Coog Football: Bowling 2008

With the 70-30 win over Tulsa, the speculation begins in earnest ...

As bowl time approaches, the so-called experts have the Cougars headed in a few different directions.

Neither of ESPN's experts have the Cougars in the Liberty Bowl. Mark Schlabach has East Carolina representing C-USA and Bruce Feldman has Tulsa (both playing Vanderbilt). Both have the Cougars in the GMAC Bowl.

College Football News has the Cougars in the Jan. 2 Liberty Bowl, where they will play Ole Miss. But then they also have the Cougars playing TCU in the Dec. 31 Armed Forces Bowl. Huh?

CBS Sportsline.com has the Cougars headed to Memphis for a Liberty Bowl matchup with Kentucky. It also has Tulsa going to the Texas Bowl (playing Western Michigan) and Rice heading up to Fort Worth to play Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl.

I won't even bother picking a preference. I'm obviously glad to see my alma mater tearing up the close approximation of a football conference that is C-USA. Based on the early losses, I had them pegged as "inconsistent." I may be proven wrong when the season comes to an end ... if not already.