Does East Carolina deserve the access bowl?

[Dooley]

No, UNC, VT and USCe aren't exactly having tremendous seasons, but they are still lightyears ahead of anything that Marshall has played thus far this year. ECU has proven to be, at the very least, on an equivalent level as a middle to upper tier P5 level team (think Top 5 or 6 of any P5 conference, some higher than others) this season. I do not think Marshall would be above the halfway mark of any P5 conference. It's a shame that the first time we will probably get to see Marshall play better competition will be during bowl season. They just picked a bad year to not play against WVU.

 

[Jimdish255]

ECU is a scoring machine along the lines of past Boise teams and can be a threat against all but maybe 4 or 5 teams. Would ND be safe against them? Almost lost to NC. Mississippi? Baylor? Oklahoma or State? I'd say at this point FSU, Bama, Oregon, Michigan State, Auburn and TCU are probably close to locks against them but the others not so much. Sorry Miss State not sold yet.

 

[whaler11]

Well that didn't end well.

 

[noeynox]

Well that didn't end well.

You know, I always rooted for Big East teams and wanted the BE rep to do well in the BCS game. In this league I don't feel any of that. If were not getting the bid, I could care less. Started when UCF, after beating Baylor, didn't even bother acknowledging Aresco on the podium and didn't mention the conference at all.

This league has an every man for himself to it. I"m cool with that so ECU.... sucks to be them tonight.

 

[noeynox]

Does Boise Still have a shot at this bowl. They keep winning, if Marshall trips, I wonder if they slip in there.

 

[SAMCRO]

Marshall has beaten noboday....nobody. And if they win out, they still will have not beaten anyobody. To their credit, they are easily dismantling all the nobodies on their schedule. Their closest margin of victory all year is 15 points, on the road to start the season at Miami (OH).
CSU at least has a decent road win at BCU (just threw up in my mouth a little), and if they can sweep the balance of their schedule - which is no lay up - they will have beaten some quality teams along the way. That loss at Boise was a tough one though.
Boise, had they managed to beat AFA, would be in the catbird seat for teh access bowl.

My money is on Marshall getting the bid, but they are not the best team of the lot vying for it and would probably finish 2-2 or 1-3 if they had to play CSU, BSU, UCF, and ECU.

 

[whaler11]

Does Boise Still have a shot at this bowl. They keep winning, if Marshall trips, I wonder if they slip in there.

Yes Boise is alive but it's hard to see Marshall losing.

At this point I have no idea why anyone would think East Carolina is better than Marshall though.

 

[gars44]

You know, I always rooted for Big East teams and wanted the BE rep to do well in the BCS game. In this league I don't feel any of that. If were not getting the bid, I could care less. Started when UCF, after beating Baylor, didn't even bother acknowledging Aresco on the podium and didn't mention the conference at all.

This league has an every man for himself to it. I"m cool with that so ECU.... sucks to be them tonight.

you really can't blame the programs in this league for not having any loyalty. The league got thrown together quickly with most of the programs not knowing each other and having no history. So, I'm OK with it. We're all crabs in a barrel now, stepping and crawling over each other to get out.

 

[husky10]

you really can't blame the programs in this league for not having any loyalty. The league got thrown together quickly with most of the programs not knowing each other and having no history. So, I'm OK with it. We're all crabs in a barrel now, stepping and crawling over each other to get out.

Actually most of the programs do have history with one another, although the history was made playing under the c-usa banner. I think the only 2 that aren't part of the group is uconn, temple, and soon navy.