Go Daddy Bowl

[AshevilleApp2]

At the end of the 3rd Quarter.

Georgia Southern-44
Bowling Green (MAC Champions) -27

[AshevilleApp2]

58-27.

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

Georgia Southern and App State go 3-0 against top teams in the MAC.

Anyone want to try and say we only win because Slum Belch?

[bonarae]

Congratulations, but many of us here have bad feelings against the ex-FCS who usually languish in the Sun Belt. You are more like exceptions to the rule... xcoffeex

[FUBeAR]

Bowling Green is claiming a WIN on their website...

GODADDY BOWL (http://godaddybowl.com/)


http://www.bgsufalcons.com/services/logo_handler.ashx?image_path=/images/logos/Georgia-Southern.png&width=72&height=72


12.23.15

8:00 P.M. ET


VS GEORGIA SOUTHERN (http://gseagles.com/)



MOBILE, ALA.
TV: ESPN


W 27-58

http://www.bgsufalcons.com/schedule.aspx?path=football

[PaladinFan]

I fell asleep on the couch and it was something like 27-24 Bowling Green, woke up sometime in the fourth quarter and GSU had 50something. I guess I missed the best part of the game.

[GATA_Eagles]

I fell asleep on the couch and it was something like 27-24 Bowling Green, woke up sometime in the fourth quarter and GSU had 50something. I guess I missed the best part of the game.

You really did. Amazing second half and our 2nd string QB had his coming out party at the expense of Bowling Green's defense

[Baldy]

Georgia Southern and App State go 3-0 against top teams in the MAC.

Anyone want to try and say we only win because Slum Belch?

Bring on Toledo.

[Baldy]

Congratulations, but many of us here have bad feelings against the ex-FCS who usually languish in the Sun Belt. You are more like exceptions to the rule... xcoffeex
I won't argue with that. I've always felt we had much more to offer than those other schools. I'd say most of them weren't ready to transition. GS and App were past ready.

[Laker]

Georgia Southern was very impressive. Great option running attack and opportunistic defense. BG on the other hand couldn't convert several fourth and short situations and the QB kept fumbling the ball.

Close game turned into a route. First bowl game- first win.

[BisonFan02]

Still convinced the 2012 Georgia Southern team was better than the one I watched last night. Bowling Green looked like hot garbage.

[Baldy]

Still convinced the 2012 Georgia Southern team was better than the one I watched last night. Bowling Green looked like hot garbage.
Depends on which team showed up this year. The team that showed up against WMU or UGA or Troy or Bowling Green...or the team that showed up against WVU or App or State. Consistency was an issue. As a whole, the 2014 team was easily better than 2012 but so we're many other teams in different years.

[NDB]

Glad to see the Eagles get the win.

That said. I hope NDSU never goes FBS.

I have zero interest in traveling to Mobile unless we got to play Georgia Southern or Appalachian State.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

These early season bowl games that put all these G5 teams against each other are brutal. Many Temple fans were pissed about the game and the opponent from the start. With that said, the atmosphere and general excitement for the game was non-existent. I know we lost but in the end it really doesn't matter. No one will remember the game a week from now.

I was excited for the Temple-Toledo game because I actually respected Toledo and appreciated the fact it was our final game. With that said, I would have went to the Peach Bowl had we made it but never considered pissing away money to go see us in the Boca Bowl.

These bowl games are simply getting ratings by default. The whole system needs to blown up and the number of bowls reduced to 20 so. I'd rather only G5 conference champs go bowling to legit games and the rest sit at home than this disaster of a system.

[Baldy]

These early season bowl games that put all these G5 teams against each other are brutal. Many Temple fans were pissed about the game and the opponent from the start. With that said, the atmosphere and general excitement for the game was non-existent. I know we lost but in the end it really doesn't matter. No one will remember the game a week from now.

I was excited for the Temple-Toledo game because I actually respected Toledo and appreciated the fact it was our final game. With that said, I would have went to the Peach Bowl had we made it but never considered pissing away money to go see us in the Boca Bowl.

These bowl games are simply getting ratings by default. The whole system needs to blown up and the number of bowls reduced to 20 so. I'd rather only G5 conference champs go bowling to legit games and the rest sit at home than this disaster of a system.
Yeah because your team got blown out by the #3 team in the MAC. xrotatehx

Good ratings mean the system isn't a disaster.

[AshevilleApp2]

Yeah because your team got blown out by the #3 team in the MAC. xrotatehx

Good ratings mean the system isn't a disaster.

Anybody notice that the AAC is 0-5 so far in Bowls? Three more to go though.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Yeah because your team got blown out by the #3 team in the MAC. xrotatehx

Good ratings mean the system isn't a disaster.

If blown out means being down by TD and apparently recovering an onside kick with 2 minutes left is getting than sure...

Great season overall for Temple football! Expectations will very high next year. New Year's Six bowl or bust....

[walliver]

These early season bowl games that put all these G5 teams against each other are brutal. Many Temple fans were pissed about the game and the opponent from the start. With that said, the atmosphere and general excitement for the game was non-existent. I know we lost but in the end it really doesn't matter. No one will remember the game a week from now.

I was excited for the Temple-Toledo game because I actually respected Toledo and appreciated the fact it was our final game. With that said, I would have went to the Peach Bowl had we made it but never considered pissing away money to go see us in the Boca Bowl.

These bowl games are simply getting ratings by default. The whole system needs to blown up and the number of bowls reduced to 20 so. I'd rather only G5 conference champs go bowling to legit games and the rest sit at home than this disaster of a system.

The REAL difference between most P5 teams and the G5 is that the P5 put 50,000-100,000 fans in the seats every week and have hundreds of thousands of other fans watching on TV. This is a recruiting and competitive advantage the G5 cannot overcome. For a Bowl game, Ohio State will draw many more fans and much more national interest than Ohio.

Of course, most of the ACC doesn't draw that well; but the ACC has had a representative in the championship/playoff that last 3 years - it's just that the teams not named FSU and Clemson don't do well, although NC State and UNC do draw fans and UNC had a good year this year.

[Franks Tanks]

If blown out means being down by TD and apparently recovering an onside kick with 2 minutes left is getting than sure...

Great season overall for Temple football! Expectations will very high next year. New Year's Six bowl or bust....

I agree with owl here. The low level bowl games really stink, and I will watch just about anything related to college football. 2 teams from lower level conferences playing just after both lost their head coaches. Who even coached in these games?

You have teams like Georgia playing in "New Year's Day" games after they fired their coach. Rating may be enough to carry these crappy bowl games for a bit longer, but the backlash is already starting. People don't care about 2/3 of these bowl games and I think some will start going away.

[AshevilleApp2]

I agree with owl here. The low level bowl games really stink, and I will watch just about anything related to college football. 2 teams from lower level conferences playing just after both lost their head coaches. Who even coached in these games?

You have teams like Georgia playing in "New Year's Day" games after they fired their coach. Rating may be enough to carry these crappy bowl games for a bit longer, but the backlash is already starting. People don't care about 2/3 of these bowl games and I think some will start going away.

When? They wouldn't keep adding them, if people weren't watching.

[Franks Tanks]

When? They wouldn't keep adding them, if people weren't watching.

People will stop watching when too many bowls feature teams they don't know playing mediocre football. FBS has become extremely watered down. The number of teams who have moved up to FBS with little fan support is staggering. These teams have barely any fans, and will have trouble reeling in casual viewers.

App State and Georgia Southern are more worthy than most for the move as you both have actual fans and experienced success at the FCS level.

[AshevilleApp2]

People will stop watching when too many bowls feature teams they don't know playing mediocre football. FBS has become extremely watered down. The number of teams who have moved up to FBS with little fan support is staggering. These teams have barely any fans, and will have trouble reeling in casual viewers.

App State and Georgia Southern are more worthy than most for the move as you both have actual fans and experienced success at the FCS level.

Well put! Of course, you could argue that the expansion to 24 teams in the FCS Playoffs has the same watering down effect. Seems like everyone is looking for some added TV revenue.

[TheRevSFA]

So a serious question and not meant as a troll: which was better, winning a FBS bowl or winning a FCS NC?

[PaladinFan]

Well put! Of course, of course you could argue that the expansion to 24 teams in the FCS Playoffs has the same watering down effect. Seems like everyone is looking for some added TV revenue.

Of course.

I just think we all need to call it what it is. Does conference affiliation really matter? At the end of the day, there are 40 or so teams in college football that could beat everyone else 99 times out of 100.

Is a game between Bowling Green and Georgia Southern appreciably better than one between Jacksonville State and Sam Houston? Does slapping the name "bowl" on it make it higher quality? They are all comparatively good football teams. They are all just part of a huge middle class of Division 1 football that is somewhat arbitrarily divided by an FCS/FBS boundary.

[Franks Tanks]

Well put! Of course, of course you could argue that the expansion to 24 teams in the FCS Playoffs has the same watering down effect. Seems like everyone is looking for some added TV revenue.

For the record I have no problem with an App State or Georgia Southern or UMASS moving up. Schools with fan support have a reasonable shot at building on an already good following, and staking a nice claim in FBS, and maybe even moving up the ladder in the future, like UCONN or Boise.

[AshevilleApp2]

So a serious question and not meant as a troll: which was better, winning a FBS bowl or winning a FCS NC?

Both. The 2005 game had the more intense joy though. (Of course, I was significantly more drunk at the time.) The FCS Championship brought the immediate joy, because we had finally broken through. The FBS Bowl, because we had shown an ability that we can compete with those who were supposed to be better than us. All about competing at your own level. Not that the lower level of FBS is really better than the better FCS schools, just a bit different. Sorry to waver, but each brought its own kind of experience.

[AshevilleApp2]

Of course.

I just think we all need to call it what it is. Does conference affiliation really matter? At the end of the day, there are 40 or so teams in college football that could beat everyone else 99 times out of 100.

Is a game between Bowling Green and Georgia Southern appreciably better than one between Jacksonville State and Sam Houston? Does slapping the name "bowl" on it make it higher quality? They are all comparatively good football teams. They are all just part of a huge middle class of Division 1 football that is somewhat arbitrarily divided by an FCS/FBS boundary.

Agree, to an extent. Some programs are striving for more, others are content with the middle. Ultimately though, there will likely be another subdivision created when the P5 get tired of the G5.


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