The media repeatedly tried to get TOB to make excuses due to the injuries, but he didn't. He said yeah we've got injured guys, but that just means others have to step up. That's part of the game.

12/3/2008 9:30:14 PM

if clemson can jump florida st. why cant we jump somebody

12/3/2008 10:47:11 PM

^if we had clemsons record we would pretty much jump everyone allowable

but we dont so we sit and wait

12/3/2008 10:57:34 PM

is it just because we dont have a winning record? i mean if a team can hop over another that has a better record then why stop at 7-4?

12/3/2008 11:13:02 PM

^Good Lord read through the thread.

It's been discussed a thousand times why we can't.

12/3/2008 11:14:59 PM

Quote :

"The media repeatedly tried to get TOB to make excuses due to the injuries, but he didn't. He said yeah we've got injured guys, but that just means others have to step up. That's part of the game."

i mean basically, for some reason wolfwebbers just dont understand that


they think it is an XbOX game

12/3/2008 11:16:55 PM

read through the thread? why would i do such a thing?

name one thread on this site where the content is anywhere close to 80% of what it was intended for

12/3/2008 11:23:18 PM

because...

Quote :

"It's been discussed a thousand times why we can't."

12/3/2008 11:25:15 PM

yall really want me to read this huh

12/3/2008 11:26:48 PM

yes

12/3/2008 11:35:10 PM

^^us not having a winning record is exactly the problem


its in the thread

reading is fun

12/3/2008 11:38:57 PM

que reading rainbow pic pls

12/3/2008 11:54:31 PM

Just take a look...it's in a book...

^as requested

12/3/2008 11:56:50 PM

^^¿Que? ¿cue? ¿Queue?

this thread is going downhill fast

12/3/2008 11:59:45 PM

Clemson to Gator Bowl
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3743837

12/4/2008 1:53:45 AM

bonerjamz

12/4/2008 2:07:44 AM

^^And Oklahoma is in the Big XII championship game. What else is new?

12/4/2008 2:34:34 AM

Its looking as if Washington is becoming highly unlikely....

Navy to soften its Rematch Clause
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/04/navy-softens-stance-on-rematch-clause/

and...
Eagle Bank Bowl Solution Coming
http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/d1scourse/2008/Dec/03/eaglebank-bowl-solution-coming/#

12/4/2008 7:52:39 AM

Quote :

"The media repeatedly tried to get TOB to make excuses due to the injuries, but he didn't. He said yeah we've got injured guys, but that just means others have to step up. That's part of the game." i mean basically, for some reason wolfwebbers just dont understand that they think it is an XbOX game "

i, for one, am not saying its an excuse. It IS, however, a direct correlation to losing. if you dont understand that then you are an idiot.

12/4/2008 9:59:39 AM

Quote :

"I've read that Boise is looking to get out of their ACC tie-in so they can get Ball State to play Boise State in a matchup of two undefeateds"

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=jn-ballst120408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

*insert carl face*

12/4/2008 1:07:05 PM

^that one was shot down by ball st. They didn't think it was fair to have a "neutral" game on boise's home field.

12/4/2008 1:11:21 PM

Shit I'll go to motown and help take down an undefeated squad...although a MAc team and still a bit untested, Ball State is probably one the best opponents (at least offenses) I have seen so far in the ACC bowl projections...not bad for a 6-6 team hoping for an at-large bid! Thoughts?

12/4/2008 1:35:19 PM

^^ I like how it says we went on a 4 game winning streak to end the season after changing QBs XD.

12/4/2008 1:46:11 PM

Has wake issued any statements about where it prefers to go? I doubt the Deacs want to play Navy again either....

12/4/2008 3:44:29 PM

wake doesn't really have a choice. If an ACC team turns down an ACC bowl then they cannot go to an at-large.

12/4/2008 4:05:31 PM

I have not read the whole thread so I have probably missed something. But it makes no damn sense how Clemson can go to an ACC bowl while we cant. In essence they only have 6 wins that count towards bowl elgibility, the same as us. So how does their extra win against some shit school help them get in an acc bowl if that same win cannot be counted for bowl eligibility. Does that make sense to ANYONE?

12/4/2008 4:29:51 PM

Apparently it makes sense to the NCAA, which is all that really matters.

12/4/2008 4:31:11 PM

6-6 = not a winning record
6-5 = a winning record

That is the only part that makes sense to me.

I feel your frustration though.

12/4/2008 4:33:17 PM

Without the 7th win against another FCS School, they are 6-5, meaning they have a record >.500. We have six loses and a .500 record, therefore they are statistically higher than us.

12/4/2008 4:34:49 PM

well according to the rules, if they had lost to one of those FCS teams, technically they're still 6-5 because that game doesn't count, how much sense does that make?

12/4/2008 4:34:52 PM

Frustrating isn't it?


III

12/4/2008 4:40:08 PM

They may count as 6-5 but they wouldn't be bowl eligible.

edit: I'm pretty sure they'd actually only count as 5-5 or 5-6 since the whole point of having to get a 7th win was to count as a 6 win team in the eyes of the bowl people.

[Edited on December 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM. Reason : edit]

12/4/2008 4:41:29 PM

I'm gonna be that asshole that that says "dot com" after everyone asks me how do I think we're gonna do in the Papajohns bowl

12/4/2008 4:42:37 PM

lol

12/4/2008 4:43:07 PM

^^^ they had to throw a game out somewhere

the games that counted were 1 FCS win, 5 FBS wins...

so what matters what happens with that other FCS game?

say for example they lose to the citadel for some reason, they would've ended up 6-6, and bowl eligible... and according to the current standard, would be considered 6-5.

I feel like if that were the situation they would be considered 6-6... but I thought the point of ruling out FCS games was not to give a team an advantage by scheduling them and padding their record. Obviously that with what happened to Clemson this year, they are still gaining an advantage by scheduling 2 FCS opponents.

[Edited on December 4, 2008 at 8:00 PM. Reason : .]

12/4/2008 7:52:37 PM

^Yeah, I think I'm just retarded and got confused.

12/4/2008 8:03:01 PM

Quote :

"N.C. State returned to the football practice field Thursday as it anticipates a bowl invitation that could come Sunday. The NCAA allows 15 pre-bowl practices. Because of the dates of some of the bowls considering the Wolfpack, the team needed to begin practicing this week to make sure it can take full advantage of those extra workouts. N.C. State athletic director Lee Fowler said Thursday that he expects to learn the team's bowl fate Sunday. ACC associate commissioner for football operations Michael Kelly has identified five possibilities for the Wolfpack -- the PapaJohns.com, Motor City, Texas, Hawaii and Independence bowls. The Wolfpack (6-6) is shopping for an at-large bid because the ACC has nine bowl slots and 10 bowl-eligible teams. By virtue of being the ACC's only bowl-eligible team without a winning record, N.C. State is the one that must find an at-large invitation. "

If we don't get a bowl, at least we'll get 2 or 3 extra practices in.

12/5/2008 7:12:21 AM

check this out. . .Motor City Bowl in Detroit vs undefeated Ball State??

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=jn-ballst120408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

shit. .was already posted.

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 9:05 AM. Reason : asfdasfsadfdff]

12/5/2008 9:04:32 AM

I think we're more likely headed to Birmingham to play WV.

12/5/2008 9:19:33 AM

boise states bowl is bs, it's just another fucking home game to them...

12/5/2008 9:24:19 AM

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/bowl-update-with-projections

Great Breakdown here...

12/5/2008 9:26:26 AM

I'd like to avoid playing Rutgers

They're one of the few teams hotter than we are

12/5/2008 9:34:55 AM

one of the few teams with a mediocre record hotter than us, right?

12/5/2008 9:43:17 AM

Bowl Breakdown:

Independence Bowl - Shreveport, LA - Independence Stadium (53,000) - $1,100,000 - SEC vs. Big 12



Hawai'i Bowl - Honolulu (Halawa), Hawaii - Aloha Stadium (50,000) - $398,000 - Pac-10 vs Hawaii



Motor City Bowl - Detroit, Michigan - Ford Field (65,000) - $750,000 - MAC Champion vs. Big Ten #7



PapaJohns.com Bowl - Birmingham, Alabama - Legion Field (71,594) - $300,000 - SEC vs. Big East



Texas Bowl - Houston, Texas - Reliant Stadium (71,500) - $750,000 - Big 12 #8 vs. Rice Owls


[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 9:47 AM. Reason : ]

12/5/2008 9:45:26 AM

Quote :

"one of the few teams with a mediocre record hotter than us, right?"

yeah I definitely should have qualified that statement

12/5/2008 9:53:06 AM

texas would be fun

12/5/2008 10:07:04 AM

^i agree, but its the NFL Network Bowl Game, so a total of like 10 people would see us play which would suck

12/5/2008 10:14:37 AM

Just to add some details about our potential bowls:

Independence: Sunday 12/28 8:00PM ESPN

Hawaii: Wednesday 12/24 8:00PM ESPN

Motor City: Friday 12/26 7:30PM ESPN

PapaJohns.com: Monday 12/29 2:00PM ESPN

Texas: Tuesday 12/30 8:00PM NFL Network

[Edited on December 5, 2008 at 10:35 AM. Reason : .]

12/5/2008 10:34:14 AM

Sitting at home(because you started out (2-6)): $0
Access to: ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network, CBS, NBC, ABC

12/5/2008 10:42:02 AM

hawaii would be nice for the location and going thre...but $$$ and the date would suckkkkkkkkk

same for detroit, except that location sucks as well

any of the others im cool with

12/5/2008 10:44:53 AM