I think we're rooting for Navy to win out and for ECU and Tulsa to become bowl-eligible. That will ensure:
- Navy gets into an access bowl, so the Military Bowl versus an ACC opponent becomes available
- We exceed the AAC bowl allotment by 1, meaning we have a team to shop on the bowl market
That gives UConn a shot at a P5 opponent if we went to the Military Bowl. It also gives the AAC some leverage in pimping out a team to a bowl that needs a team. And if the AAC is going to pimp out a team, we do have geography in our favor (for once) since we're spread all over the place. If the Pinstripe became available, the payout is high enough that the AAC would do whatever needs to be done to send a team there. And we have to be the target if that scenario arose.
Edit - there are 4 B1G teams with potential bowl eligibility. I would imagine that we want as few of those teams to win as possible.