ESPN projecting...

[bbqbully]

Buzzards to Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve.

 

[nemsdawg]

They might go in the hole going to their bowl game. Also, congrats to usm on winning the csua title which is like being 13th in the sec! Congrats!

 

[topdawg.sixpack]

I missed that CUSA tie in with the Gator Bowl... But to add insult to injury, the Ticket City Bowl took Houston over them to play PSU

 

[Incognegro]

well... at least they get to enjoy a beautiful area

 

[RocketDawg]

because they get to go to Hawaii. Bad for the fans because very few of them can go ... would cost a fortune. Can't blame the fans for not liking it ... I wouldn't either under the same circumstances.

 

[No BS Dawg]

Quite funny, conference champs!!

 

[MedDawg]

So they lost $500,000 beating Houston and may lose $500,000 playing in Hawaii. Good job, USM. <div>
</div><div>The bad thing is, we (the MS taxpayers) are going to have to pay for that deficit.</div>

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Tulsa ended up in an identical payout bowl much closer to home, against BYU, and even Marshall ended up in New Orleans playing a solid ULL squad.

Southern's arguably dead last out of 5 as far as desirable bowl position goes.

LOLOLOLOLOL

 

[BehrDawg]

they see how ****** their turnout is at home. Why in the hell would you want a team in your bowl when the fans don't even pack out the stadium at home? It really isn't that hard to see.

 

[jakldawg]

got taken by a team that has a hard time selling out a 35,000 seat stadium in a metropolitan area of 2 million. Plus, any team should be able to sell out the few thousand tickets the schools get. This is more of them getting thrown under the bus by their own conference as a reward for demolishing C-USA's payday.

 

[shsdawg]

and evidently CUSA also says, that the USM administration CHOSE that bowl. The powers that be get a free trip to Hawaii. The fans get.........