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I see a lot written about making another "crap bowl". Aside from the obvious ny6 bowl, what MWC bowls are considered "not crap"? Just curious before bowl selection.

The one the conference champ gets is slightly, slightly less crap. AF also has the potential to get slightly less crap bowl games because of the military stuff and their “brand” and ostensible appeal. All the other MWC bowls are pure crap

LanderPoke wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:40 pm . All the other MWC bowls are pure crap

As opposed to ‘Holy Crap’ what bowl is that…

In my opinion all are crap except for LA bowl. I think the Mountain West has the worst bowl ties of all conferences. I hope they improve with the pac-12 going away. But the only way to not be in the crap bowl is to win the conference, or be good enough that you get farmed out to another bowl via some trades like what has happened for both Air Force and Boise State in the past

I'd agree with most of this. In reality, getting something other than a crap bowl is pretty tough regardless of coach. I always thought that criticism of Bohl was unfair.

The Arizona Bowl is at least in a fun warm weather location.

Well if we ever WIN the conference we won't be playing in a "crap" bowl!

The bowls that non-conference champs get invited to are always lessor..... The expansion of the bowl system means that the "bowl team" moniker means less than it did years ago. I, for one, am glad there are more. If your want to go back to when ten win Wyoming teams did not get any bowl invitation at all... Just say so.

It's always amusing to me how much Wyoming fans complain about the bowls.

They're almost always interesting matchups and competitive games, and most of them are in decent locations (save for Boise, but jesus christ 9 times out of ten I'd still take the Treasure Valley over the Laramie Valley in December.)

Reminds me of everyone's meltdown here over the AZ/Barstool bowl coverage few years back...when by and large everyone else in the CFB world absolutely loved it and it got rave reviews. It was literally only the stodgy, stuffy Wyoming fanbase that had a problem with it.

What's most interesting to me, though, is that many of the same people that complain about not getting a "better" bowl are the exact same people that will defend Bohl and claim that we should be happy to be making bowls at all.

You can't have your cake and eat it, too. Want a better bowl? You need to at least win a championship. Nothing in CFB is handed to us for free.

Anyway, rant over. As much as I'd prefer championships and I've been very vocal about demanding more out of this program at this point, none of these bowls are anywhere near as terrible as people cry about...and I'll be perfectly content watching one more Wyoming football game against an OoC opponent that I probably know little about, knowing that it's at minimum good exposure for the program. This is what we've been given based on our performance; might as well enjoy it instead of crying nonstop about it.

phxpoke wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:33 pm The Arizona Bowl is at least in a fun warm weather location.

If it isn't on cable television, it's crap. I'm not a Barstool hater either.

Poke in New England wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:33 am

phxpoke wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:33 pm The Arizona Bowl is at least in a fun warm weather location.

If it isn't on cable television, it's crap. I'm not a Barstool hater either.

I disagree. I am not sure catering to the nursing home crowd is really helpful for building a fanbase.

OrediggerPoke wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:38 am

Poke in New England wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:33 am


If it isn't on cable television, it's crap. I'm not a Barstool hater either.

I disagree. I am not sure catering to the nursing home crowd is really helpful for building a fanbase.

Any potential fan/viewer of any age has either cable or a streaming service. The AZ bowl cannot be seen on either. It requires effort/set up that is only slightly less F'd up than watching a Hawaii game. It was a unique experience last year and I think Barstool does some cool things with the game - I also liked Dave Portnoy being willing to say that Bohl coached the game like coward. But I'm all set on going back to that bowl again.

Poke in New England wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:04 am

OrediggerPoke wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:38 am

I disagree. I am not sure catering to the nursing home crowd is really helpful for building a fanbase.

Any potential fan/viewer of any age has either cable or a streaming service. The AZ bowl cannot be seen on either. It requires effort/set up that is only slightly less F'd up than watching a Hawaii game. It was a unique experience last year and I think Barstool does some cool things with the game - I also liked Dave Portnoy being willing to say that Bohl coached the game like coward. But I'm all set on going back to that bowl again.

It was simple on both smart TVs or any streaming device. I doubt we get picked for the Arizona Bowl (having been last year) but the streaming aspect was far from an impediment to anyone’s access other than those folks unwilling to get with the times.

Poke in New England wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:04 am

OrediggerPoke wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:38 am

I disagree. I am not sure catering to the nursing home crowd is really helpful for building a fanbase.

Any potential fan/viewer of any age has either cable or a streaming service. The AZ bowl cannot be seen on either. It requires effort/set up that is only slightly less F'd up than watching a Hawaii game. It was a unique experience last year and I think Barstool does some cool things with the game - I also liked Dave Portnoy being willing to say that Bohl coached the game like coward. But I'm all set on going back to that bowl again.

Not to weigh in of whether the AZ bowl is any good or not but isn't this an example of trying something different? The revenue model of CFB is skewed in a way that is detrimental to Wyoming (and the MWC). I see a lot of comments saying that the MW commissioner or the Wyoming athletic director needs to think outside the box, but the $$ just are not there. I would love to see more streaming or something....anything that gives the non-big time programs some visibility that is not so destabilizing like the networks have been.

I read the CW network is picking up the AZ bowl.

Wonder what will happen to the Holiday Bowl after this bowl season with the PAC-12 going belly up. That could be a bowl MW could get eventually.

Wyokie wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:56 pm Wonder what will happen to the Holiday Bowl after this bowl season with the PAC-12 going belly up. That could be a bowl MW could get eventually.

The Sun Bowl I believe would be another one we could possibly get out of the merger as well.

aranderson wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:57 am

Wyokie wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:56 pm Wonder what will happen to the Holiday Bowl after this bowl season with the PAC-12 going belly up. That could be a bowl MW could get eventually.

The Sun Bowl I believe would be another one we could possibly get out of the merger as well.

I would also guess that the Las Vegas Bowl will be back in play

Welp we just got picked to go to the crappiest of the crappy bowls.

LawPoke wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:45 pm Welp we just got picked to go to the crappiest of the crappy bowls.

No we didn’t. This is your personal bias against barstool.