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NEW ORLEANS BOWL SET; BOBCATS FACE TULSA

Posted on July 17, 2017 at 09:49 AM.

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Tulsa has received the bid to play in the New Orleans Bowl on December 22 against the Sun Belt champs, the Texas State Bobcats. And the trash talk has already started.

"I applaud the job that the kids at Texas State did this year, but All-Americans?" remarked Tulsa head coach Bill Blankenship. "It's kind of a slap in the face to the players in this country who had to face power 5 conference talent week after week. We're not going to roll over just because they achieved stats in the Sun Belt."

Bobcats head coach Dennis Franchione had a response.

"We're not going to apologize for going 11-1 against the schedule laid out before us", said Franchione. "Especially to a team that went 7-5."

So clearly the lines have been drawn. It seems to have taken a Sun Belt versus Conference USA narrative even if it doesn't deserve to be. But we'll take the added drama to an already exciting upcoming game.