King of Defense
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A couple of my curling teammates are current Navy students. This could be fun.
2024 FB Bowl Watch
- Thread starter CameronBornAndBred
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It's the wild, wild west unless the ACC steps in to overrule ESPN. 5-3 ACC wasn't enough for Duke to get a P5 opponent in 2022, and that team was more TV-friendly than this one. Don't get upset if/when UNC gets a "better" bowl either. They will go either 4-4 or 5-3 like Duke. Merit doesn't sell ad time or hotel rooms, but there is a narrative to keep them from losing in Charlotte 2 years in a row.
Link: https://collegefootballnetwork.com/acc-bowl-ties-changes-tie-ins-2024/
Mike Petrik
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Sure, money has influenced bowl invitations for a long time. Our failure to travel well for our football team hurts us. But I don't see a basketball time conflict being an influencing factor.
Their name has already changed to Cheaters as far as I’m concerned.
Only a $1,000,000?! Who are you- Dr Evil from the 60s?
The Athletic [paywall link] has Duke in the Pinstripe Bowl against Michigan. (!!) Pinstripe Bowl is meh but I would love to play Michigan -- they are very ordinary this year.
CameronBornAndBred
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They'll be even more meh with a bunch of their team presumably sitting out such a lowly bowl.
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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That I could get excited about! Chance to play against a wounded current champion would be a nice resume boost if we could get the Big W.
What is our recent bowl record against power conference teams?
CameronBornAndBred
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I can think of only two, and we split. We lost to Arizona State (Sun Bowl) and we beat Indiana. (In the Pinstripe Bowl)
Oh wait, derp. We also lost to A&M. Perhaps I chose to forget that on purpose.
MarkD83
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Just to get this back to the top.....
There are 134 FBS teams. Six wins are needed to be bowl eligible and there are 82 bowl spots including the 12 teams in the CFP. Right now there are 64 teams with 6 wins so 18 spots to fill. There are 30 teams with 7 or more losses and thus out of the running.
That leaves 40 teams still in the running for the 18 spots with 24 with 5 wins and 16 with 4 wins.
Those still in the running are as follows:
There are 134 FBS teams. Six wins are needed to be bowl eligible and there are 82 bowl spots including the 12 teams in the CFP. Right now there are 64 teams with 6 wins so 18 spots to fill. There are 30 teams with 7 or more losses and thus out of the running.
That leaves 40 teams still in the running for the 18 spots with 24 with 5 wins and 16 with 4 wins.
Those still in the running are as follows:
| South Florida Bulls | 5 | 5 |
| UTSA Roadrunners | 5 | 5 |
| North Texas Mean Green | 5 | 5 |
| Virginia Cavaliers | 5 | 5 |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | 5 | 5 |
| Boston College Eagles | 5 | 5 |
| NC State Wolfpack | 5 | 5 |
| California Golden Bears | 5 | 5 |
| West Virginia Mountaineers | 5 | 5 |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | 5 | 5 |
| Wisconsin Badgers | 5 | 5 |
| Michigan Wolverines | 5 | 5 |
| USC Trojans | 5 | 5 |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | 5 | 5 |
| Western Michigan Broncos | 5 | 5 |
| Eastern Michigan Eagles | 5 | 5 |
| Fresno State Bulldogs | 5 | 5 |
| Arkansas Razorbacks | 5 | 5 |
| Florida Gators | 5 | 5 |
| Oklahoma Sooners | 5 | 5 |
| Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 5 | 5 |
| South Alabama Jaguars | 5 | 5 |
| UL Monroe Warhawks | 5 | 5 |
| New Mexico Lobos | 5 | 6 |
| App State Mountaineers | 4 | 5 |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 4 | 6 |
| Kansas Jayhawks | 4 | 6 |
| Houston Cougars | 4 | 6 |
| UCF Knights | 4 | 6 |
| Arizona Wildcats | 4 | 6 |
| Utah Utes | 4 | 6 |
| UCLA Bruins | 4 | 6 |
| Michigan State Spartans | 4 | 6 |
| Northwestern Wildcats | 4 | 6 |
| Maryland Terrapins | 4 | 6 |
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | 4 | 6 |
| Oregon State Beavers | 4 | 6 |
| Auburn Tigers | 4 | 6 |
| Kentucky Wildcats | 4 | 6 |
| Old Dominion Monarchs | 4 | 6 |
CameronBlue
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Some of the “names” on that list I’d love to see Duke play
Michigan State
Michigan
Oklahoma
Florida
Auburn
UCLA
Arkansas
USC
2nd options:
Oregon State
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Beating any of those teams would be signature wins 30 years ago, but probably not useful on the recruiting trail today.
Michigan State
Michigan
Oklahoma
Florida
Auburn
UCLA
Arkansas
USC
2nd options:
Oregon State
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Beating any of those teams would be signature wins 30 years ago, but probably not useful on the recruiting trail today.
OldPhiKap
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I’m worried we play South Carolina or Vandy.
JasonEvans
Host, The Duke Basketball Roundup
Even if we win our last 2, I doubt we get slotted into a bowl of the caliber that A&M will be in.
brevity
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Pretty sure Johnny Manziel is out of eligibility.
I guess it would be awkward to see a familiar face in charge on the opposite sideline. As in Trooper Taylor, the interim head coach of the Aggies after Mike Elko pulls a reverse Jimbo Fisher and takes the FSU job.
I don’t see a Duke-Vanderbilt matchup unless it’s the bowl game in Charlotte. Two (comparatively) small fan bases that don’t travel well.
Yea, I'm with you here, Bud. This may be one of the few years when Duke could actually beat Michigan.
Charlotte is ACC-B10 this year. You can get MI or USC there. The only ACC-SEC bowl is Jacksonville, and they will take something like GT-SC over either Duke or Vandy.
Daddylawman
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Peach Bowl memories
One of the great games in recent Duke football history...........until it wasn't.