January bowl still a possability

[flamtnr]

No Big East team will send people to the International Bowl...it now takes a passport to get to Canada, and the wait is 3 months......its a joke

[jstewholymoly]

as has been said in previous threads, we are actually NOT eliminated from Big East contention yet..

stay with me.

In a 4-way tie, you make a "mini conference" of the four teams and look at each team's record within that "mini conference"...

As described above, USF would be 2-1 (wins over WVU and Pitt), U Conn would be 2-1 (wins over USF and Pitt), WVU would be 1-2 (win over U Conn), and Pitt would be 1-2 (win over WVU). Then you look at USF and U Conn since they tie at 2-1... thus U Conn wins the BCS slot because of their win over us.

Partially right.  The BCS rep would be the higher ranked team, possibly USF.  If there is a 4 way mini conference and two of the the teams have the same record, the higher ranked of the two goes to the BCS bowl.  If they are tied in ranking, then head to head comes into play.  Anyway you look at it, a three loss team as conference champ would be bad for the Big East, but the Bulls could still go to the game.

http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/football/tiebreak.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=19400&KEY=&SPID=11215&SPSID=94741

STOP THE PRESSES

Namuh-Bull is right... I forgot it goes highest rank first...

and if USF wins out and U Conn loses out, USF would be ranked higher... thus USF would get the BCS birth.

Scenario I:

In the mini-conference, Teams A & B are 2-1, and Teams C & D are 1-2. The higher ranked of the 2-1 teams earns the bid. If the 2-1 teams tie for the highest ranking, the bid goes to the team that won the head-to-head match up.

long story short, if it is a 4 way tie, the highest-ranked team gets the BCS bid, regardless of head 2 head wins.

1% chance.

[BullDoug]

Cincy or UCONN (if they lose to WVU) are shoe ends for the International Bowl.  If UConn beats WVU, UCONN goes BCS, WVU goes Sun maybe Gator, Cincy goes International, UL if bowl eligible get MCC, & Rutgers get P'Johns.  USF is out in the cold at 8-4/9-3 folks.  Basically the UL game will be a playoff for the MCC bowl.

[namuh-bull]

Toronto would be a much better trip than El Paso.  It is a major city with a diverse population.  You could grab a cheap flight to Detroit or Buffalo (better), and drive over there without a passport if I am correct.  To fly in would require a  passport.

[Guest]

Cincy or UCONN (if they lose to WVU) are shoe ends for the International Bowl.  If UConn beats WVU, UCONN goes BCS, WVU goes Sun maybe Gator, Cincy goes International, UL if bowl eligible get MCC, & Rutgers get P'Johns.  USF is out in the cold at 8-4/9-3 folks.  Basically the UL game will be a playoff for the MCC bowl.

Well, except that Cincy went to Toronto last year... and bowls would prefer not to take the same team twice if they can help it.

[tamiamibull05]

Toronto's a great city...but we'd have about as many fans there as turnovers we've had this season.

[South_Florida_Flip]

Cincy or UCONN (if they lose to WVU) are shoe ends for the International Bowl.

How is UConn a "shoe in" to Toronto if their only conference loss is to WVU? You're going to put a potential 10-2 (6-1) team in Toronto? If UConn ends up with that record, then they will be going to El Paso/Jacksonville at worst.

If UConn were to beat Cincinnati this weekend, then Cincinnati will more than likely be going to Birmingham. Toronto probably doesn't want Cincinnati back a second straight season, as Birmingham does not want us back again a second straight time.

We have to win out and get some help for us to go to Charlotte again, and realistically that doesn't look promising at all.

[USF-PMR]

Have fun in Canada, actually the Dollar doesn't go as far there any longer.

[jstewholymoly]

Toronto's a great city...but we'd have about as many fans there as turnovers we've had this season.

****..better get my tix now.

[joe7f]

what's it cost to fly to toronto?

I'd suggest flying to Buffalo on Southwest (they have a nonstop once a day and it is usually 200-300 bucks cheaper...and no passport necessary)

Everyone should have a passport. I'm still hoping for MCC (or apparently that unlikely fluke scenario outlined above) at this point

--Joey