Being bowl-eligible doesn’t necessarily mean bowl bound for WKU Hilltoppers football

WKU football spokesman Todd Stewart said the Hilltoppers (7-5, 7-1 Sun Belt) had not received a bowl invitation as of Monday and might not know their postseason fate until Saturday at the earliest. He said that the university is talking with numerous bowls, which he declined to name, but that those bowls are waiting to see the outcome of this week’s games.

“There is an unprecedented level of excitement on our campus,” he said. “We’re like a horse in the starting gate. We’re ready to run. We just need somebody to open the gate.”

WKU, which could clinch a share of the conference title if Troy beats Arkansas State on Saturday, is one of four bowl-eligible Sun Belt teams along with Arkansas State (9-2), Louisiana-Lafayette (9-3) and Florida International (8-4). The league sent three schools to bowl games last season — the most since the inception of Sun Belt football in 2001.

The Sun Belt’s two bowl-game tie-ins have been taken with Arkansas State accepting a bid to play in the GoDaddy.com Bowl and Louisiana-Lafayette going to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. That leaves WKU hoping for an at-large bid.  Read Full Article>>>

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