It's Official- BOWL WAVE !!!

[winwave]

Tulsa beats SMU 27-24.

I can see us being matched up with USM in a Bowl game.

[tufinal4]

WWL reporting Boca Raton & Frisco are leading destinations

[green4life]

https://www.cbssports.com/collegefootba ... redictions

[Sunamiwave]

Current media projections seem to have us going to either the Frisco or Boca Raton Bowl. Which one would be better for Tulane besides the obvious allure of the beach and sunny weather with Boca Raton?

[oliveandblue]

Take any bowl you can get. There are a raft of teams that will be sitting at home. There was a lot of mediocrity in CFB this year.

[RobertM320]

Frisco Bowl has the lowest payout, if that's a factor. AAC has 7 tie-ins and 7 bowl eligible teams. My guess is, if UCF gets the NY6 bid, the Frisco bowl should be the one the AAC skips because the payout is substantially lower than the others, but not sure how they decide.. If we end up in Boca Raton, I'm thinking we get matched up with FIU again.

[golfnut69]

Frisco Bowl has the lowest payout, if that's a factor. AAC has 7 tie-ins and 7 bowl eligible teams. My guess is, if UCF gets the NY6 bid, the Frisco bowl should be the one the AAC skips because the payout is substantially lower than the others, but not sure how they decide.. If we end up in Boca Raton, I'm thinking we get matched up with FIU again.

it ain't about "the gross", it about "the net"...also about selling your allotment...if the game is in Florida, count me out, if it is in DFW count me in...Bowl games are usually "losers" financially for the participating teams in the "lesser bowls"...the pluses, media exposure and practice time

[RobertM320]

Except when the gross on one is $1.6M and the other is $700K. That's a huge difference.

[golfnut69]

Except when the gross on one is $1.6M and the other is $700K. That's a huge difference.

there is also a huge difference in expenses

[RobertM320]

Except when the gross on one is $1.6M and the other is $700K. That's a huge difference.

there is also a huge difference in expenses

How much more expensive can it be? Same number of people traveling for the same number of days, eating the same number of meals. Yes, costs are more expensive in Boca Raton, but I doubt its double. I guarantee you'd net more from $1.6M than from $700K no matter what.

[golfnut69]

Except when the gross on one is $1.6M and the other is $700K. That's a huge difference.

there is also a huge difference in expenses

How much more expensive can it be? Same number of people traveling for the same number of days, eating the same number of meals. Yes, costs are more expensive in Boca Raton, but I doubt its double. I guarantee you'd net more from $1.6M than from $700K no matter what.

not only more expensive once U arrive...more expensive to get there and back

[RobertM320]

Not sure how you figure that. I can get flights to Fort Lauderdale for less than I can to DFW, at around the time they would be travelling. Not going to be enough of a difference in expenses to make up for $1M less gross. Just admit it, you want the Frisco Bowl because its close enough for you to go. We'll I'm sure there are Florida alum who would go to Boca but not to Frisco.

[golfnut69]

Not sure how you figure that. I can get flights to Fort Lauderdale for less than I can to DFW, at around the time they would be travelling. Not going to be enough of a difference in expenses to make up for $1M less gross. Just admit it, you want the Frisco Bowl because its close enough for you to go. We'll I'm sure there are Florida alum who would go to Boca but not to Frisco.

I am not really concerned which one they go to...I will not be in attendance at either one....the Frisco bowl allows some not so well heeded, like yourself, or with multi family members to pay for a fairly easy drive.....for me, if I were going, about two and a half hour drive...nola to frisco is a about 525 miles...nola to boca is about 900 miles...like I said, most schools all loose money playing in these lesser Bowls, the value is the added practice time and media exposure

[dpm wave]

How about a rematch with Wake in Tampa?

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ ... story.html

[RobertM320]

Does anyone know what the process is for the AAC regarding selecting teams for bowls? I know the SEC, for example, has a hierarchy regarding the bowls, as to which one gets priority on choosing a team. But I've heard that the AAC more or less assigns teams to a specific bowl depending on matchups. Is this true? If not, how do they decide?

[RobertM320]

I did see an article in the Shreveport Times, but I can't find it now. It was written before this past weekend, and they were hoping for LSU to lose, so they'd possibly get Tennessee/Vandy winner in the Indy Bowl. But their prediction was, of all things, Ga Tech vs Tulane in the Indy Bowl. That's out of left field for sure.

[ccap05]

Not that it matters, but this site has us being left out fo the bowl picture. http://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-foo ... r2gcbom6ky

[OUG]

Not that it matters, but this site has us being left out fo the bowl picture. http://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-foo ... r2gcbom6ky

You can’t put any stock in this trash. They have 5-7 FAU in a bowl and they aren’t even eligible!

Our conference has 7 contract bowls and 7 bowl eligible teams. We ARE going to a bowl. If UCF wins on Saturday, we will actually have one spot go unfilled. Anyone with the simplest knowledge of how bowl bids work and a smartphone can figure out in two minutes that all the eligible AAC teams will go bowling. But these sites put less than zero thought into non-P5 football and it shows on things like this. You’d think they’d be embarrassed to publish something without even putting in the most basic of research, but they aren’t. That’s sports media today.

[golfnut69]

from NOLA
https://www.nola.com/tulane/2018/11/wit ... e-mix.html

[RobertM320]

Interesting breakdown on the YAC yards on Justin's 9 TD passes.


https://www.nola.com/tulane/2018/11/wit ... plays.html

[NOLABigSteve]

To summarize:

BOWL TEAMS

Here’s a list of AAC teams currently eligible for a bowl:

Central Florida (11-0)
Cincinnati (10-2)
Houston (8-4)
Memphis (8-4)
South Florida (7-5)
Temple (8-4)
Tulane (6-6)

BOWL LIST

Here’s a list of bowls with AAC tie-ins:

Cure Bowl, Dec. 15 vs. Sun Belt, Orlando, Fla.
Boca Raton Bowl, Dec. 18 vs. Conference USA, Boca Raton, Fla.
Frisco Bowl, Dec. 19 vs. At-Large, Frisco, Texas
Gasparilla Bowl, Dec. 20 vs. Conference USA, Tampa, Fla.
Armed Forces Bowl, Dec. 22 vs. Big 12 (No. 7 conference), Fort Worth, Texas
Birmingham Bowl, Dec. 22 vs. SEC, Birmingham, Ala.
Military Bowl, Dec. 31 vs. ACC, Annapolis, Md.

[mbawavefan12]

So the team is guaranteed a bowl slot.....are they practicing?