Where will our bowl game be?

Roy McAvoy · Post by **Roy McAvoy** » December 4th, 2019, 8:38 am

Chatman wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 6:31 am

Aglicious wrote: ↑
December 2nd, 2019, 12:20 pm
While I have hoped for a Cheez-It bowl for a couple of years now, I find myself wishing against it this year only because of the difficulty of the opponent compared to the other options. That sounds like a cowardly outlook but outside of the first game of the season, we have yet to show up for a game when anything important was on the line. I don't think this team has the leadership on or off the field to accomplish great things which kills me to say but given our performance this year I think we only deserve to play a MAC or Sun Belt team in a bowl.

On one hand I get the fascination with the media wanting to showcase J. Love due to his NFL draft potential but on the other hand I'm not sure why when you consider his 17TD/16INT performance over 12 games. He is not playing in some exciting or explosive offense despite what TV announcers keep saying week in and week out. They have been trying to sell it all year to the viewing audience but our eyeballs see a different story.
They are not going to match us up with a P5 team in any bowl. It appears that only Air Force and Boise will get that privilege, and they have earned it. What ever bowl we are in the matchup should be against a beatable G5 school. Either in the Cheeze-it or Armed Forces. Arizona an outside chance.

There's a huge caveat here that if Cincy beats Memphis and Boise gets the NY6 bid, it all gets blown up and we'll see all new bowl placements.

YoungBloodAggie · Post by **YoungBloodAggie** » December 4th, 2019, 8:40 am

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 8:38 am

Chatman wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 6:31 am

Aglicious wrote: ↑
December 2nd, 2019, 12:20 pm
While I have hoped for a Cheez-It bowl for a couple of years now, I find myself wishing against it this year only because of the difficulty of the opponent compared to the other options. That sounds like a cowardly outlook but outside of the first game of the season, we have yet to show up for a game when anything important was on the line. I don't think this team has the leadership on or off the field to accomplish great things which kills me to say but given our performance this year I think we only deserve to play a MAC or Sun Belt team in a bowl.

On one hand I get the fascination with the media wanting to showcase J. Love due to his NFL draft potential but on the other hand I'm not sure why when you consider his 17TD/16INT performance over 12 games. He is not playing in some exciting or explosive offense despite what TV announcers keep saying week in and week out. They have been trying to sell it all year to the viewing audience but our eyeballs see a different story.
They are not going to match us up with a P5 team in any bowl. It appears that only Air Force and Boise will get that privilege, and they have earned it. What ever bowl we are in the matchup should be against a beatable G5 school. Either in the Cheeze-it or Armed Forces. Arizona an outside chance.
There's a huge caveat here that if Cincy beats Memphis and Boise gets the NY6 bid, it all gets blown up and we'll see all new bowl placements.

Boise still won't get the NY6 bid. Cincy will jump ahead of Boise.

jeffdan25 · Post by **jeffdan25** » December 4th, 2019, 8:42 am

YoungBloodAggie wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 8:40 am

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 8:38 am

Chatman wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 6:31 am

Aglicious wrote: ↑
December 2nd, 2019, 12:20 pm
While I have hoped for a Cheez-It bowl for a couple of years now, I find myself wishing against it this year only because of the difficulty of the opponent compared to the other options. That sounds like a cowardly outlook but outside of the first game of the season, we have yet to show up for a game when anything important was on the line. I don't think this team has the leadership on or off the field to accomplish great things which kills me to say but given our performance this year I think we only deserve to play a MAC or Sun Belt team in a bowl.

On one hand I get the fascination with the media wanting to showcase J. Love due to his NFL draft potential but on the other hand I'm not sure why when you consider his 17TD/16INT performance over 12 games. He is not playing in some exciting or explosive offense despite what TV announcers keep saying week in and week out. They have been trying to sell it all year to the viewing audience but our eyeballs see a different story.
They are not going to match us up with a P5 team in any bowl. It appears that only Air Force and Boise will get that privilege, and they have earned it. What ever bowl we are in the matchup should be against a beatable G5 school. Either in the Cheeze-it or Armed Forces. Arizona an outside chance.
There's a huge caveat here that if Cincy beats Memphis and Boise gets the NY6 bid, it all gets blown up and we'll see all new bowl placements.
Boise still won't get the NY6 bid. Cincy will jump ahead of Boise.

No Cincy has two losses. Boise would get the bid.

ThunderAggie · Post by **ThunderAggie** » December 4th, 2019, 12:44 pm

jeffdan25 wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 8:42 am

YoungBloodAggie wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 8:40 am

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 8:38 am

Chatman wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 6:31 am

Aglicious wrote: ↑
December 2nd, 2019, 12:20 pm
While I have hoped for a Cheez-It bowl for a couple of years now, I find myself wishing against it this year only because of the difficulty of the opponent compared to the other options. That sounds like a cowardly outlook but outside of the first game of the season, we have yet to show up for a game when anything important was on the line. I don't think this team has the leadership on or off the field to accomplish great things which kills me to say but given our performance this year I think we only deserve to play a MAC or Sun Belt team in a bowl.

On one hand I get the fascination with the media wanting to showcase J. Love due to his NFL draft potential but on the other hand I'm not sure why when you consider his 17TD/16INT performance over 12 games. He is not playing in some exciting or explosive offense despite what TV announcers keep saying week in and week out. They have been trying to sell it all year to the viewing audience but our eyeballs see a different story.
They are not going to match us up with a P5 team in any bowl. It appears that only Air Force and Boise will get that privilege, and they have earned it. What ever bowl we are in the matchup should be against a beatable G5 school. Either in the Cheeze-it or Armed Forces. Arizona an outside chance.
There's a huge caveat here that if Cincy beats Memphis and Boise gets the NY6 bid, it all gets blown up and we'll see all new bowl placements.
Boise still won't get the NY6 bid. Cincy will jump ahead of Boise.
No Cincy has two losses. Boise would get the bid.

Honestly I hope Boise and Memphis lose and Appalachian State gets the NY6 bowl. App State is a darn good team that is underrated. Got a veteran QB and RB and have 2 decent wins vs P5 schools in North and South Carolina. Their only loss was to a bowl eligible team by 3.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » December 4th, 2019, 1:28 pm

The Sandy Holiday Bowl - Rio Tinto Stadium, sponsored by DeLoy Hansen

/s

StanfordAggie · Post by **StanfordAggie** » December 4th, 2019, 9:22 pm

ThunderAggie wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 12:44 pm
Honestly I hope Boise and Memphis lose and Appalachian State gets the NY6 bowl. App State is a darn good team that is underrated. Got a veteran QB and RB and have 2 decent wins vs P5 schools in North and South Carolina. Their only loss was to a bowl eligible team by 3.

Part of me is rooting for the same thing. I feel bad for them that they had a brain fart at home against Georgia Southern. Michigan is probably out of contention for a NY6 bowl at this point, but if I were choosing teams for NY6 bowls, I would be doing everything in my power to set up an App State/Michigan matchup. I think that game might draw better ratings than the championship game.

inigo · Post by **inigo** » December 5th, 2019, 6:54 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 1:28 pm
The Sandy Holiday Bowl - Rio Tinto Stadium, sponsored by DeLoy Hansen

/s

I would go to this

Post by **aggies22** » December 5th, 2019, 8:45 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 1:28 pm
The Sandy Holiday Bowl - Rio Tinto Stadium, sponsored by DeLoy Hansen

/s

You have to spell his name right though! He'd have your a$$ for that typo! Haha!

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » December 5th, 2019, 9:49 am

aggies22 wrote: ↑
December 5th, 2019, 8:45 am

ViAggie wrote: ↑
December 4th, 2019, 1:28 pm
The Sandy Holiday Bowl - Rio Tinto Stadium, sponsored by DeLoy Hansen

/s
You have to spell his name right though! He'd have your a$$ for that typo! Haha!

D-Money?

NavyBlue · Post by **NavyBlue** » December 5th, 2019, 10:42 am

All the prognosticators seem to think we are going to Boise. I have a bad feeling it will be the Potato.

NavyBlueAggie · Post by **NavyBlueAggie** » December 5th, 2019, 11:09 am

The Potato Bowl pays twice what the Arizona Bowl offers. Arizona pays out around $400K and the Spud Bowl ponies up around $950 Large. Logistics made the Spud Bowl much more attractive than the bowl in Tucson Arizona. Money vs weather......I'll grab the cash every time I can.

Aggie_CEE · Post by **Aggie_CEE** » December 5th, 2019, 11:11 am

NavyBlue wrote: ↑
December 5th, 2019, 10:42 am
All the prognosticators seem to think we are going to Boise. I have a bad feeling it will be the Potato.

The Potato Bowl is usually a few days before Christmas, but this year its being played on January 3rd.. At least the team would get more time to practice. I'm not thrilled about it and don't think I could take the very first Friday of the year off to drive up to Boise for a 1:30 kickoff. I'd expect attendance will be really low for this game.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » December 7th, 2019, 8:05 pm

Any early word??? AZ is my guess

JFW_AGGIES · Post by **JFW_AGGIES** » December 7th, 2019, 8:12 pm

ViAggie wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 8:05 pm
Any early word??? AZ is my guess

Looking at flights to DFW. They're going for $400-$500 for the weekend of Jan 4th

Sl7vk · Post by **Sl7vk** » December 7th, 2019, 8:21 pm

JFW_AGGIES wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 8:12 pm

ViAggie wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 8:05 pm
Any early word??? AZ is my guess
Looking at flights to DFW. They're going for $400-$500 for the weekend of Jan 4th

I’m guessing Tucson as well. I originally thought Phoenix but the winds are shifting.

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » December 7th, 2019, 8:31 pm

For those thinking Arizona — I don’t understand why we are going to the conference’s lowest tier bowl after having finished third overall in conference?

I guess it’s better than Boise.

taniataylor · Post by **taniataylor** » December 7th, 2019, 8:32 pm

SOMEONE just told me possibly Texas

Roy McAvoy · Post by **Roy McAvoy** » December 7th, 2019, 8:38 pm

taniataylor wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 8:32 pm
SOMEONE just told me possibly Texas

Sounds like the Armed Forces bowl in Fort Worth is a real possibility.

TrueBlueAggie123 · Post by **TrueBlueAggie123** » December 7th, 2019, 8:39 pm

I would love a Texas bowl game. Armed Forces would be great, Frisco would be ok although that payout isn’t great at all.

TrueBlueAggie123 · Post by **TrueBlueAggie123** » December 7th, 2019, 8:43 pm

Also, about what time will we find out tomorrow? I know the selection show is on but they usually don’t do the smaller bowl games.

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » December 7th, 2019, 8:43 pm

taniataylor wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 8:32 pm
SOMEONE just told me possibly Texas

Who told you?

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » December 7th, 2019, 8:44 pm

Sl7vk · Post by **Sl7vk** » December 7th, 2019, 8:48 pm

First responder or armed services?

ThunderAggie · Post by **ThunderAggie** » December 7th, 2019, 8:54 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 8:48 pm
First responder or armed services?

Looks like it if it is in Texas.
Here is all the bowl agreements. I guess the Big 10 made an agreement for "three SERVPRO First Responders and three Armed Forces bowls in six years. The Big Ten hasn’t been in the Armed Force Bowl since 2014. The Big 12 is contracted to play in the SERVPRO First Responders in 2019."

So if we play in the First Responders bowl we could play a Big 12 team possibly! I hope this is the case because usually not enough teams in Big 10 to make Armed Forces bowl.
https://collegefootballnews.com/2019/01 ... conference

AngusAg · Post by **AngusAg** » December 7th, 2019, 8:58 pm

McMurphy has us in the Texas Bowl against Iowa St

Roy McAvoy · Post by **Roy McAvoy** » December 7th, 2019, 9:06 pm

Do you have a link? I can’t find that. McMurphy is usually pretty tuned in to this stuff.

It better not be the armed forces bowl. That’s the same day as our home b-ball game against SDSU.

ThunderAggie · Post by **ThunderAggie** » December 7th, 2019, 9:08 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 9:06 pm
McMurphy is usually pretty tuned in to this stuff.

It better not be the armed forces bowl. That’s the same day as our home b-ball game against SDSU.

I forgot about that prediction. I saw it too. I REALLY hope that is the game we play in and a possible oppenent. Living in Iowa, I would love to see us take on the Cyclones. That would be a dream scenario! Although if we lose I would get crap from everybody.

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » December 7th, 2019, 9:08 pm

If it’s in Texas, could be First Responder, Armed Forces, Texas, or Frisco.

AngusAg · Post by **AngusAg** » December 7th, 2019, 9:21 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 9:06 pm
Do you have a link? I can’t find that. McMurphy is usually pretty tuned in to this stuff.

It better not be the armed forces bowl. That’s the same day as our home b-ball game against SDSU.

Have no idea if this will work

[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... KW&ampcf=1]

Roy McAvoy · Post by **Roy McAvoy** » December 7th, 2019, 9:23 pm

AngusAg wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 9:21 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 9:06 pm
Do you have a link? I can’t find that. McMurphy is usually pretty tuned in to this stuff.

It better not be the armed forces bowl. That’s the same day as our home b-ball game against SDSU.
Have no idea if this will work

[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... KW&ampcf=1]

Oh, that’s from 3 weeks ago. He’s since updated his projections and has usu in the armed forces bowl. Which again would be a big bummer because it’s the same day as our home b-ball game against SDSU.

https://watchstadium.com/news/brett-mcm ... 2-03-2019/

AggieFBObsession · Post by **AggieFBObsession** » December 7th, 2019, 9:24 pm

If Utah State plays Iowa State it would be a miracle that I believe Utah State hasn't earned. I hope it's true, because the Aggies need as many miracles as they can get for the FB program.

AngusAg · Post by **AngusAg** » December 7th, 2019, 9:26 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 9:23 pm

AngusAg wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 9:21 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote: ↑
December 7th, 2019, 9:06 pm
Do you have a link? I can’t find that. McMurphy is usually pretty tuned in to this stuff.

It better not be the armed forces bowl. That’s the same day as our home b-ball game against SDSU.
Have no idea if this will work

[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... KW&ampcf=1]
Oh, that’s from 3 weeks ago. He’s since updated his projections and has usu in the armed forces bowl. Which again would be a big bummer because it’s the same day as our home b-ball game against SDSU.

https://watchstadium.com/news/brett-mcm ... 2-03-2019/

Sorry about that, should have checked for update.

ThunderAggie · Post by **ThunderAggie** » December 7th, 2019, 9:44 pm

Also, if we play in the Armed Forces bowl, it is the second to last bowl game and is the only one of January 4th. It would be the only one on that day and its on ESPN so would get some viewers! Sadly, the Big 10 probably doesn't have enough teams to fill that game so it would probably be vs Liberty (Independant).

Post by **ProvoAggie** » December 7th, 2019, 10:02 pm

It definitely won't be Boise. Nevada is going to be headed there. Outside of that, Texas or Arizona would both be nice. One thing about the Arizona bowl, if anyone drives down they could hit the basketball game in Vegas the next day on the way home. Boise is definitely out though.

Also, no need to worry about payouts. Since the MWC places teams now where they think they'll be successful, payouts go to the conference and are distributed to teams from there.

BigBlueAggie · Post by **BigBlueAggie** » December 7th, 2019, 10:03 pm

I can see it being one of the lesser Dallas Bowls, but the Texas Bowl would be huge. Payout is more than Vegas....so I don't really see that happening. But if it does, I am so there!

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