MBB has no recent problems outside of CT. It's football season and not a single decision maker is thinking about the November hoops games. To those who decide bowl/conference/tv alignments, UConn is a two-time defending basketball champion brand, nothing more, nothing less.
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MBB has no recent problems outside of CT. It's football season and not a single decision maker is thinking about the November hoops games. To those who decide bowl/conference/tv alignments, UConn is a two-time defending basketball champion brand, nothing more, nothing less.
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It would be a crazy kick in the balls to watch a 6 win SEC team play their third string against Miami (OH) while we sit on the sidelines.
For this, and for several other reasons, UMass must be crushed.
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We are not amused.
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We will make a bowl for a few reasons:
- The team has a strong record, exceeding the .500 win mark.
- There are bowls that will welcome us to play there.
- The fan base is dedicated and travels well.
- The university is a national brand with a winning athletic department.
- We have a great story, from terrible to pretty good, in a short timeframe.
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Black Friday - two teams playing today at noon that could get to 6 wins:
Oregon State (5-6) at 11) Boise St (10-1)
Minnesota (6-5) at Wisconsin (5-6)
Good starts in each. Go gophers and broncos
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We need 9 of the 12 to lose to guarantee a spot for all 6 or + teams.
1) Wisconsin goes down!
2) Oregon St loses !
7 of 10 remaining:
1) cinc
2)
3) unt
4) coastal car
5) app st
6) auburn
7)
8) michst
9) NCSt
10) New Mexico
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I will be rooting for Auburn just to see the Alabama fans lose it.
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So bowl-eligible Saturday games to keep an eye on:
12pm
Kansas (5-6) at Baylor (7-4), ESPN2
Louisiana (9-2) at UL Monroe (5-6), ESPNU
North Texas (5-6) at Temple (3-8), ESPN+
2pm
Coastal Carolina (5-6) at Georgia St. (3-8), ESPN+
3:30pm
Auburn (5-6) at Alabama (8-3), ABC/ESPN+
Rutgers (6-5) at Michigan St. (5-6), FS1
NC State (5-6) at N. Carolina (6-5), ACCN
6pm
TCU (7-4) at Cincinnati (5-6), ESPN+
Appalachian St. (5-5) at GA Southern (7-4), ESPN+
11pm
New Mexico (5-6) at Hawaii (4-7)
Tough day to be a UConn fan - cheering for bama, Rutgers, unc, Baylor, temple and other dregs
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To give Saturday more focus, not all 6-6 teams are anywhere near the same in terms of being threats to take an open bowl spot from us. The P-4 schools — Auburn, Sparta, NC State — are. Some of the G-5 schools —UL Monroe and North Texas for example — are much less of a threat to take an open bowl slot from us.
That having been said, I’m not worrying about any of this until after our game with UMass is over.
That having been said, I’m not worrying about any of this until after our game with UMass is over.
we win they invent the weedeater tortilla bowl in Albuquerque new mexico for us. if we lose, they don't.
Weedeater tortillas, the only tortillas made for your dogs.
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+3 NCSt
+3 Cincinnati
+2.5 AppSt
+1 Coastal
- 3 New Mexico
-11 UNT
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Kansas and ULM lose but UNT wins
Need 5 of 7 to lose
UConn is 8-4. They will get a bowl game.
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Georgia State useless
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Rutgers helping us out big time. UNC useless!
An 11p EST start in Hawaii. Had enough of those already this week
just curious. Has there ever been a year where a team was eligible for a bowl and had to stay home?
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Cincy and Applesauce State down at the half. We're gonna find out if TCU has 30 more minutes of cold weather football left in them.
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Absolutely
Yes. Depending on how far back you want to go, but 9 win independent UConn stayed home in 2003.
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The upside to this is that KU, Auburn & Mich St lost. Our chances are probably better to get a bid over G5 bowl-eligible schools rather than P4 bowl-eligible schools.