Topic: Bowl Rankings by CBS Sports

[wesnky]

New Orleans bowl comes in at 15,  I'm Surprised in a good way.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ranking-2021-college-football-bowl-games-42-1-orange-rose-gator-among-major-highlights/

[Herdiowa]

Wow there just are not many exciting matchups this year. 

[HoPPy785]

It would be great to beat the Sun Belt champ on our way into the conference. Big boost to confidence. I do think it's going to be very tough to win this one though. At minimum we need to be in a 1 score competitive style game.

A beat down would be a bad look and hurt our reputation and excitement on the way into the Sun Belt.

[Herd-nficent]

I liked the comment Marshall  has a "rabid fanbase and should fit right in on Bourbon Street.

[bbcard1]

This year's team is so strange. If the good team shows up, we could dominate. If the bad team shows up we, we could get spanked.

[herdinphilly]

I liked the comment Marshall  has a "rabid fanbase and should fit right in on Bourbon Street.

It's good to still have that reputation even if it hasn't lived up to it in recent years.

[2xBison]

It's good to still have that reputation even if it hasn't lived up to it in recent years.

no kidding.  he hasn't seen this dead fan base in recent years.

[coalherd]

no kidding.  he hasn't seen this dead fan base in recent years.

Not just in football, but apparently across the board, although I imagine men's soccer drew well coming off a National Championship.  But, generally, MU's Athletics attendance doesn't bode well going forward, IMO.

Despite the professed personal popularity of, and admiration for, Coach D'Antoni, crowds thus far in the CAM would have rattled around in the old Memorial Field House!  Pandemic/Covid is certainly a factor, but local economy, Huntington and Cabell County's continued decline and population drop certainly doesn't help.  Add to that WVU's continuing spread and growth across the State combined with the fact that MU has utterly failed in developing a solid core of fans anywhere other a small geographical area consisting of a few counties, and what we are seeing attendance wise is the result.  Finally, it also appears that FBS sports at MU's level is just not resonating with Marshall's student body as a whole.  Hope I'm wrong on some of these points, but that's how it appears as 2021 draws to a close!