I did my first Bowl projections of the season this morning, and here are some highlights of the games I was able to fill.
BCS Championship: Oregon vs. Kansas State
Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Norte Dame
Sugar: Alabama vs. Louisville
Orange: Florida State vs. Georgia
Rose: Nebraska vs. UCLA
Non-BCS highlights:
Cotton: Texas vs. Texas A&M
Sun: Miami (FL) vs. USC
Poinsettia: Boise State vs. BYU
I did my first Bowl projections of the season this morning, and here are some highlights of the games I was able to fill.
BCS Championship: Oregon vs. Kansas State
Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Norte Dame
Sugar: Alabama vs. Louisville
Orange: Florida State vs. Georgia
Rose: Nebraska vs. UCLA
Non-BCS highlights:
Cotton: Texas vs. Texas A&M
Sun: Miami (FL) vs. USC
Poinsettia: Boise State vs. BYU
I did my first Bowl projections of the season this morning, and here are some highlights of the games I was able to fill.
BCS Championship: Oregon vs. Kansas State
Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Norte Dame
Sugar: Alabama vs. Louisville
Orange: Florida State vs. Georgia
Rose: Nebraska vs. UCLA
Non-BCS highlights:
Cotton: Texas vs. Texas A&M
Sun: Miami (FL) vs. USC
Poinsettia: Boise State vs. BYU
UCLA will at least be a 3-loss team in that scenario, in fact every Pac-12 outside of Oregon will have at least 3 losses. The only Pac-12 team the Rose could get is Oregon.
UCLA will at least be a 3-loss team in that scenario, in fact every Pac-12 outside of Oregon will have at least 3 losses. The only Pac-12 team the Rose could get is Oregon.
Kansas State and Oregon both get knocked out of the top 2 seeds. An Oregon State win tonight and the Civil War next week will become more interesting for the winner of the Pac 12 North will play UCLA for the Pac 12 Title.
Even though I dislike the SEC, I really think they should be allowed to have 3 BCS teams, as they have so many good teams. I picked LSU as the At-Large from the SEC as I see them winning out, while Florida and Georgia lose, and drop past LSU in the rankings. Clemson gets an At-Large, because they will be the highest ranked, non champion, non SEC team left. Hopefully I'm wrong about some of my predictions, as I rather see Georgia make the NCG.
Even though I dislike the SEC, I really think they should be allowed to have 3 BCS teams, as they have so many good teams. I picked LSU as the At-Large from the SEC as I see them winning out, while Florida and Georgia lose, and drop past LSU in the rankings. Clemson gets an At-Large, because they will be the highest ranked, non champion, non SEC team left. Hopefully I'm wrong about some of my predictions, as I rather see Georgia make the NCG.
When they say a team is bowl eligible does that mean they are 100% going to a bowl game?
No because there can be more eligible teams than there are bowl slots. That's almost certainly not going to happen this year (partly due to a lot of probations/bowl bans), and in fact there's a possibility a 5-7 team will get to fill a bowl slot.
I like the Bowls but there are far too many. It seems they add 2 more every year. 28 or whatever was fine, but now there's like 36 and you're getting to a point for 5-7 teams are in them.
I also hate how slop bowls like the GMAC and Independence have been played in between New Years and the Title game in recent years when they used to be pre-Christmas games.
I like the Bowls but there are far too many. It seems they add 2 more every year. 28 or whatever was fine, but now there's like 36 and you're getting to a point for 5-7 teams are in them.
I also hate how slop bowls like the GMAC and Independence have been played in between New Years and the Title game in recent years when they used to be pre-Christmas games.
Yeah, that's garbage. Everything really should be finished no later than January 5.
Assuming K-state beats Texas and the better team wins each conference.
Cotton Bowl might be better off picking Georgia/Florida, LSU, or even South Carolina, but I still think they'll pick a TU/TAMU matchup if they can get it. The amount of press that game would get would be so worth skipping over better teams IMO. (That and I really wanna see us destroy TU one last time).
Assuming K-state beats Texas and the better team wins each conference.
Cotton Bowl might be better off picking Georgia/Florida, LSU, or even South Carolina, but I still think they'll pick a TU/TAMU matchup if they can get it. The amount of press that game would get would be so worth skipping over better teams IMO. (That and I really wanna see us destroy TU one last time).
Not a chance Georgia makes it over Florida with two losses, Florida is going to be ranked in the top 4 of the BCS standings and so they will get an automatic at-large bid. Georgia is going to fall behind Florida, Oregon, and Kansas State with a loss, at the very least.
looking at this page it appears there are currently 67 bowl eligible teams.
UConn and Cincinnati play each other, so only one of them will become bowl eligible.
Ga tech, even though they are 6-6, can paradoxically lose bowl eligibility because they are forced(?!) to play in their conference's championship game, and a loss makes them 6-7, thus "costing" them a bowl bid
but then, that only leaves 68 bowl eligible teams, and according to this list there are 35 bowl games meaning 70 teams will be needed...
so what happens? I could see them going ahead and allowing Ga tech to accept a bowl bid because of the unusual circumstance that led them to have 7 losses and 6 wins, but thats still only 69... so presumably some 5-7 team is going to a bowl this year... what a joke...
Nope, Florida State in 2002 with a 9-5 record is the only BCS bowl team ever with 5 losses.
and that 5th loss was only AFTER losing the Sugar bowl.... presumbly GT could beat FSU, go to the Orange Bowl, lose, and be the only BCS team to finish with 7 losses
looking at this page it appears there are currently 67 bowl eligible teams.
UConn and Cincinnati play each other, so only one of them will become bowl eligible.
Ga tech, even though they are 6-6, can paradoxically lose bowl eligibility because they are forced(?!) to play in their conference's championship game, and a loss makes them 6-7, thus "costing" them a bowl bid
but then, that only leaves 68 bowl eligible teams, and according to this list there are 35 bowl games meaning 70 teams will be needed...
so what happens? I could see them going ahead and allowing Ga tech to accept a bowl bid because of the unusual circumstance that led them to have 7 losses and 6 wins, but thats still only 69... so presumably some 5-7 team is going to a bowl this year... what a joke...
According to Stewart Mandel at CNNSI, there are going to be 70 bowl eligible teams, so no 5-7 teams. GT will probably get a waiver for the reason you stated.
