Anybody else finish 6-6 or better and not get a bowl bid?
UTSA
New Mexico was not 6-6
New Mexico State is 6 -6 and they're going to the Arizona bowl. It's been 57 years since they went to a bowl game.
WMU would have gotten in if PJ were there
Such delicious irony.
New Mexico State by all rights should be in the Mountain West, along with Idaho. But those last two teams from older versions of the WAC were blackballed from joining the conference.
This year they finally turn it around enough to get to 6-6 while New Mexico languishes at 3-9.
Correct on all accounts.
And, a great story. They played Utah State in the Sun Bowl in 1960. 57 years later, they meet again.
Opening with 2 straight bowl teams next season
They should be in the conference if you believe in forcing conferences to take on teams that are a drag on the conference
WMU would have gotten in if PJ were there
No worse than San Jose State!
Correct on all accounts.
And, a great story. They played Utah State in the Sun Bowl in 1960. 57 years later, they meet again.
Opening with 2 straight bowl teams next season
I hope AggieVision is doing the TV coverage for the Arizona Bowl.
Not according to the mountain west conference.
I would have chosen SJ over Idaho and NM St, too, if under the same artificial limitation of taking all but two of the former WAC teams. They all should be in it. My opinion ... not really worth arguing over.