I swear I thought it was a typo.
USA today projects the New Orleans Bowl will feature:
Arkansas State vs OLD DOMINION ?!?!

Yes, the team we destroyed (49-0) and left for dead is projected to play our (likely) conference champion in New Orleans on the 19th.

Say it Ain't So

Better them than us. That would be a huge disappointment.

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They're 5-5, so two chances to get bowl eligible. Tells you all you need to know about the strength of CUSA (not that the Sun Belt is any better).

EastHallApp wrote:They're 5-5, so two chances to get bowl eligible. Tells you all you need to know about the strength of CUSA (not that the Sun Belt is any better).

Don't remember which side ODU is on (E/W) but that side of CUSA is not terrible. The other side is a joke. If that is percieved as a step above SB people are just not paying attention.


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They play a 7-3 Southern Miss team this weekend. Therfore, there is a high probability they will be 5-6 come Saturday evening.

If you really look at C-USA; the Sunbelt is way better. May not be perceived as a better conference, but the way many of our teams are playing now; they could beat most C-USA opponents. Especially the top-tier Sunbelt teams(GSU, App, A-State, ULL?). If we were in that conference I believe we would be top-dog; fighting with Marshall of course.

C-USA has REALLY fallen off.......

If I counted correctly there are currently 63 teams with at least 6 wins. I believe I heard last night that there is a good chance that a few 5-7 teams will go to bowls. I agree with appbio91. If we get some horrible team as our first opponent I will be disappointed. Ark St will absolutely destroy ODU. What a joke.

WataugaMan wrote:They play a 7-3 Southern Miss team this weekend. Therfore, there is a high probability they will be 5-6 come Saturday evening.

Yea they lose this weekend. Next they have FIU I believe so a good chance to get to 6.

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bigdaddyg wrote:If I counted correctly there are currently 63 teams with at least 6 wins. I believe I heard last night that there is a good chance that a few 5-7 teams will go to bowls. I agree with appbio91. If we get some horrible team as our first opponent I will be disappointed. Ark St will absolutely destroy ODU. What a joke.

If we win out I would hope we get an invite outside of our 4 tie-ins especially if they are a dumping ground for 6-6 or worse 5-7 teams. We (Us, Ark and GaSo) deserve better.

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appbio91 wrote:

bigdaddyg wrote:If I counted correctly there are currently 63 teams with at least 6 wins. I believe I heard last night that there is a good chance that a few 5-7 teams will go to bowls. I agree with appbio91. If we get some horrible team as our first opponent I will be disappointed. Ark St will absolutely destroy ODU. What a joke.

If we win out I would hope we get an invite outside of our 4 tie-ins especially if they are a dumping ground for 6-6 or worse 5-7 teams. We (Us, Ark and GaSo) deserve better.

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I have a feeling that some of the SB tie-ins are going to be dumping grounds. Our top three teams will roll in with good overall records and every opponent will likely be 6-6 or worse. Superdome will look ridiculous with 20K in fans.

bigdaddyg wrote:

appbio91 wrote:

bigdaddyg wrote:If I counted correctly there are currently 63 teams with at least 6 wins. I believe I heard last night that there is a good chance that a few 5-7 teams will go to bowls. I agree with appbio91. If we get some horrible team as our first opponent I will be disappointed. Ark St will absolutely destroy ODU. What a joke.

If we win out I would hope we get an invite outside of our 4 tie-ins especially if they are a dumping ground for 6-6 or worse 5-7 teams. We (Us, Ark and GaSo) deserve better.

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I have a feeling that some of the SB tie-ins are going to be dumping grounds. Our top three teams will roll in with good overall records and every opponent will likely be 6-6 or worse. Superdome will look ridiculous with 20K in fans.

That won't happen. The Cure will likely be vs. a 6-6 opponent (AAC #7, though that will still likely be a competitive game), but the other three shouldn't.

Mobile definitely won't be, as that will be vs. the MAC champion, which should be at least a 10-win team.

The other two are tough to say because there's no set pecking order. I would think there's a decent shot La. Tech winds up in New Orleans, and that would be a quality opponent. If not, then it's anyone's guess.

Camellia Bowl - MAC has five primary tie-ins and is likely to have at least five teams at 7-5 or better, so worst case should be a 7-5 team - unless they pick a 6-6 over a 7-5.

If ODU makes a bowl game it will benefit App. It will make our overall SOS higher a the end of the year. And if this is the case whomever plays them will have to play tough and make sure that they can top what App did to ODU. I say that we can count on playing in the Cure Bowl against the AAC and ECU..... Wait and see.

WVAppsfan wrote:If ODU makes a bowl game it will benefit App. It will make our overall SOS higher a the end of the year. And if this is the case whomever plays them will have to play tough and make sure that they can top what App did to ODU. I say that we can count on playing in the Cure Bowl against the AAC and ECU..... Wait and see.

It's possible, but ECU needs to beat Cincy to get eligible (even after pounding UCF yesterday), and Cincy's losses have come against a pretty good BYU team and the class of the AAC (Memphis, Houston, and Temple. They didn't have Navy on their schedule, and we'll see how they do against a USF team that is showing some life late in the season).

Out of the AAC, Tulsa might have a better shot to get bowl eligible and finish 7th. They have Navy tomorrow (a probable loss), but Tulane next week, so they'll likely finish 6-6.

Houston, Navy, Memphis, Temple, USF and Cincy are already bowl eligible. UCF, Tulane and SMU have no shot. UConn has a crazy hard road yet to travel (Houston and Temple), and they need to win one to be eligible. ECU has just one shot: beating Cincy. Tulsa needs to beat either Navy or Tulane.

Now this all assumes that Houston (or another AAC team) doesn't get the access bowl bid, right? Because it seems like if they went there, the tie-in bowls would all have to scramble for their next pick, potentially meaning that there wouldn't be a bowl-eligible AAC team left for the Cure Bowl. Or am I getting the process wrong?

appchicago wrote: Now this all assumes that Houston (or another AAC team) doesn't get the access bowl bid, right? Because it seems like if they went there, the tie-in bowls would all have to scramble for their next pick, potentially meaning that there wouldn't be a bowl-eligible AAC team left for the Cure Bowl. Or am I getting the process wrong?

Good point. And it's more likely than not that the access bid will go to the AAC champion, so the ECU-Cincinnati game could well determine whether the AAC has a team available to fill its Cure Bowl spot.

Ah. So in that case, there's a good chance that two out of three of the five win teams have to win at least one more for there to be an AAC team in the Cure Bowl at all. And I'd say that's possible (or even likely) for Tulsa and not nearly as likely for UConn, so it all depends on ECU beating Cincy. If they do, the Cure most likely draws either Tulsa or ECU, and if they don't, the Cure will be some at-large. I notice that CBS has Nevada playing Ark. State in the Cure (though I don't know how they came up with Ark. State in the Cure...)