East Carolina Hosts Southern Mississippi in Key Conference USA Game
November 25, 2009 by admin
Filed under Bowl Chatter, News
Army, following its win over North Texas, has two weeks off to prepare for rival service academy Navy on Saturday, December 12. The Black Knights, should they upset Navy, will qualify for the 2009 EagleBank Bowl.
We’ve got all your Conference USA match ups in week thirteen. All games listed are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Conference Schedule
C-USA
November 27
Memphis at Tulsa, 3:30 pm
November 28
Southern Mississippi at East Carolina, 1:30 pm
UCF at UAB, 1:30 pm
Marshall at UTEP, 3:00 pm
Tulane at SMU, 3:00 pm
Rice at Houston, 8:00 pm
Game of the Week
Two of the top teams in Conference USA, Southern Mississippi and East Carolina, battle for supremacy in the conference’s East Division when the Pirates host the Golden Eagles at 1:30 pm on Saturday, November 28.
Look Inside Your Crystal Ball
So which teams do you think will emerge victorious in week thirteen? Give us your thoughts. Plus, which schools do you expect to play in the EagleBank Bowl on December 29?
I think a matchup with ECU at the EagleBank Bowl would be great. Even if we win the conference, I would prefer traveling to DC than Memphis. We still have two tough games to go but I have faith in the Pirates. Go Pirates!!!
Marshall vs. Army if they beat Navy December 12th if not Marshall vs. MAC #3 or Duke
I agree, if ECU doesn’t win the championship they should play in DC. There is a lot of talk about them paying in Hawaii, but the market in DC would make for a better atmosphere, ECU is the best traveled team in C-USA and DC only a few hours away from Greenville.
I will defiantly say that if ECU loses the Conference Championship game this weekend. This bowl should call ECU right away. I would almost want to guarantee ECU would bring 25K+ fans to this bowl with the location.
I know personally if we are in the Liberty bowl it’s no slam dunk that I would go again. But if we were in this bowl I would have atleast 8 people with me.
I think the Eaglebank bowl should try to match up UCLA vs Notre Dame. That game would get huge ratings and both schools have large fan bases that would fill the stadium.
We need Marshall U. vs Duke
great venue for both shools
If ECU is not going to the Liberty Bowl, get ECU. Being an alumni from ECU who lives in DC, there are literally thousands of alumni living in VA, DC, MD, PA, and NJ, who would be willing to make a trip to RFK for the game, not to mention greenville is only a little over a 4 hour drive from DC as well. Would sell plenty of tickets.
ECU took a ton of fans to Memphis last year and Memphis is 14 hours from Greenville. I would love to win CUSA again, but if we don’t DC is the place to be. 4 hours of travel and probably 20-25k fans would be trying to make this trip regardless of the opponent. (Although an ACC foe would be nice)
i am the biggest army fan on the planet! army will beat navy and should play either ECU or marshall in the Eagle bankbowl. GO ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARMY shold go. most of the cadets would try to go. there are many fans in the tri state area DC is not that far away. it would be the black knights first bowl appearence since 1996! BEAT NAVY
It would be a great expeirence for our seniors if army should go considering all will be deployed all around the world when they graduate. It would be a great Christmas present for our future soldiers.
Marshall University vs. Army,Duke, or Bowling Green.
Marshall travels very good and the coaching change will get those Marshall fans going!
I think a great match up would be ECU vs. Army or an ACC opponent would be nice too! I traveled 13 hours to Memphis last year to watch the Pirates and would much rather drive 4 to Wash. DC! Go PIRATES!!!!
Marshall vs anyone… except Bowling Green (or any team they have already played this season).
They should bring a decent crowd since it’s been few since they have been in a bowl.
I hope the Houston Cougars win the C-USA championship. If not D.C. would be fun! But since nobody in this disscussion seems to think we’re worthty to play (5-6) Army. Perhaps we should take our number 18 nationally ranked team to another Bowl.
ecu vs. army would be awesome..have a child at each………..???????????????? but would have to root for ARMY
I keep reading the projections of different bowls and can’t believe the Pirates are never mentioned as going to the EagleBank Bowl. At the very least we finish 2nd in CUSA. Hopefully we win the Conference Championship again. Most projections have Marshal going to this bowl. We beat Marshal at Marshall! Plus We have the best traveling team in the conference and home attendance by far. We also have a lot of alumni in the DC area. If this bowl wants fans in the stadium, and we don’t win saturday…ECU would be the obvious, and fair choice.
I believe it should be Middle Tennessee versus Temple. I’d really like to see that matchup, two 9-3 teams from quote “Mid-Major” unquote conferences facing off. It’d bring a great crowd as well, as I’m sure Middle would bring 15k fans and Temple more.
What happened to the agreement to have a C-USA team if Army did not qualify???????
Okay, so we know Temple’s in and it’s going to be either Army or UCLA. I can’t believe any UCLA fans would come across the country to support a 6-6 team….but I don’t think Army is going to beat Navy. Temple vs. UCLA..sounds weird. Last time Temple went to a bowl they beat another California team…
Either Army or UCLA is great.. Temple is ready to show what thier made of.. Get ready for a healthy portion of Bernard Pierce….
Go Owls!!!