Start Making Those Bowl Plans!

[John Lewis]

Thank you for the clarification.

That would be a very interesting game if it came to fruition.

[Gatorbull325]

13 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

I thought JMU was not eligible for the post season?

It's their 2nd year of FBS. What's sad is that they went 8-3 last year and couldn't go to a bowl game. 

Edited September 28, 2023 by Gatorbull325

[BullyPulpit]

2 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

They apparently can qualify if there aren't enough bowl eligible teams. 

https://www.breezejmu.org/sports/burning-questions-about-jmu-footballs-2023-season-and-bowl-eligibility/article_b837d3c0-47b2-11ee-a357-f3ee1f5cad7e.html

They would actually get priority over all 5-7 teams. The first exception are teams that went 6-6, but one win is against an FCS team that didn't have enough scholarship players. The second exception are teams that played in 13 games and went 6-7. And then James Madison would be next in line as they are in their final year of transitioning to FBS. 

18.7.2.1.3 Exception -- Insufficient Number of Eligible Institutions. [FBS] If an insufficient number of institutions meet the definition of a deserving team pursuant to Bylaw 18.7.2.1 to participate in postseason bowl games in a particular year, an institution that meets a condition set forth below shall be eligible to participate as an alternate in such a bowl game. All deserving teams must be selected before an alternate may be selected. The terms of participation in the bowl game shall be the same for the alternate as the terms that were applicable to the originally contracted conference participant. All institutions that meet the first condition below must be selected before an institution that meets the second condition may be selected and so forth in descending order: (Adopted: 5/18/22)

(a) An institution that would have met the requirements set forth in Bylaw 18.7.2.1.1 but for the fact that one victory was against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent that had not met the required average of the permissible maximum number of grants-in-aid per year in football during a rolling two-year period and the institution's waiver request was denied.

(b) An institution that participated in 13 regular-season contests and finished the season with a record of six wins that count toward meeting the definition of a deserving team and seven losses.

(c) An institution that is in its final year of reclassification from the Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision and meets the definition of a deserving team pursuant to Bylaw 18.7.2.1 or the exception in Bylaw 18.7.2.1.1.

(d) An institution that finished its season with a minimum of five wins that count toward meeting the definition of a deserving team and a maximum of seven losses but achieved a multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) that permits postseason participation. Alternates identified pursuant to this condition shall be identified as eligible in descending order based on the institutions' multiyear Academic Progress Rates.

(1) If multiple institutions achieved the same multiyear rate, the institution with the highest single-year Academic Progress Rate, beginning with the most recent reporting year and continuing until a higher rate is found, shall be identified as eligible first. An institution that is identified as an alternate must declare whether it will participate in a bowl game. An alternate institution that declares an intention to participate shall select an available bowl game in which to participate.

(2) If an institution is unable to participate in a bowl game after accepting a bid, the bowl entity shall select an alternate from among the remaining Football Bowl Subdivision institutions with a multiyear Academic Progress Rate that permits postseason participation to replace the team that accepted the bid and is no longer able to participate in the bowl game.

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, BullyPulpit said:

They apparently can qualify if there aren't enough bowl eligible teams. 

https://www.breezejmu.org/sports/burning-questions-about-jmu-footballs-2023-season-and-bowl-eligibility/article_b837d3c0-47b2-11ee-a357-f3ee1f5cad7e.html

 

2 hours ago, John Lewis said:

Thank you for the clarification.

That would be a very interesting game if it came to fruition.

Kinda wished circumstances would have worked out for him here ...... but everything happens for a reason, I guess.

[Grateful Dad]

2 hours ago, Gatorbull325 said:

It's their 2nd year of FBS. What's sad is that they went 8-3 last year and couldn't go to a bowl game. 

Didn't we go 9-2 and didn't get an invitation?  We know that feeling.  Seems like a lifetime ago .

[CousinRicky]

4 hours ago, Grateful Dad said:

Didn't we go 9-2 and didn't get an invitation?  We know that feeling.  Seems like a lifetime ago .

One of the first years I started paying attention to USF. In the 02 to 04 range?

[John Lewis]

4 hours ago, Grateful Dad said:

Didn't we go 9-2 and didn't get an invitation?  We know that feeling.  Seems like a lifetime ago .

There was a conditional invite to the Hawaii Bowl if ECU beat Cincinnati in the last game of the regular season.

There was a watch party at the Lee Roy Selmon's near the stadium to watch that game.

[Brad]

54 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

There was a conditional invite to the Hawaii Bowl if ECU beat Cincinnati in the last game of the regular season.

There was a watch party at the Lee Roy Selmon's near the stadium to watch that game.

Was there for that.  

[Bull Matrix]

2 hours ago, John Lewis said:

There was a conditional invite to the Hawaii Bowl if ECU beat Cincinnati in the last game of the regular season.

There was a watch party at the Lee Roy Selmon's near the stadium to watch that game.

I remember those days. After ECU let us down we found another reason to hate those purple pirates. Not long after that I believe the now defunct Seattle Bowl tried to sell a bowl invite to USF for a lot of money. Thankfully USF said no thanks lol 

[Ricky the Bull]

3 hours ago, John Lewis said:

There was a conditional invite to the Hawaii Bowl if ECU beat Cincinnati in the last game of the regular season.

There was a watch party at the Lee Roy Selmon's near the stadium to watch that game.

We went to the Beef's on Fowler, west of 56th to watch that.  The team was watching in the private room there.