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Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:41 am
by CatsbyAZ
Chicat wrote:But it's not like those that are 2nd or 3rd string, and/or are juniors or below, and would ostensibly move into starters roles the next season don't also get to practice.
I'm with Harvey, I think the touted Bowl benefits are overblown, however, far less so when it comes to the 2nd/3rd stringers getting time in a higher capacity with the first stringers. It's best for the younger classes to end the year on a highly contributory note. Sets things in motion for the spring and onward.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:18 pm
by azcat49
Well I would rather be known as a perennial bowl program so going every year is important I think to recruits. It may not sway them but we already struggle with the stigma of a non rose bowl program and it is used against us in recruiting so for me, scheduling 3 cupcakes and getting 6 wins and going to some dogshit bowl works for me at this time
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:45 pm
by 97cats
azcat49 wrote:scheduling 3 cupcakes and getting 6 wins and going to some dogshit bowl works for me at this time
this is one of the greatest things ive read on the internet in a while.
take a bow, John
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:21 pm
by azcat49
Pathetic I know but man I hate losing and we are what we are. Doesn't seem to matter when it comes to AZ football unless someone will raze the litterbox and build a taj mahal for the program.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:23 pm
by Harvey Specter
azcat49 wrote:Well I would rather be known as a perennial bowl program so going every year is important I think to recruits. It may not sway them but we already struggle with the stigma of a non rose bowl program and it is used against us in recruiting so for me, scheduling 3 cupcakes and getting 6 wins and going to some dogshit bowl works for me at this time
And I thought I was the only one who viewed it this way... Or maybe you were suggesting that those of us who characterized it that way were too harsh.
It's our reality.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:31 pm
by CatsbyAZ
azcat49 wrote: scheduling 3 cupcakes and getting 6 wins and going to some dogshit bowl
And way too many people think this is the approach that will pave RichRod's way to some big job out East.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 9:49 am
by ASUHATER!
Getting away from the whiny tantrums, currently announced bowl matchups:
Sugar-Oklahoma state/Ole miss
Stanford is already in the rose obviously and Alabama will be in the cotton bowl semi-final and Clemson the Orange bowl semi-final
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:00 am
by Gilbertcat
Final projection for me: crappy bowl in NM or Independence. Hopefully Arizona or atleast Dallas so it's not in a total missery location and we get the full practice for Scoob and company.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:11 am
by dmjcat
Perusing all of the bowl projections out there it breaks down like this for the UA:
New Mexico 40%
Independence 40%
Arizona 20%
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:28 am
by azcat49
Players definitely do not want to be holed up in Tucson for the holidays. One of them said they think it is ALB which he said was not the greatest experience.
When someone said it had to beat Shreveport, he responded that Shreveport was a fantastic bowl. Well run and very entertaining for the players
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:37 am
by Gilbertcat
Independence or Dallas for the players. Arizona for me. New Mexico for no one.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:32 am
by ASUHATER!
5-7 Nebraska playing 8-4 UCLA in thr Foster farms bowl
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 12:48 pm
by CatMG
So are all the Bowl announcements made today?
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 12:50 pm
by ASUHATER!
Yeah we should know in the next two or three hours
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:15 pm
by ASUHATER!
Rest of the big 6 bowls announced
Rose-Iowa/Stanford
Sugar-Oklahoma State/Ole Miss
Fiesta-Ohio State/Notre Dame
Peach-Houston/Florida State
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:23 pm
by Gilbertcat
Fiesta would be fun if it didn't start at 11am...I'll enjoy at home when I wake up at that time....also lots of grumbling about NM bowl...what a gross bowl. Sums up this year. But what irony about dumping it from the Pac and now getting stuck there again. It's a bowl that needs to die.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:28 pm
by ASUHATER!
Miami vs. Washington state in the sun bowl
Usc is in the holiday bowl
Ucla in the foster farms bowl
Oregon likely in the Alamo bowl
Utah likely in the Vegas bowl vs. Byu
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:47 pm
by Gilbertcat
No Independence. VT and Tulsa
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:48 pm
by ASUHATER!
No poinsettia.. Boise state and northern Illinois
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:49 pm
by ASUHATER!
At this point I'm thinking it's going to be the New Mexico bowl...which was the worst of all the options.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:52 pm
by ASUHATER!
Some other bowls.
Northwestern Tennessee in the outback bowl
Florida Michigan citrus bowl(rematch of the same bowl in 2009)
Oregon tcu in the Alamo bowl
Baylor north Carolina in the Russell athletic bowl
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:03 pm
by dmjcat
Washington vs. Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:05 pm
by ASUHATER!
dmjcat wrote:Washington vs. Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl
Basically means it's heart of Dallas, Arizona or new Mexico for us.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:10 pm
by azgreg
If it's the New Mexico bowl we play in less than 2 weeks.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:13 pm
by ASUHATER!
azgreg wrote:If it's the New Mexico bowl we play in less than 2 weeks.
Which sucks. Was hoping we'd have a good 4-5 weeks off to get healthy for a bowl, not 20 days. The new Mexico bowl is just awful. True road game against an amped up unm team that hates us in possibly the coldest bowl location besides Boise and it is literally the first bowl game. It's at noon Arizona time in 13 days. And going to a bowl in Albuquerque for the team is basically just going to a colder worse Tucson where everyone hates you.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:15 pm
by ASUHATER!
Confirmed byu Utah in the Vegas bowl. Going to be a lot of hate in that game.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:16 pm
by azgreg
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:17 pm
by dmjcat
WVU vs. scum in the Cactus Bowl
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:17 pm
by ASUHATER!
Confirmed two losing big 10 teams in bowls.
Ucla Nebraska in the foster farms
Minnesota central Michigan in the quick lane bowl
Usc Wisconsin in the holiday bowl
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:18 pm
by Gilbertcat
dmjcat wrote:WVU vs. scum in the Cactus Bowl
It's disgusting because I wanted to go but I can't stand their fans and it's an easy win.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:19 pm
by ASUHATER!
azgreg wrote:
Well that's not the new Mexico bowl...500 miles north is empty land south of salt lake city...
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:23 pm
by Tempedevil
Abq is 450 miles north of Tucson. Enjoy!
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:25 pm
by ASUHATER!
Tempedevil wrote:Abq is 450 miles north of Tucson. Enjoy!
Nope. Less that 400 miles northeast of Tucson.
Hansen is bad at geography
https://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is ... ue_-nm.htm" target="_blank
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:28 pm
by azgreg
Greg Hansen wasn't a geography major so..................
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:28 pm
by Irish27
It's New Mexico.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:29 pm
by dmjcat
Washington vs. S. Miss in Heart of Dallas Bowl
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:30 pm
by azgreg
One good thing about the NM bowl is it ends this miserable season earlier then the other bowls.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:30 pm
by ASUHATER!
I'd rather we played in the Boca Raton bowl than our second true road game at a mountain west school this year.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:31 pm
by Gilbertcat
Irish27 wrote:It's New Mexico.
It's official. Heart of Dallas gets Washington. I feel bad for the players and the parents that are forced to go. Terrible way to send out the seniors.
And how did cactus get Scummies? Thought you couldn't pick 6-6 teams over 7-5 in the picking order. Wasted my day keeping track of this.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:32 pm
by cordera89
What taken so long for them to announce what bowl game Arizona is going too.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:33 pm
by dmjcat
cordera89 wrote:What taken so long for them to announce what bowl game Arizona is going too.
We are at the bottom of the Bowl Pecking Order
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:35 pm
by cordera89
ASU is playing the cactus bowl again WVU on Jan 2. What the hell.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:36 pm
by dmjcat
Confirmed............AZ vs. NM in the New Mexico Bowl
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:36 pm
by Tempedevil
True, as the crow flies... however people don't drive that way. It is about 450 miles if you drive.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:37 pm
by ASUHATER!
Still not north or 500 miles.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:39 pm
by dmjcat
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:45 pm
by cordera89
Well Playing against New Mexico wont be that bad. At least were in a bowl game.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:52 pm
by krissyp
Tempedevil wrote:
True, as the crow flies... however people don't drive that way. It is about 450 miles if you drive.
Okay great. But the real question is why are you here and why do you care about our bowl??!
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:54 pm
by scumdevils86
So the Arizona bowl is the only one without any teams listed.
Re: 2015 Bowl projections
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 3:00 pm
by ASUHATER!
One website I saw said Colorado state/Nevada...but that doesn't make sense since they are in the same conference