If the EagleBank Bowl wants a local team in its Dec. 29 game, yesterday was not a particularly promising day.
Maryland lost to Middle Tennessee to fall to 1-2. Virginia gave up a huge second-half lead at Southern Mississippi and dropped to 0-3. Neither has looked like a postseason-worthy team this season, and that’s saying something when 68 out of 120 teams make a bowl.
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The good for the D.C.-based bowl? Army notched win No. 2, putting it a third of the way to eligibility for its first bowl game since 1996.
Running down all three tie-ins:
ACC No. 8
ACC teams with 2+ victories: 9
ACC teams with .500+ records: 9
Current projected teams on the board for the EagleBank Bowl: Boston College, Wake Forest
ARMY
The Black Knights handled Ball State (which in no way resembles the team that started last season 12-0). Army has a winning record more than one game into the season for the first time since going 10-2 in 1996.
2009 Opponent
| Result | 2008 Equivalent
| Result |
at Eastern Michigan
| W, 27-14
| Eastern Michigan
| W, 17-13
|
| Duke | L, 35-19
| at Rice
| L, 38-31
|
Ball State
| W, 24-17
| Akron | L, 22-3
|
at Iowa State
|
| at Texas A&M
| L, 21-17
|
| Tulane |
| at Tulane
| W, 44-13
|
| Vanderbilt |
| at Buffalo
| L, 27-24
|
at Temple
|
| Temple | L, 35-7
|
| Rutgers |
| at Rutgers
| L, 30-3
|
at Air Force
|
| Air Force
| L, 16-7
|
| VMI | | New Hampshire
| L, 28-10
|
at North Texas
|
| Louisiana Tech
| W, 14-3
|
vs. Navy
|
| vs. Navy
| L, 34-0
|
If Army cannot reach six victories, the bowl will select a team from …
Conference USA East teams with 2+ victories: 3 (Southern Mississippi, Marshall, Central Florida)
Conference USA East teams with .500+ records: 3
– Patrick Stevens
