Quote Originally Posted by Tater View Post
Precedent the last time it happened, but my memory was wrong on the details. UCLA was 6-6 but didn't have a tie-in.

The 2009 edition of the EagleBank Bowl was originally to match Army and the eighth team selected from the ACC.[3] Army finished the regular season at 5–7 after failing to defeat rival Navy to become bowl eligible. Only seven teams from the ACC finished with bowl-qualifying regular season records (6–6 or better.)

If you have something that official sounding from Navy itself then that feels more finite. But I'd hate to have the rug pulled out from under us.
USA Today reports that Navy is out: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...e/71648714007/

So we need Florida State and Clemson to hold on, and then UCLA and Hawaii to win tonight, and if all of that happens, we've somehow backed our way in.