

CUSA tv deal is with CBS and FOX. Most UNT games will be on Fox Sports Southwest or CBS Sports Network. There won't be any home games on any of the ESPN networks or ABC. This is all subject to change if the MWC and CUSA do some sort of joint tv negotiations in the future. That bowl info is old, here is more up to date info.

Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee SEC 7/82

Hawai'i Bowl Honolulu, Hawaii Mountain West

Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas at-large (2012), Navy (2013)

New Orleans Bowl New Orleans, Louisiana Sun Belt

Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg, Florida Big East

TicketCity Bowl Dallas, Texas Big Ten

There is also a chance to play in the Military Bowl in DC depending on the year. The Liberty Bowl is going with Memphis to the Big East.

Edited May 4, 2012 by playoffpush

LakeTravis · May 4, 2012

Cite your sources please

This is from MGS.com

http://www.meangreensports.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1800&ATCLID=205423146&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

playoffpush · May 5, 2012

Well as a UT, SMU and UNT alum, I have made it a point to know where my teams could be playing because I try to go to all of their bowl games so I don't really need sources because I know it firsthand but if I must.

Eaglebank bowl in DC is now the Military Bowl and has been since 2010 and features Army vs. an ACC. If Army doesn't qualify then a CUSA team will be picked

http://www.militarybowl.org/

Texas Bowl in Houston is now Meineke Car Care Bowl for over a year. It is a Big 10 vs. Big 12 game. CUSA use to tie into the game but not since 2008.

http://www.chron.com...eke-1685773.php

http://espn.go.com/n...page/texas-bowl

St. Petersburg Bowl is now the Beef O Brady's Bowl. CUSA vs. Big East

http://www.stpetersburgbowl.com/

Ticketcity Bowl in Dallas. CUSA vs. Big Ten

http://ticketcitybow...ce_partners.php

Regarding the tv contract, you will see that they no longer have a contract with ESPN. If a game is going to be on ESPN or one of their affiliates it is going to have to be an away game with a conference that has a deal with them unless it is the CUSA title game which was given to ESPN in a settlement.

http://articles.orla...-sports-florida

http://www.cbssports...tv-contract/rss

UNT did a bad job when putting this article on the website. They are using old bowl logos and listing bowl games that are no longer affiliate with CUSA. They didn't even mention the Tickeycity Bowl and that is the highest paying bowl in CUSA. All of this may be moot anyway as these things change sometimes on a yearly basis and by the time UNT is in CUSA half the bowls could be different. As for the Liberty Bowl, you can take my word for it or just wait to see but Memphis is taking CUSA tie in with it to the Big East similar to how the Hawaii bowl took the Hawaii bowl WAC tie in to the MWC. The SEC hates that it plays a Non-AQ conf champ in a bowl game and tries to weasel out of it every year either by having a SEC team find another bowl to play in or exercising an option that switches a Big East team with a CUSA. This is how SMU ended up in the BBVA compass bowl in Birmingham and Cincinnati and Vanderbilt ended up playing in the Liberty bowl.

Edited May 5, 2012 by playoffpush