UConn Bowl projections from the Courant.

[gsmooth]

Courant projections:

Wed, Dec 18 - Boca Raton Bowl vs. Rutgers

Mon, Dec 23 - Myrtle Beach Bowl vs. NIU

Thu, Dec 26 - Game Above Sports Bowl (Detroit) vs Miami (OH)

Thu, Dec 26 - 68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile, AL) vs Louisiana-Monroe

if those are our only choices, give me Rutgers, please. If there are more choices, I would like a B12 team for UConn to play against.

 

[cellocgg]

if those are our only choices, give me Rutgers, please. If there are more choices, I would like a B12 team for UConn to play against.

If we want to snowball momentum into next season and prove that UConn is back, losing in a Bowl game isn't the way to do it. We need a similar strength G4

 

[RSTuthill]

If we want to snowball momentum into next season and prove that UConn is back, losing in a Bowl game isn't the way to do it. We need a similar strength G4

Oh, please. Like beating Louisiana Monroe is gonna create momentum. Hahaha!!

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Meh

Oh, please. Like beating Louisiana Monroe is gonna create momentum. Hahaha!!

We get it, unless we land in a spot reasonably similar to the Rose Bowl and our opponent is Southern Cal, Texas or some other historic program, it won't be good enough.

Guess what, if you don't want to go to the bowl game you can do something else, you just don't need to gripe about every little thing.

 

[SU1968]

Oh, please. Like beating Louisiana Monroe is gonna create momentum. Hahaha!!

Winning is the name of the game. High school juniors and sophomores won't remember who you beat, but they will remember that you won a bowl game.

 

[BlueWolf25]

As much as getting a better bowl against a P4 team would be exciting and get more exposure, there’s also something to be said about getting a decent bowl location (like Boca) and playing a G5 team we have a better chance at beating. I don’t think we can complain either way. Now, if it’s the day after Christmas in Alabama against a ULM type team, then we complain lol

 

[freescooter]

Winning is the name of the game. High school juniors and sophomores won't remember who you beat, but they will remember that you won a bowl game.

I don’t think they will but maybe? I’m not sure who wine the Cure Bowl last year. Are you? Going to a bowl is important if only to show you are a winning program. It’s probably better to win than lose but it doesn’t make that much difference, especially 3 years from now.

 

[RSTuthill]

We get it, unless we land in a spot reasonably similar to the Rose Bowl and our opponent is Southern Cal, Texas or some other historic program, it won't be good enough.

Guess what, if you don't want to go to the bowl game you can do something else, you just don't need to gripe about every little thing.

Who is griping? I just stated a preference as did you. And I said Rutgers would be fine. Did that sound like the Rose Bowl against Southern Cal or Texas to you? Sheesh.

 

[RSTuthill]

Winning is the name of the game. High school juniors and sophomores won't remember who you beat, but they will remember that you won a bowl game.

Ah, the expert on what high school kids remember. I'll defer to your superior judgement I guess.

 

[huskymedic]

Everyone in the guessing game pool:

 

[UConnDan97]

We get it, unless we land in a spot reasonably similar to the Rose Bowl and our opponent is Southern Cal, Texas or some other historic program, it won't be good enough.

Guess what, if you don't want to go to the bowl game you can do something else, you just don't need to gripe about every little thing.

He's holding out for us to play against the Dallas Cowboys in the new Arlington Bowl...

 

[Jetskies]

Everyone in the guessing game pool:

as unlikely as a matchup with Texas Tech is, i'd sign up for that in a heartbeat.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Who is griping? I just stated a preference as did you. And I said Rutgers would be fine. Did that sound like the Rose Bowl against Southern Cal or Texas to you? Sheesh.

Who's griping? Seriously?

I quoted two of your posts criticizing projected matchups and your responses displayed absolute disdain towards them.

Yes, I exaggerated a bit for effect but you are being completely disingenuous if you are claiming that all you were doing was offering an opinion.

Yes, the football program has quite a distance to go to reach the levels that we want them to compete at consistently. I'm not sure what good it does anyone to gripe about how far we need to go during every step along the path.