Syracuse.com kiss of death for a bowl game.

[JeremyCuse]

http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootb...wer_conference_team_has_m.html#incart_m-rpt-2

 

[OttoinGrotto]

"There's no Joe Lunardi out there who gets it right all the time."

Uhh... wha'?

 

[TexanMark]

Bowl Organizers read fan boards to get a feel for the fans to go to bowl games.

If they ever read the comments at Syracuse.com or think Riivals and Scoout boards are the extent of our fan base we are doomed.

 

[Orangejet]

Chris Carlson from Syracuse.com is always negative about the Cuse. Has nothing good to say...

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Sucks to be Louisiana-Lafayette, a two time loser in bowl rejection. And here we are worrying that this will happen once to us.

It would be nice to see our team play one more time but the win over BC is enough to fuel my fire until next season. Too bad if we miss the practices but we'll be better next year.

 

[storange]

Sucks to be Louisiana-Lafayette, a two time loser in bowl rejection. And here we are worrying that this will happen once to us.

It would be nice to see our team play one more time but the win over BC is enough to fuel my fire until next season. Too bad if we miss the practices but we'll be better next year.

We will be playing somewhere, it may be Detroit or some other paradise, but we will be playing, as was mentioned in the earlier threads, these secondary agreements the MAC and Sunbelt have with bowls doesn't mean squat.

 

[orange79]

And here we are worrying that this will happen once twice to us.

2003. 6-6. No bowl.

 

[TexanMark]

2003. 6-6. No bowl.

Plus we didn't get a bowl in the 93 IIRC at 7-4 and many times before at 6-5, 6-4, 5-5-1, etc...

 

[OrangeAl]

Yeah, but this is the era of "everyone with a pulse gets into a bowl game." Back in the day people knew that mediocre didn't cut it. Now we're all winners.

 

[Chip]

Plus we didn't get a bowl in the 93 IIRC at 7-4 and many times before at 6-5, 6-4, 5-5-1, etc...

2003 I can see as an example, although for some reason I remember that already being determined before the ND game. It wasn't like BC where we were playing for bowl eligibility, I recall all the talk being that it was two 5-6 teams playing their finale. Was 6-6 not as common for a bowl team, or some rule? Can't recall, but I know that was only the 2nd year where there were 12 game regular season schedules.

1993 (6-4-1) and 1994 (7-4) are definitely different era. Not nearly as many bowls. How you finished the season was a big factor. 1994 especially we finished 1-3 with a lifeless offense, shutout in 2 of them. There was no debate that we'd be home for the holidays.

 

[lincolncuse]

Plus we didn't get a bowl in the 93 IIRC at 7-4 and many times before at 6-5, 6-4, 5-5-1, etc...

6-5 in 2000 too

 

[OrangeTarheel]

2003 I can see as an example, although for some reason I remember that already being determined before the ND game. It wasn't like BC where we were playing for bowl eligibility, I recall all the talk being that it was two 5-6 teams playing their finale. Was 6-6 not as common for a bowl team, or some rule? Can't recall, but I know that was only the 2nd year where there were 12 game regular season schedules.

1993 (6-4-1) and 1994 (7-4) are definitely different era. Not nearly as many bowls. How you finished the season was a big factor. 1994 especially we finished 1-3 with a lifeless offense, shutout in 2 of them. There was no debate that we'd be home for the holidays.

I wondered whether how we finish is any factor for bowls at all. After last year's strong offensive season and finish I pretty much decided that how we finish is keaningless. Would bebhappy to hear that is incorrect.

 

[kirbivore]

2003. 6-6. No bowl.

that was the year of the epic Jake excuse article in the PS