2019 CUSA Bowl Games

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What CUSA bowl game do you think we have a shot at? Where would you like to go?

CUSA Bowls
Dec. 30 — First Responder Bowl: Big Ten vs. Conference USA, ESPN, 12:30 p.m. Dallas, TX
Dec. 23 — Gasparilla Bowl: American vs. Conference USA, ESPN, 2:30 p.m. St. Petersburg, FL
Dec. 21 — New Orleans Bowl: Conference USA vs. Sun Belt, ESPN, 9 p.m.
Dec. 21 — Boca Raton Bowl: American/Conference USA/MAC, ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 21 — New Mexico Bowl: Conference USA vs. Mountain West, ESPN, 2 p.m.
Dec. 20 — Bahamas Bowl: Conference USA vs. MAC, ESPN, 2 p.m.

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What is the pecking order for bowl selection?

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Which ever one is the closest road trip from Charlotte. This list doesn’t show locations, but the Bahamas Bowl is no-brainer no for me. So upon further research, the one in Tampa is my choice.

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Not sure there is an official one as it seems to be based on conference record and what the school feels best for them but I would rank in this order:

  1. First Responder (B10 opponent)
  2. Boca Raton (ABC coverage)
  3. Gasparilla (Location & AAC opponent)
  4. NO Bowl ( Location & Sunbelt champ usually plays in this one)
  5. New Mexico (Good for Texas schools)
  6. Bahamas (Tough to sell people on spending a couple grand to travel)
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Here’s my list

Dec. 30 — First Responder Bowl: Big Ten vs. Conference USA, ESPN, 12:30 p.m. Easily the best bowl this year
Dec. 21 — Boca Raton Bowl: American/Conference USA/MAC, ABC, 3:30 p.m ABC Audience, Boca, traditionally a Top 2 CUSA bowl, I’m in.
Dec. 21 — New Orleans Bowl: Conference USA vs. Sun Belt, ESPN, 9 p.m. New Orleans vs the SBC Champ
Dec. 23 — Gasparilla Bowl: American vs. Conference USA, ESPN, 2:30 p.m. Only reason it’s this low is it’s so close to Christmas
Dec. 20 — Bahamas Bowl: Conference USA vs. MAC, ESPN, 2 p.m. Bahamas is more fun and easier to get to than New Mexico
Dec. 21 — New Mexico Bowl: Conference USA vs. Mountain West, ESPN, 2 p.m. Would be the toughest to get to I think.

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I think Charlotte fans would travel best to any of the Florida bowls followed by the New Orleans Bowl. The Bahamas and New Bowls would likely draw the fewest fans.

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I might just be used to the B1G, but I was under the impression there was always a pecking order. I doing some research I was wrong. This is from college football news:

No set order for Conference USA bowls. Champion will choose which bowl it wants to attend.

So with that information, I would agree with Chidave49 for a general order.

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It would be cool to play a P-5 team in a bowl but there’s not a lot of similarities to us and the Big 12 teams. Plus Dallas isn’t a easy sell for a last minute trip to fly for a football game around Christmas.

  1. Gasparilla
  2. Boca Raton
  3. New Orleans
  4. Bahamas
  5. First Responder
  6. New Mexico

Only bowl I wouldn’t plan to be able to make it to would be the NM bowl.

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Travel wise the Florida games would be better for fans but the exposure of playing a B10 team later in the bowl schedule would do wonders for the program.

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Bahama’s bowl interesting fact. It costs more to take a ferry from Ft. Lauderdale to the Bahamas than to fly there from Charlotte.

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Yea I’d bet there’d be some kind of flight/hotel deal worked out through the AD if we went there, would be kind of fun to have a place full of Niners flying to a bowl.

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Everything I’ve seen, the First Responder bowl is Big 12, not BIG10

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I believe the B12 has rotated out.