***Official What Bowl Are We Going To Thread***

[CyFan61]

The Missouri game also. One of the best defensive games I have seen ISU play in awhile, and the offense responded by scoring zero points.

I'm almost certain Missouri was favored in that game.

If I counted right I think Rhoads' record as a favorite is 12-1.

[cyclonepower]

Since equal revenue sharing is in place now the bowl payout amount is less important. I want us playing on a good date with good tv exposure. My first pick is any bowl playing on New Year's Day.

You may get NYD but you wont get good tv exposure...

My preference would be...
Houston (against Purdue)
Music City (against Miss, Miss St, or Vandy)
Dallas (against Purdue
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Liberty Bowl (against UCF)

[cyclonepower]

I'm almost certain Missouri was favored in that game.

If I counted right I think Rhoads' record as a favorite is 12-1.

Mizzou was ranked 15th, so I would be surprised if we were favored...

[chuckd4735]

I'm almost certain Missouri was favored in that game.

If I counted right I think Rhoads' record as a favorite is 12-1.

They were...Im talking "games that we let get away" from 2010. You can pick any of the last 3 that season. All of them were winnable regardless if we were favored or not.

[topgun]

Seems like too much is up in the air right now. I think the four possibilities are
MCC Bowl
HOD Bowl
Music City Bowl
Liberty Bowl

MCC Bowl: A lot needs to happen here. Friday, we need Kent St. to lose to Northern Illinois. Then we need OU and KSU to win. This should get us two teams in the BCS. Then we need it to come down to the MCC bowl, HOD bowl, and Pinstripe selecting between us, WVU, and Baylor. We very well could get an MCC bowl invitation due to our stomping of Baylor, but hopefully they don't take the hotter team. Then that gives the Pinstripe WVU (assuming thats what they want) and Baylor to HOD. Possible opponents: Purdue, Minnesota. This is what i'm hoping for.

HOD Bowl: Exact same stuff as above, but Baylor would be invited to MCC, and we would drop to HOD bowl. Possible opponents: Purdue, Minnesota. Probably the least of my preferences.

Music City Bowl: On friday, we need Kent St. to beat Northern Illinois. In short, we need the Big 12 to only get one BCS bid. Then we need UCLA's waiver to get denied. I'm still skeptical on if it will get denied or not. If it does get denied, then I'd assume they would take us (the only BCS conference at large). Possible opponents: Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Miss St. This is my second preference.

Liberty Bowl: Same thing as Music City Bowl. This is the alternative if UCLA's waiver gets accepted. We would also need Tulsa to lose to UCF, to avoid a rematch of earlier this season. Looks like we'd be playing UCF. Obviously, this is my third prefernce.

[BigBake]

You may get NYD but you wont get good tv exposure...

Why's that? It's NYD and everyone (who likes college football) is off work and watching football all day.

I guess I was comparing a NYD tv game to playing on a random early December Thurs night.

[cowgirl836]

I wonder what flights to Nashville would be around that time.....

[Bader]

Why's that? It's NYD and everyone (who likes college football) is off work and watching football all day.

I guess I was comparing a NYD tv game to playing on a random early December Thurs night.

It's on ESPNU and kicks at the same time as the Outback and Cap 1 Bowls

[cyclonepower]

Why's that? It's NYD and everyone (who likes college football) is off work and watching football all day.

I guess I was comparing a NYD tv game to playing on a random early December Thurs night.

the gator, outback and capital one bowl all start at the same time on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC, a lot of people dont even get ESPNU, that is why this is the only bowl to be on ESPNU.

[BigBake]

It's on ESPNU and kicks at the same time as the Outback and Cap 1 Bowls

Ah yeah, then that makes sense.

[TheSammo]

City	Bowl name	Date/Time	Network	# of bowls at same time	Drive time from DSM (hr:min)
Houston	Meineke Car Care	Dec 28, 8pm	ESPN	none	15:45
Dallas	Heart of Dallas	Jan 1, 11am	ESPNU	3	11:45
Memphis	Autozone Liberty	Dec 31, 2:30pm	ESPN	1	10:20
Shreveport	Advocare V1000 Independence	Dec 28, 1pm	ESPN	none	12:30

[Tailg8er]

Liberty Bowl: Same thing as Music City Bowl. This is the alternative if UCLA's waiver gets accepted. We would also need Tulsa to lose to UCF, to avoid a rematch of earlier this season. Looks like we'd be playing UCF. Obviously, this is my third prefernce.

I thought UCF is serving a 1 year bowl ban?

[cyman05]

I thought UCF is serving a 1 year bowl ban?

They appealed it and if it upheld they will serve it next year in the Big East (or whatever conference they'll be with).

[Tailg8er]

Ah, gotcha thanks. Hopefully the ban is upheld & they pull an Ohio State next year.

[Cycsk]

You may get NYD but you wont get good tv exposure...

My preference would be...
Houston (against Purdue)
Music City (against Miss, Miss St, or Vandy)
Dallas (against Purdue
Liberty Bowl (against UCF)

I prefer a Texas bowl just because of the extensive opportunity it gives us to recruit, not just during the game, but during the weeks before