I would love to see the American snag the Peach Bowl. Champ of the American should be a good participant there.

(06-15-2018 08:40 AM)megadrone Wrote:  I would love to see the American snag the Peach Bowl. Champ of the American should be a good participant there.

The Peach/Cotton in Non-CFP years when one is just a NY6 should be our Champ Tie-In, with condition that we can only play the G4 rep 3 or 4 out of a 6 year cycle.

(06-15-2018 06:12 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  If I read the Liberty statement correctly it is only for champ when champ not in Access. didn't say anything about runner up.

Access/Liberty
Birmingham
Military
Armed forces/Dallas
Independence
St pete
blah de blah

Access/Liberty vs B12
Birmingham vs SEC
Military vs ACC
Independence vs ACC
Armed forces/Dallas vs B10
Independence vs ACC
St Pete vs G4
Cure vs G4

Having the Liberty on top makes this look so much better

New Orleans Bowl vs B12/SEC would be nice. Tulane really should have claim to the Sugar Bowl name.

(06-15-2018 07:32 AM)panite Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 06:46 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 06:12 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  If I read the Liberty statement correctly it is only for champ when champ not in Access. didn't say anything about runner up.

Access/Liberty
Birmingham
Military
Armed forces/Dallas
Independence
St pete
blah de blah

Correct. Only a possibility for a Liberty Bowl slot if our champ doesn't make the NY6. And that in itself is still only a possibility.

If that is true then hopefully it wouldn't be counted as one of the 7 contracted bowls that the AAC is allowed under the new bowl allowance rules. Then it would give the AAC 8 bowls for it's bowl line up.

Access / Liberty / Plus 7 more bowl contracts.

Additional 7 Bowls:
1. Military - ACC
2. Birmingham - SEC
3. St Pete - ACC
4. Armed Forces Bowl - B-12
5. Independence Bowl - SEC or ACC
6. Heart of Dallas - B-10
7. Cure Bowl (CUSA) / New Orleans Bowl (SB) / Hawaii Bowl (MWC / BYU) as Rotation Bowls.

I expect a lot of arm twisting to be going on period. The A5 will be changing for a couple bowls meaning it will slide other bowls down the totem. At a certain point our number two team is better than the 4/5/6 option of B12, SEC, etc.

With UCF and Houston showing well at the NY6 I really think a conditional tie in for the Peach and/or Cotton is a real possibility. That means 4/5 years our champ is going for sure to a NY6. With all the shake ups the Liberty bowl might consider a non-auto qualifying champ 1/5 and what has traditionally been a strong runner up a better option then the later picks the A5 will have.

Our second best team the 5 years of existence

2017: #21 Memphis 10-2 or #23 USF 9-2
2016: #19 USF 11-1 or 9-5 Navy/10-3 Tulsa
2015: #18 Navy 10-2 or Temple 10-4
2014: Cincinatti 9-3 or UCF 9-3
2013: #15 Louisville 11-1 or Cincinatti 9-3

Four out of five years and the entire three years since we have split into divisions the second best team has been ranked. Since divisions they have also been double digits win teams, excluding Louisville the other two years have been nine win teams.

I don't see any big jumps for us, But 1 better at the top for champ when missed Access is big start. Add to that a TV deal north of 7 Mil per school, the talking heads will still talk us down, but it will be harder to compare us with the rest of the G4.

(06-15-2018 03:23 PM)PT_american Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 06:12 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  If I read the Liberty statement correctly it is only for champ when champ not in Access. didn't say anything about runner up.

Access/Liberty
Birmingham
Military
Armed forces/Dallas
Independence
St pete
blah de blah

Access/Liberty vs B12
Birmingham vs SEC
Military vs ACC
Independence vs ACC
Armed forces/Dallas vs B10
Independence vs ACC
St Pete vs G4
Cure vs G4

Having the Liberty on top makes this look so much better

Top 3 or 4 teams get good bowls. After that, there is really not much to complain about. You had your opportunity.