Win or lose, Cajuns won’t advance to New Orleans Bowl
If Louisiana-Lafayette’s football team goes to a bowl game this season, it won’t be in New Orleans.
That’s what Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters said during the league’s weekly teleconference call.
According to the NCAA postseason football handbook, conferences are required to fill its contracted bowl slots with seven-win teams before six-win teams. The New Orleans Bowl is the Sun Belt’s lone guaranteed bowl game, though in July the conference reached secondary agreements with the PapaJohn’s.com Bowl in Birmingham, the St. Petersburg Bowl in Florida and Independence Bowl in Shreveport.
In that case, Saturday’s winner between Troy (7-4 overall, 5-1) and Arkansas State (6-5, 4-2) would advance to the New Orleans Bowl. The loser would be left to compete for an at-large bowl berth.
ULL (5-6, 4-2) and Middle Tennessee (5-6, 3-3) play at 6:08 Wednesday night at Cajun Field. The winner becomes bowl eligible and will also fight for an at-large bowl bid.
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December 2nd, 2008 by Ragin Cajun /
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