Just because I think we should take advantage of a bowl if offered, I am desperate? Not sure I follow your thought process there.
UTEP is a winnable game, Southern Miss is a winnable game. We can be 6-6 at the end of the year, but 5-7 is within reach. That result, given where we were last year, would not be the bear minimum, it would be a tremendous improvement over a 1-11 season. Just because we end at 5-7 and go to a bowl doesn't mean that people don't want more than 5-7, but we can look at this season as a building block for the future. The extra practice time that bowl teams are allowed makes our players better and gives us something more to sell to recruits. Just because the record isn't what would probably deserve a bowl, it is still a great opportunity for the players to get better and a tool for the coaches in recruiting. Don't mistake a bowl appearance as accepting that 5-7 is an acceptable result outside of this season.