VIEW THE MOBILE ALPHA VERSION OF THIS SITE

News Nuggets, 11.29.04
 —  —  —  —  —
NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...

Previous Day Nuggets...             Next Day Nuggets...

Compiled from staff reports and electronic dispatches

C-USA standings, scoreboard, schedule & TV

(Through games of Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004)

                   C-USA      All
TEAM               W   L     W   L
Louisville         7   0     9   1
Memphis            5   3     8   3
UAB                5   3     7   4
Southern Miss      5   3     6   4
Cincinnati         5   3     6   5
Tulane             3   4     5   5
Texas Christian    3   5     5   6
South Florida      3   5     4   6
Houston            3   5     3   8
Army               2   6     2   8
East Carolina      2   6     2   9

SATURDAY, NOV. 27:
Memphis 31, South Florida 15
Louisville 70, Cincinnati 7 (ESPN2)
Southern Miss 26, UAB 21
Tulane 35, Texas Christian 31
N.C. State 52, East Carolina 14

SATURDAY, DEC. 4:
Louisville at Tulane 2:30 PM
California at Southern Miss 7:45 PM
Pittsburgh at South Florida 11:00 AM (ESPN2)
Army vs. Navy in Philadelphia 2:30 PM (CBS)

Compiled from Conference USA data and other sources.

Associated Press college football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

[Conference USA team, including future members, and Carolinas teams in bold. ECU opponents in red. Teams not belonging to conferences with guaranteed BCS bowl bid in italics.]

Rank/(1st place votes)/(Record)/Points/Previous
 1. Southern California (52) (11-0) 1610 1
 2. Oklahoma (7) (11-0) 1540 2
 3. Auburn (6) (11-0) 1530 3
 4. California (9-1) 1410 4
 5. Utah (11-0) 1342 5
 6. Texas (10-1) 1325 6
 7. Louisville (9-1) 1175 7
 8. Georgia (9-2) 1094 8
 9. Miami (FL) (8-2) 1037 9
10. Virginia Tech (9-2) 980 11
11. Boise State (11-0) 952 10
12. Iowa (9-2) 911 12
13. Louisiana State (9-2) 877 14
14. Michigan (9-2) 873 13
15. Tennessee (9-2) 802 15
16. Florida State (8-3) 628 19
17. Wisconsin (9-2) 612 20
18. Virginia (8-3) 469 16
19. Pittsburgh (7-3) 304 28
20. Florida (7-4) 290 25
21. Arizona State (8-3) 231 18
22. Texas A&M (7-4) 199 22
23. Boston College (8-3) 172 17
24. Texas Tech (7-4) 167 33
25. Ohio State (7-4) 143 27

Others Receiving Votes:

West Virginia 113, Toledo 63, Purdue 49, Colorado 43, Fresno State 33, Memphis 32, Oklahoma State 30, Navy 23, Miami (OH) 16, Texas-El Paso 12, Syracuse 11, Clemson 8, Alabama 7, New Mexico 5, Bowling Green 4, Northern Illinois 3.

First-timer UAB among five C-USA bowl teams

After eight years in college football's big-time division, UAB has finally earned the reward that had eluded it until now.

The Blazers accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl, the team's first trip to a postseason bowl. The announcement came in spite of Saturday's 26-21 loss to Southern Mississippi.

UAB (7-4, 5-3 Conference USA), will meet an opponent still to be determined.

``This first bowl game for our program is special, not only for our current players, but also for all the other guys from past years who played a part in getting us started,'' coach and athletic director Watson Brown said in a statement.

The Blazers team, who have played at the Division I-A level since 1996, join four other C-USA teams heading for postseason destinations.

No. 7 Louisville (9-1, 7-0) will represent the league against an opponent to be determined in the 46th annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl on December 31 in Memphis. The Cards clinched the C-USA championship Saturday with a 70-7 pasting of Cincinnati.

The champion of the Mountain West Conference would ordinarily be the opponent in the Liberty Bowl, but that league's top team, unbeaten and 5th-ranked Utah, appears assured of a berth in a Bowl Championship Series game.

Memphis (8-3, 5-3) will accept an invitation to play in the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala., on Dec. 22. The university released a statement Sunday that said the Tigers will sign a contract Monday with the GMAC Bowl.

The Tigers' opponent, a representative of the Mid-America Conference, will be announced later this week. GMAC Bowl selection committee chairman Murray Cape said four MAC teams — Toledo, Bowling Green, Northern Illinois and Miami of Ohio — are possible opponents.

Southern Miss will face Sun Belt Conference champion North Texas in the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 14. The Golden Eagles (6-4, 5-3) accepted an invitation to the game after becoming bowl eligible with with their Saturday win over UAB.

``We're excited to have a regional team competing this year and it's expected to be a very good draw for Southern Miss fans,'' said New Orleans Bowl spokesman Sam Joffray.

Only a day after their humiliation at Louisville, the Cincinnati Bearcats were invited Sunday to play in the Fort Worth Bowl. The bowl, played on Dec. 23, would normally extend the other invitation to a Big 12 team, but that league's bowl-eligible schools are locked locked into other bids already.

Fort Worth Bowl officials are negotiating with the Atlantic Coast, Big East and Mid-American conferences for another opponent.

News Nuggets are compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data published by ECU, Conference USA and its member schools; and reports from Associated Press and other sources. Copyright 2004 Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Page Updated: 02/23/2007 12:06 PM