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The players and the 8-4 team deserve better. The 3rd place team should not go to the worst bowl. We had not do good attendance but it was after a 2-10 season and it was a weak home slate.

It also sucks because the tickets are expensive, in a crappy stadium, it will be cold, and the opponent is not good.

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The players and the 8-4 team deserve better. The 3rd place team should not go to the worst bowl. We had not do good attendance but it was after a 2-10 season and it was a weak home slate.

It also sucks because the tickets are expensive, in a crappy stadium, it will be cold, and the opponent is not good.

I'm going to play "devils advocate" here. Why do they deserve better, b/c they had an 8-4 record after a 2-10 season?

What is so marketable about the Terps? Who was their signature win this year? Navy? BC? NC State? Those were the only "good" wins they had, none of them were great. Not one signature win but mostly wins against teams with losing records. WVU was the best team the Terps faced and they looked like Towson against them.

What about their style of play? Is it marketable? Do they have a dominating, suffocating defense? No. Do they have a prolific, high scoring offense with a playmaking QB or RB? Spread option? No. Just the boring, short passing game of the West Coast offense, a promising QB and a quality receiver in Torrey Smith. There is nothing marketable about their style of play.

Had they posted a signature win or two this year and possessed a high scoring offense with a game breaking player, I firmly believe they wouldn't be going to the Military Bowl. If they had just taken care of business against any one of Clemson, Miami or FSU, no military bowl.

Instead, I think they should graciously accept their bowl bid and work hard, aspire to greater things next year.

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I'm going to play "devils advocate" here. Why do they deserve better, b/c they had an 8-4 record after a 2-10 season?

What is so marketable about the Terps? Who was their signature win this year? Navy? BC? NC State? Those were the only "good" wins they had, none of them were great. Not one signature win but mostly wins against teams with losing records. WVU was the best team the Terps faced and they looked like Towson against them.

What about their style of play? Is it marketable? Do they have a dominating, suffocating defense? No. Do they have a prolific, high scoring offense with a playmaking QB or RB? Spread option? No. Just the boring, short passing game of the West Coast offense, a promising QB and a quality receiver in Torrey Smith. There is nothing marketable about their style of play.

Had they posted a signature win or two this year and possessed a high scoring offense with a game breaking player, I firmly believe they wouldn't be going to the Military Bowl. If they had just taken care of business against any one of Clemson, Miami or FSU, no military bowl.

Instead, I think they should graciously accept their bowl bid and work hard, aspire to greater things next year.

My heart is with Bako, but my head is with you. I thought they would have had a chance at the Champs Sports Bowl, but oh well. Even though it's only in DC and will be cold as hell, I may actually be able to go. That's worth something.

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My heart is with Bako, but my head is with you. I thought they would have had a chance at the Champs Sports Bowl, but oh well. Even though it's only in DC and will be cold as hell, I may actually be able to go. That's worth something.

My heart would love to see them go somewhere and play a big name opponent. As I was saying though, I think they are a tough "sell" to bowl committees. Even the wins against Duke, BC, NC State were pretty close and perhaps if they had some "style points" in those wins the committees would have seen the Terps differently.

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Geez, I just saw that BC got selected for their bowl after the Terps, and yet they get a much better game.....in San Francisco vs #13 Nevada. This whole bowl selection thing is just eff'd. I hope whatever anger the Terps have about this whole thing that they take it out on their opponent and just embarrass the hell out of East Carolina.

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Also just read that despite going 8-4 (and beating BCS-bound UConn)' date=' Temple will not get to play in a bowl game at all. I guess Terps fans will just have to file this under "It could always be worse."[/quote']

That's awful. It will never happen, but a play off system similar to March Madness would be the greatest thing in the world. Could you imagine an entire month of that? There's no way that it would be 64 teams, but still.

Even as Terps fans, how cool would it be if they were headed to a college football NIT? I don't get it all all--there's no way that a playoff system like that wouldn't make a boat load of money.

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To be honest, if the Terps weren't going to Florida I would have hoped they'd end up here. For one, they'll actually make money off this bowl and save on travel costs, as opposed to hemoraging money by going to someplace else that no one was interested in. And even better, this is a bowl game I can go to. Playing East Carolina isn't all that interesting, I know, and I know the game is considered eighth on the list. But I'll take it over El Paso, I'll take it over Shreveport.

Terp football isn't as high on the food chain around here compared to where it ranks for other schools in the conference. I wish that wasn't the case, but it is. After a one-year hiatus I bought my season tickets again this year and plan to renew. I'll go to the bowl game (though I'll probably buy through a Northrup Grumman hookup which gets me 25% off) and have fun. And I won't have to watch them on TV play someone from Shreveport.

And, as an aside, I think Oregonbird is the most bitter Terps fan ever. I'm not saying that as an insult or anything, but man, he's negative.

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Does the ACC split its team's bowl revenues evenly, or do you get what you earn?

The revenues are divided evenly between the 12 ACC teams and the conference. Non-BCS bowl teams do get $1.1M for expenses regardless of destination, so ending up in DC does help. BCS berths receive $1.7M from the conference for expenses.

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The revenues are divided evenly between the 12 ACC teams and the conference. Non-BCS bowl teams do get $1.1M for expenses regardless of destination, so ending up in DC does help. BCS berths receive $1.7M from the conference for expenses.

I guess that's good for the bean-counters in the Athletic Dept. $1.1 million minus a bus ride to RFK Stadium and back to College Park.....ca-ching. Or do the Terps have to return what they don't spend out of the travel pot?

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Does it creep anyone else out that we even have a "Military Bowl?" "Presented by Northrop Grumman," no less. Jeez, just give them some tanks and grenades and let's get on with it.

The reason for the name is because the primary beneficiary of Military Bowl proceeds is the USO. And as a former serviceman, I can vouch that they perform excellent and much-appreciated services for our troops and their families. Most of these bowl games are non-profits that donate funds to various charities in their communities. Obviously there are many other entities involved that do profit, but the organizers of the game itself usually don't.

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