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New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by JTApps1 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:09 am

According to Brant Wilkerson the Sun Belt has a press conference lined up for 1:30 today for a "major sporting event" in Tucson Arizona. Other reports say the Arizona Bowl will be announced.

This should make the fans at Texas State happy as they have been left out of bowls in past year due to location. At least in their minds. ;)
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by hotrod2001 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:21 am

At 1-3 they've got a bit of work to do before they're even considered for a bowl game in their geographical vicinity.
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by EastHallApp » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:09 am

The league needs a western bowl, with Texas State being the obvious beneficiary. The proposed Austin bowl would have been perfect - better, really. Wonder if this means that one has fallen through?
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by AppGrad78 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:37 am

The folks who originally posted the news are now backtracking. It now appears to be a new bowl featuring teams from the Mountain West and C-USA.
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by Yosef » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:51 am

AppGrad78 wrote:The folks who originally posted the news are now backtracking. It now appears to be a new bowl featuring teams from the Mountain West and C-USA.
Makes sense though when you think about it. Arizona might be attractive to the Texas teams and New Mexico State, but for the majority of the Sun Belt, that's not going to draw large crowds from a majority of Sun Belt schools. With New Mexico State's future up in the air, I would hinge my Arizona bowl on the Sun Belt either.
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by AppState89 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:52 am

Well, well. Let's just have a new bowl called the Mountaineer Bowl. We will take on anyone at anytime!! Boone, NC :-)
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by hotrod2001 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:06 am

Aren't we supposedly getting another bowl but it's in the Bahamas?
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by asu66 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:17 am

hotrod2001 wrote:Aren't we supposedly getting another bowl but it's in the Bahamas?
Check out the Popeye's Bahamas Bowl... http://www.bahamasbowl.com/the-game/abo ... amas-bowl/
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by JTApps1 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:36 pm

AppGrad78 wrote:The folks who originally posted the news are now backtracking. It now appears to be a new bowl featuring teams from the Mountain West and C-USA.
So turns out we are a secondary tie in for this bowl just like the Bahamas Bowl and Miami Bowl. This should leave the door open for Charleston if they decide to move forward.
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by Saint3333 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:40 pm

By next year two additional bowls will be added and anyone with a 6-6 record and a pulse will be bowling.
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by EastHallApp » Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:04 pm

Saint3333 wrote:By next year two additional bowls will be added and anyone with a 6-6 record and a pulse will be bowling.
Pretty much the case for every league except the Sun Belt now. Might as well join the party!
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Re: New Bowl for Sun Belt?

Unread post by TheMoody1 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:35 pm

JTApps1 wrote:This should leave the door open for Charleston if they decide to move forward.

I think it is a done deal.

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