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American Athletic Conference Bowl Lineup (2020-25)
Annual Appearances
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (Annapolis, Maryland)
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas)/SoFi Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, Hawaii) – alternating years
Bowl game to be named – (Boston, Massachusetts)

Four Selections Annually From the Following
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama)
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida)
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Florida)
Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas)
AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando, Florida)
Myrtle Beach Bowl (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, New Mexico)


Doesn't get me excited. I think we need to plan on going to a NY6 Bowl.
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TU77CAL82 wrote:American Athletic Conference Bowl Lineup (2020-25)
Annual Appearances
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (Annapolis, Maryland)
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas)/SoFi Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, Hawaii) – alternating years
Bowl game to be named – (Boston, Massachusetts)

Four Selections Annually From the Following
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama)
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida)
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dallas, Texas)
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Florida)
Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas)
AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando, Florida)
Myrtle Beach Bowl (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, New Mexico)


Doesn't get me excited. I think we need to plan on going to a NY6 Bowl.
We know that the SEC etc. have a stranglehold on the old bowls. The one's listed are pretty much all in decent cities and on ESPN. If the only thing that gets you excited is a NY6 bowl then prepare to be disappointed. You do understand that there is only one spot in the NY6 for G5 teams. We can be a very successful program and not make it to one or make only one in 10 years. Hell you can be 80% of P5 teams and not make one.
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Based strictly on travel destinations and perceived level of hospitality host city/stadium will provide, here are my opinions:

Annual Appearances
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (Annapolis, Maryland) - could be fun
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas) — might be ok
SoFi Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, Hawaii) – very nice but too far/expensive for our average fan
Bowl game to be named – (Boston, Massachusetts) — Boston in December?!?

Four Selections Annually From the Following
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama) — heart of Bama? I don’t know. Not excited but could be worse.
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida) — Good climate
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dallas, Texas) — same as Fort Worth
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Florida) — close to a Beach!
Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas) uh, no thanks
AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando, Florida) — they were a great host
Myrtle Beach Bowl (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) - could be fun
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, New Mexico) — I would like it

There you have it - the final word on which bowls are Wave worthy :)


Doesn't get me excited. I think we need to plan on going to a NY6 Bowl.[/quote]
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I'll play BC's Game. I'll rate the "I want to go" from 1 to 10. "I can go easily" A-F.

Annual Appearances
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (Annapolis, Maryland) 7 - C
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl 6-B (Fort Worth, Texas)/SoFi Hawaii Bowl 9-F(Honolulu, Hawaii) – alternating years
Bowl game to be named – 7-C(Boston, Massachusetts) A good one time trip.

Four Selections Annually From the Following
Birmingham Bowl 7-B(Birmingham, Alabama) B-ham isn't a destination, but its' an easy trip from NOLA and will be vs an SEC team(praying for LSU).
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl 7-B(Tampa, Florida) Tampa is fun unless we alreday played at USF that year.
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl 7-B(Dallas, Texas) Dallas is a city with plenty to do and easy flight from NOLA or anywhere else really.
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl 6-C(Boca Raton, Florida) for those looking to warm up
Frisco Bowl 7-B(Frisco, Texas) Basically Dallas
AutoNation Cure Bowl 8-B(Orlando, Florida) Disney is always fun
Myrtle Beach Bowl 4-D(Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) I doubt we end up here much if at all. This looks like a bowl that was made for ECU, UCF, USF and the possible the rest of the eastern teams
New Mexico Bowl 6-C(Albuquerque, New Mexico) Since we are in the western half of the conference this could be a possibility. Albuquerque and surrounding areas are actually a nice place to visit during winter.
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On another matter at the AAC Media Days, Aresco says that the plan at this point is to stay at 11, get a waiver to allow no divisions and the top 2 teams playing for the conference championship. Each team would have two permanent opponents and would rotate the other 8 teams.
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TU77CAL82 wrote:On another matter at the AAC Media Days, Aresco says that the plan at this point is to stay at 11, get a waiver to allow no divisions and the top 2 teams playing for the conference championship. Each team would have two permanent opponents and would rotate the other 8 teams.
I think the plan is as follows.

1. Seek wavier.

if approved then 2. Get a basketball only like VCU. Court BYU or Air Force at the AAC's leisure.

if denied then 2. Find a replacement ASAP. first trying VCU/BYU combo if that doesn't work then an ALL-SPORTS replacement.
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TU77CAL82 wrote:Each team would have two permanent opponents and would rotate the other 8 teams.
If this comes to pass, who would you like to be our permanent two?

For me, looking at relative proximity and potential for the future, I’d go with Houston and Memphis, with SMU as a backup.
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TUPF wrote:
TU77CAL82 wrote:Each team would have two permanent opponents and would rotate the other 8 teams.
If this comes to pass, who would you like to be our permanent two?

For me, looking at relative proximity and potential for the future, I’d go with Houston and Memphis, with SMU as a backup.
Houston and Memphis for sure. SMU might be my last choice.
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Poseidon wrote:I'll play BC's Game. I'll rate the "I want to go" from 1 to 10. "I can go easily" A-F.

Annual Appearances
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman (Annapolis, Maryland) 7 - C
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl 6-B (Fort Worth, Texas)/SoFi Hawaii Bowl 9-F(Honolulu, Hawaii) – alternating years
Bowl game to be named – 7-C(Boston, Massachusetts) A good one time trip.

Four Selections Annually From the Following
Birmingham Bowl 7-B(Birmingham, Alabama) B-ham isn't a destination, but its' an easy trip from NOLA and will be vs an SEC team(praying for LSU).
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl 7-B(Tampa, Florida) Tampa is fun unless we alreday played at USF that year.
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl 7-B(Dallas, Texas) Dallas is a city with plenty to do and easy flight from NOLA or anywhere else really.
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl 6-C(Boca Raton, Florida) for those looking to warm up
Frisco Bowl 7-B(Frisco, Texas) Basically Dallas
AutoNation Cure Bowl 8-B(Orlando, Florida) Disney is always fun
Myrtle Beach Bowl 4-D(Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) I doubt we end up here much if at all. This looks like a bowl that was made for ECU, UCF, USF and the possible the rest of the eastern teams
New Mexico Bowl 6-C(Albuquerque, New Mexico) Since we are in the western half of the conference this could be a possibility. Albuquerque and surrounding areas are actually a nice place to visit during winter.
Loving the decision to do both 1-10 and A-F scales, but not as much as I love the complete inconsistency between the two!
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As concerns football "permanents," I'm casting my vote for Navy and now I'm ducking before the debris starts flying.

Meanwhile I'm cool with UH and UM. But I bet we end up with Navy or Temple to have a regular NE game for East Coast alums.
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One from SMU/Navy, one from Houston/Memphis.
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Baywave1 wrote:As concerns football "permanents," I'm casting my vote for Navy and now I'm ducking before the debris starts flying.

Meanwhile I'm cool with UH and UM. But I bet we end up with Navy or Temple to have a regular NE game for East Coast alums.
Assuming the schools get some say in who the permanent opponents are, why would Temple pick us?
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ml wave wrote:
Baywave1 wrote:As concerns football "permanents," I'm casting my vote for Navy and now I'm ducking before the debris starts flying.

Meanwhile I'm cool with UH and UM. But I bet we end up with Navy or Temple to have a regular NE game for East Coast alums.
Assuming the schools get some say in who the permanent opponents are, why would Temple pick us?
Because they don't want to go to Greenville? :mrgreen:

I guess because of proximity, Temple would choose Navy. No guess as to who else. A Florida school or UC? But ECU is closest to Philly after Navy.
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Navy and Memphis have the most interest for me. Houston or Smu make sense from a recruiting Texas standpoint.
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long green wrote:One from SMU/Navy, one from Houston/Memphis.

This

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Does anyone know what happened to the NOLA bowl? It was announced 2-4 years back (timing is blurry in my mind) that in about five years (from then) it would be tied to the AAC. At the time, we all talked/worried about how we needed to make a bowl before that because then they'd start locking us into that bowl every year (aka Boise and the Humanitarian Bowl). But it doesn't seem to have any AAC affiliation moving forward. But I never saw a press release. When/how did it change? I'm not sad, just curious.
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