Bowl thoughts

I have been thinking about it. Not sure how this ends up, but if UConn doesn't win this week at WVU, it could be a big drop for the Huskies.

I have read what the Sun Bowl chairman John Folmer has said about UConn, Rutgers and Cincinnati, but I am not sure if they go either of those ways. It seems depending on what media outlet he is talking too, he is talking up that media outlets' team. No one mentions USF, and after the thrashing that they put on Louisville the Sun may go that route

Here is a Sunday blog post about the Sun Bowl and talking up USF. If the Huskies don't put on a good showing Saturday, I think they get bumped. If you don't need to sell tickets, and you want the surest thing, go with the team that was ranked No. 2 in the country at one time. No matter they lost three straight games before beating up on Syracuse and Louisville team that lost to Syracuse at home. I think that 27-3 loss to Cincinnati worried them. Never competitive. Now, if they are soundly beaten by West Virginia (which could happen, WVU is that good), how are you supposed to evaluate the Huskies?

http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/sunbowltimes/2007/11/how-bout-them-p.html#comments

Anyhow, it is going to be a travesty for one of the 9-3 teams. Someone is getting bumped to either Toronto or Birmingham.

If Rutgers sneaks in and takes the Sun (unlikely) or Meinike (a chance), what is the use of even having a regular season?

The Big East is going to have 4 9 wins or better teams, that is a lot, and only three decent bowls.

That's the problem with the current bowl lineup. The dropoff in prestige, opponent and location from the Meinike to Toronto is immense. It's not even like the Car Care bowl is a great game. It's against a middling ACC team, but at least it is during bowl week and sells out.

It is such a terrible bowl lineup that I think a Toronto or Birmingham trip would generate little excitement here. Birmingham Dec. 22 is a non-starter. Then, in perhaps the worst bowl date, the International on Jan. 5?

Who cares about that game? The New Year's games, Orange Bowl, and then the BCS title game swallow up the International and GMAC bowl (Jan. 6).

How can you go from a BCS game with a win, to Birmingham? I don't know if that's going to happen, but it is a chance. That is certainly disheartening.

That Rutgers had to play in the Texas Bowl last year was a joke. That one of, or even 2 of, UConn/USF/Cincinnati is going to play a middling MAC or CUSA team in its bowl game also isn't good.

The Big East has to get better bowl affiliations than this. A 6-6 Louisville team should be going to Birmingham, not a 9-3 UConn or Cincinnati team.

Why even play the season? If you can't get to a good game with nine wins, what's the point?