Marshall Game Questions

Did we absolutely need to schedule this game in order to become bowl eligible? Maybe someone else knows the bowl rules better than me, but couldn't we have qualified for a bowl game as a 5-6 team with special circumstances (cancelled game due to hurricane)? Obviously if we win then we definitely get a bowl at 6-6 and we'd all rather "earn it" than back door our way in, but if we lose then we definitely don't get one at 5-7. So maybe we had a decent shot at a bowl at 5-6 with a cancelled game? I'm sure Whit knows what he's doing and I'm probably wrong about this, but throwing it out there.

Also - is anyone else surprised to see us favored by 4.5 and with a 70% chance to win according to espn FPI against an 8-3 team? I get that they don't exactly play the hardest schedule in the FBS but still surprised me a little to see.

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