cjapsu Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 ESPN is projecting us to the R+L Carriers Bowl In NOLA last time I checked too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Two bad results for the Zips bowl hopes. Both UNC and Texas St became bowl eligible by pulling "upset" wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 There are now:62 teams eligible35 that are ineligible (cannot reach 6 wins)This leaves 28 teams fighting for the last 14 spots.Of those 28 teams:20 have five wins7 have four wins1 is Washington, who plays 13 games and therefore must win 7 games to qualify for bowl eligibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 There are also 11 teams that have six losses, meaning if they lose one more game they will not be eligible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Staton would you be able to put up (or even email me personally) the 28 teams fighting for bowl eligibility? I wanna follow it myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Staton would you be able to put up the teams fighting for bowl eligibility? I wanna follow it myselfThis isn't up to date, but it should help you. Article updated: November 17, 2014 6:40 pm ET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 This isn't up to date, but it should help you. Article updated: November 17, 2014 6:40 pm ETThanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Staton would you be able to put up (or even email me personally) the 28 teams fighting for bowl eligibility? I wanna follow it myselfThe 28 teams are:With 5 wins: Houston, Temple, Oklahoma St, Michigan, Middle Tenn St, UAB, Ohio, SDSU, Stanford, Cal, Florida, Kentucky, Virginia Tech, Western Kentucky, South Carolina, Navy, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oregon St, and Akron.With 4 wins: South Florida, Pitt, Virginia, Northwestern, Illinois, Fresno St, and Wyoming.Washington has 6 wins but plays 13 games so they need 7.Georgia Southern has 8 wins but are in transition to FBS so they can only make a bowl if not enough teams are eligible.Same applies to App St who has 5 wins and Old Dominion who has 4. Those three teams don't really matter because if we get to six wins, we have to receive a bid before them according to the NCAA regulations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Another bad result for the Zips last night, as SDSU beat Air Force to become bowl eligible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 The only thing in our control is the game on Friday.If we win, we would be the sixth-best team in a conference with five bowl tie-ins. If we get a bowl invite, great! If not, the team put themselves in this position by losing multiple games they were favored to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 We are the 6th best team AT BEST. Assuming Buffalo beats Can't and Mass, and Ohio beats Miami, that puts us at 8th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 We are the 6th best team AT BEST. Assuming Buffalo beats Can't and Mass, and Ohio beats Miami, that puts us at 8th.It will be hard for Buffalo to beat Can't, considering that game isn't being played. And Buffalo couldn't make a bowl either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 It will be hard for Buffalo to beat Can't, considering that game isn't being played. And Buffalo couldn't make a bowl either way.The game isn't being played at all? And why can't Buffalo make a bowl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 "Although Can't State has long been ineligible for postseason play, the Bulls sit two wins shy of bowl eligibility with two games left on the schedule. If Buffalo wins its final two games, it can go to a bowl game and fill a bowl spot for the MAC.""(NOTE: Buffalo has two wins over FCS teams, so the normal protocol would be for Buffalo to win seven games to become bowl eligible. However, at six wins Buffalo could apply for a waiver and hope it is approved to play in a bowl game)"http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/19/maction-given-a-snow-day-as-weather-postpones-buffalo-Can't-state/related/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 You can only count one 1-AA win towards bowl eligibility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 made a little spreadsheet that should have the most up to date results.but I guess I cant paste a table nor insert one. By my count, there are currently 23 teams (incl Buffalo) fighting for 9 spots.SDSU, WKU, and South Carolina have clinched.Stanford or Cal is guaranteed.The winner of Illinois/Northwestern is guaranteed, and the loser is eliminated.I also have Florida (against EKU), VT (against Wake and Virginia), and Navy (south Al. and Army) as "most likely yes".I have Ok St against Baylor and Oklahoma "most likely not" as well against Kentucky (vs. Louisville).Looking ahead with these conservative predictions thrown in, we are looking at 18 teams fight for 6 spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 made a little spreadsheet that should have the most up to date results.but I guess I cant paste a table nor insert one. By my count, there are currently 23 teams (incl Buffalo) fighting for 9 spots.SDSU, WKU, and South Carolina have clinched.Stanford or Cal is guaranteed.The winner of Illinois/Northwestern is guaranteed, and the loser is eliminated.Buffalo can't qualify, they have 4 wins and only one game left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Buffalo can't qualify, they have 4 wins and only one game left.From everything I've read they are looking to play the game sometime. If you know something nobody else does, please share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Here ya go...http://www.mac-sports.com/news/2014/11/20/FB_1120141655.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Thanks. I was searching before I made the post and somehow missed it....So, with current results and more-likely-than-not predictions, we are looking at 17 teams fighting for 6 spots. Not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 So the MAC has 5 guaranteed bowl-bids with the potential of 7(stated on here).OU most likely beats Miami. They beat us, and have identical records, so I assume they would get a bid ahead of us. Anyone know what needs to happen to get the secondary tie-ins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I gave VT a "most likely yes" rating, but just saw they lost to putrid Wake Forest 6-3 in 2ot. Root for Virginia next week as they hopefully will lose to Miami tonight. That would be two more eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 For what it's worth, cbssports.com likes our chances of playing in Birmingham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Primary:GoDaddyIdaho PotatoBahamasBoca RatonCamelia3 back-up tie-insAlternate:Quick-Lane bowl - Primary - B1G and ACC - ACC has 11 bowl and 9 programs eligible.8 assuming FSU makes the tournament. 3 programs still fighting for eligibility. Chances are one makes it, but possible none. I count 10 potential bowl tie-ins for the B1G. They currently have 9 eligible, with 1 more guaranteed(IL/NW), and potentially another in Michigan. OSU makes the tournament, that leaves 9 programs looking at 10 bowl games. If Michigan beats Maryland fill that last spot.Poinsettia Bowl - Navy vs MWC. Navy should be eligible, and I say below that MWC has enough program eligible.New Mexico Bowl- MWC and C-USA- 6 MWC ties ins.Currently 6 MWC bowl eligible programs. There are 5 C-USA bowl ties ins. There are currently 4 bowl-eligible programs. Marhshall will go to a BCS bowl. That leaves 3 programs.MTSU and UAB are fighting for eligibility. UAB has Southern Miss next week. MTSU still has FAU and UTEP. Chances are both of those become eligible to fill all 5 spots.OrSt. Petersburg Bowl - AAC and ACC - I go over the AAC tie ins and eligible programs below. I count 11 ACC bowls. Currently 9 eligible ACC programs, and assuming FSU makes the tournament, they have currently have 8 programs to fill 11 bowls.OrBirmingham bowl - AAC and SEC. I count 5 AAC bowl tie-ins and 5 bowl eligible programs right now. I count 10 SEC bowl tie-ins. I count 10 current bowl eligible SEC programs. Assume one of them makes it to the tournament, that leaves 9 programs for 10 games, however Tenn, Kentucky, and Arkansas avoid becoming bowl eligible. Arkansas is winning 17-0 over Ole Miss at the moment.I spent way too much time looking at this today, but to me it seems we need to be paying close attention to the ACC. Specifically, Florida State, VT, Virginia, and Pitt. Root for Miami the next two weeks,root for FSU, and root for Virginia over VT. The QuickLane bowl looks like a possibility as an alternate game as well as the St Petersburg bowl. The Birmingham bowl could happen, but it seems unlikely, to me anyways, that Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tenn. finish the season without a win. That is, unless there is something really off with my methodology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staton14 Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Middle Tennessee beats FAU on a 12 yard TD on 4th and goal to become bowl eligible. Things not going the Zips way today with these 4 and 5 win teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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