John Folmer, the football committee chairman for the Sun Bowl, said Monday night that the Sun Bowl had decided to invite South Florida ahead of UC, even though the Bearcats beat the Bulls during the regular season.
"They may have lost to Cincinnati, but at the end of the day we thought USF would do a better job," he said.
I don't exacly understand his reasoning. The Bearcats certainly play a more "exciting" brand of football with our spread offense and the nations leading turnover-creating defense.
Here are some other "reasons" why we aren't going to the Sun Bowl:
The Sun Bowl expects to get Oregon State as the representative from the Pac-10. UC has already beaten Oregon State this season and bowl officials do not like to have rematches. - I can buy this one.
Folmer said the decision was based on USF being the higher-ranked team in the BCS standings. Both teams finished 9-3, but the Bulls are No. 21 with UC at No. 23 in the BCS standings. UC was ranked No. 20 in the Associated Press poll, USF No. 25. - How they are ranked higher in the BCS, I don't know. Is it the win over Auburn?
Regardless of all of the politics involved, I love Brian Kelly's response: "We'll be happy to play anywhere, anytime, anyplace." Please don't leave us Coach Kelly!!!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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