Indy Bowl dropped SEC & Big 12?!

Well every year they had to worry about the Big XII and SEC filling their spots. Both conferences routinely place two teams in the BCS, which knocks them down a level. At least with the ACC and Mountain West, they won't have to worry about that. They stand to get an Air Force, BYU, or Utah unless one of them get into the BCS. Air Force will do well in Shreveport any time because of Barksdale AFB. The ACC teams that end up in the Indy Bowl will just be glad they are in a bowl so it won't really matter.

they didn't drop anyone. they were dropped. i personally know some members of the independence bowl committee. they are great folks and have done a TREMENDOUS job with their bowl. i am sorry to see any set back they have. for you to call that a crappy bowl pisses me off and shows me how little you know about life. if you ever get a job and try to succeed, i can laugh at you if you do not meet expectations. in fact, i hope you fail, a-hole.

First things first - I know exactly where the Mountain West line of thinking is coming from.

MWC 2 and 3 are:

1. Tired of playing in a bowl game before Christmas. Avoiding the REALLY early-bowl stigma alone makes the Indy Bowl a favorable move. No more Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 23 OR... what's the Worst Case Scenario if you're Mormon.... drumroll please....


2. The Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 22nd. For the past couple of years, BYU has been stuck with a Las Vegas Bowl invite. Yes - they had a ranked opponent, but could you imagine a less desirable place than Vegas for a whole slew of Mormons?

Shreveport still wears its Bible Belt proudly enough for those that are into that sort of thing... and for everyone else - Bossier awaits.


Which brings us to the ACC...

This year the ACC and MWC have developed a strange symbiotic relationship.

*Only conference with 2 teams ballsy enough to schedule TCU as an OOC opponent(Frogs traveled to both Clemson and Virginia)
*BYU played the front end of its home/home with Florida State.

All this AND they want a bowl tie-in with the Mountain West... That's sure is nice of them to show such interest, right?

WRONG. The ACC has a motive - to save their collective BCS arse.

It's pretty clear that of all the Non-AQ Conferences - the MWC is on the rise. So much so that the MWC greatly threatens to supplant the ACC's AQ status when renegotiation time comes around in 2014. The ACC is gambling with its future - deciding that some head-to-head bowl victories are necessary to maintaining their AQ status.

It will be interesting to see if the gamble pays off for them.


ETA:

TCU, BYU, Utah all travel VERY well..

SEC gets the Gator Bowl (Jax) starting next season. Unfortuantely it is another Big 11 matchup.