Now that Southern Miss ended TCU’s cinderella season, the Horned Frogs have turned into a bunch of whiny crybabies:
TCU was unable to land a spot in the Bowl Championship Series. Now it appears the Horned Frogs may turn down the next best thing.
The school is planning to decline an expected invitation to the GMAC Bowl because of academic considerations, athletic director Eric Hyman told The Washington Post on Wednesday night.
TCU had its sights sets on a BCS bowl, but those hopes were dashed by a loss to Southern Miss on Nov. 20. As a result, the Horned Frogs will likely finish second in Conference USA and earn an invitation to the GMAC.
However, Hyman says the school will likely decline the bowl bid because the game falls in the middle of their exam period (Dec. 18). The bowl could have pitted a pair of impressive mid-majors (TCU and Miami-Ohio) against each other.
“I can’t do that,” TCU Athletic Director Eric Hyman told the Washington Post on Wednesday night. “I have to be sensitive to our young people. They are student-athletes, but they are also students, and they are coming to school to get an education. We cannot disrupt their exams. It’s not fair to them.”
Let me translate that: Since we didn’t take care of business and beat Southern Miss, we’re going to act like a bunch of crybabies, and angle for a bowl we really like (Hawaii Bowl) instead of the bowl we agreed to go if we finished in second place in our conference.
The C-USA commissioner should make it clear to these whiners that if they screw the conference on this deal, they won’t be representing C-USA in any bowls, ever. He won’t, of course, because he’s scared TCU will bolt to the Mountain West. But if this is the sort of conference member they’re gonna be, I’ll take Louisiana Tech, thank you very much.
None of you sports fans really buy into this AD’s faux concern about finals week, do you? It’s obvious enough that I don’t, because these bowl schedules have been known for a while, and his dismay seems awfully sudden (as in, coincident with that loss to Southern Miss).
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I wrote a bit of this on RAWb, but while I’m thinking about it I’m curious of your opinion on who should replace TCU if they go, North Texas or Louisiana Tech?
LTU is in a better conference and has a longer history, but UNT dominates their (exceptionally weak) conference and could be considered an up-and-comer that might be a better bet in the long run. Or maybe their coach will get a better gig and they’ll end up in the cellar.
Personally, I’d prefer Baylor get its head out of the clouds and join the rest of the gang, but that doesn’t seem a viable option.
I maybe lean slightly in favor of North Texas, I guess, but not for any really good reasons. Either pick would be a big step down from TCU, of course, but those whiners have become REALLY annoying of late. 🙂
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