College Football - Championship Week and Beyond

[CubColtPacer]

So, if Oregon State beats Oregon, does Oregon still make a BCS bowl ahead of Iowa/PSU/Boise?

 

depends on whether they drop out of the BCS Top 12 or not

 

Top 14. And Oregon will stay in the top 14 unless they get absolutely demolished in the game and pollsters punish them for that. I can't see them getting picked even if they stay in though. You usually lose credit if you lose your last game of the season especially when that game could have played your way into the BCS. That will probably be enough to push them below Iowa/Penn State.

 

And I don't see a 3 loss Oregon who would not have played well over the last month of the season being picked over an undefeated Boise State team even with travel considerations. I think even the Fiesta bowl would stay away from that firestorm. I definitely don't think another BCS bowl would want a Pac 10/Big 10 matchup either so they would have to shake up the matchups after they were chosen.

 

I see Oregon's chances in that scenario to just be a little higher than Virginia Tech's, but I don't see either having much of a chance at this point.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Apparently the Insight Bowl is now really considering Iowa State, so Mizzou has to [expletive] lobby now for that shitty bowl game. While I'd much rather watch Mizzou on real TV, I'd rather not risk the lives of the players/coaches/fans in Shreveport or end up at the worst Big 12 Bowl in the Texas Bowl. What a joke.

[ISUCubsFan]

Apparently the Insight Bowl is now really considering Iowa State, so Mizzou has to [expletive] lobby now for that [expletive] bowl game. While I'd much rather watch Mizzou on real TV, I'd rather not risk the lives of the players/coaches/fans in Shreveport or end up at the worst Big 12 Bowl in the Texas Bowl. What a joke.

That would be great for ISU. Good location and they're projected to play Minnesota instead of some SEC team in Shreveport that would probably kill them. Crappy TV deal is the only drawback, but I can live with it. It sounds like the Fiesta/Insight are run by the same people, and they might be interested in bringing both Iowa schools there for $$$ purposes. That could potentially mean Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Iowa State fans all in the same city though, so they might lose money paying for riot damage.

[Jon]

Oh, Harbaugh...

[ISUCubsFan]

The Pac 10 Championship Game (nice that all the BCS conferences decided to schedule one this year) has been pretty good so far. Oregon State leading 23-21 at half.

[E.J.]

This Oregon/Oregon State game is pretty awesome. Neither team knows how to play defense whatsoever.

[Derwood]

This Oregon/Oregon State game is pretty awesome. Neither team knows how to play defense whatsoever.

 

but Ohio State does, which will be quite the shock to whoever wins

[Garwilly]

Everyone through the gate went down.

[SouthSideRyan]

What sick and twisted uni is Oregon gonna come up with for the Rose Bowl? And how soon can I get one?

[Flames24Rulz]

This Oregon/Oregon State game is pretty awesome. Neither team knows how to play defense whatsoever.

 

but Ohio State does, which will be quite the shock to whoever wins

 

Ohio State in big games? Cue Gus Johnson's cackle.

[Derwood]

This Oregon/Oregon State game is pretty awesome. Neither team knows how to play defense whatsoever.

 

but Ohio State does, which will be quite the shock to whoever wins

 

Ohio State in big games? Cue Gus Johnson's cackle.

 

undoubtedly, Terelle Pryor will crap the bed

[Garwilly]

What sick and twisted uni is Oregon gonna come up with for the Rose Bowl? And how soon can I get one?

 

Their website already says these will be the Rose Bowl Helmets:

 

 

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2007/11/medium_Corso.jpg

 

[Garwilly]

Btw, Wtf...

 

 

 

http://www.suprmchaos.com/or-duck_110702.jpg

Edited December 4, 2009 by Garwilly

[hawkeyecub]

Those teams have a lot of speed but that was terrible defense also. Awful tackling. Exciting game though.

[TheVolCub08]

Btw, Wtf...

 

 

 

http://www.suprmchaos.com/or-duck_110702.jpg

 

It's like Spiderman vs. Venom.

[Outshined_One]

Btw, Wtf...

 

 

 

http://www.suprmchaos.com/or-duck_110702.jpg

 

I just had a flashback to my childhood.

 

http://bp1.blogger.com/_9KEwm1OoTs8/R0TiPTau_1I/AAAAAAAAAig/Getslo5P0Xg/s320/gooker2.jpg

[Tracer Bullet]

Michigan football = Hurricane Katrina

 

http://www.freep.com/article/20091203/SPORTS06/91203096/1354/SPORTS/Rich-Rod-U-M-survived-hurricanes

[Andy]

I dislike Central Michigan probably far more than any mid-major program should be disliked by anyone.

 

Raisin, if your Bruins play them in a bowl (and they have a good shot at doing so) please eviscerate them.

[MSG T]

Apparently the Insight Bowl is now really considering Iowa State, so Mizzou has to [expletive] lobby now for that [expletive] bowl game. While I'd much rather watch Mizzou on real TV, I'd rather not risk the lives of the players/coaches/fans in Shreveport or end up at the worst Big 12 Bowl in the Texas Bowl. What a joke.

That would be great for ISU. Good location and they're projected to play Minnesota instead of some SEC team in Shreveport that would probably kill them. Crappy TV deal is the only drawback, but I can live with it. It sounds like the Fiesta/Insight are run by the same people, and they might be interested in bringing both Iowa schools there for $$$ purposes. That could potentially mean Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Iowa State fans all in the same city though, so they might lose money paying for riot damage.

 

 

An Iowa/ISU vs Nebby/Minny tag team match would be an absolute massacre. ISU will have more fans than UN-L and the Goofers combined. Then you add 40-50,000 Hawk fans?

[Butterscup1679666578]

ISU would bring more fans to a bowl game than Nebraska? In what universe?

[ISUCubsFan]

Apparently the Insight Bowl is now really considering Iowa State, so Mizzou has to [expletive] lobby now for that [expletive] bowl game. While I'd much rather watch Mizzou on real TV, I'd rather not risk the lives of the players/coaches/fans in Shreveport or end up at the worst Big 12 Bowl in the Texas Bowl. What a joke.

That would be great for ISU. Good location and they're projected to play Minnesota instead of some SEC team in Shreveport that would probably kill them. Crappy TV deal is the only drawback, but I can live with it. It sounds like the Fiesta/Insight are run by the same people, and they might be interested in bringing both Iowa schools there for $$$ purposes. That could potentially mean Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Iowa State fans all in the same city though, so they might lose money paying for riot damage.

 

 

An Iowa/ISU vs Nebby/Minny tag team match would be an absolute massacre. ISU will have more fans than UN-L and the Goofers combined. Then you add 40-50,000 Hawk fans?

I don't know about that. ISU travels well for it's level of accomplishment but unless Nebraska doesn't travel well to BCS games I doubt we outdraw them. I think there were 20,000 ISU fans at the 2000 game, which is great but not what I'd expect from a Fiesta Bowl team with that kind of program history. We can probably outdraw Minny, and obviously Iowa will bring a ridiculous number, but we wouldn't want to be on their tag team anyway. And it might not matter anyway because the Big 12 commissioner is an ass and is publicly lobbying for Missouri over Iowa State.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

We can probably outdraw Minny, and obviously Iowa will bring a ridiculous number, but we wouldn't want to be on their tag team anyway. And it might not matter anyway because the Big 12 commissioner is an ass and is publicly lobbying for Missouri over Iowa State.

 

He's just trying to ensure a just result. Mizzou won 2 more games than ISU, beat them head to head, have better TV potential/star power, have a better recent history, and all evidence points to them bringing better numbers to the game than ISU. There's no logical reason for the Insight to pick Iowa State.

[Derwood]

Didn't see this mentioned: ESPN bottom line says that the ND Athletic Director has said no bowl game for the Irish

[ISUCubsFan]

We can probably outdraw Minny, and obviously Iowa will bring a ridiculous number, but we wouldn't want to be on their tag team anyway. And it might not matter anyway because the Big 12 commissioner is an ass and is publicly lobbying for Missouri over Iowa State.

 

He's just trying to ensure a just result. Mizzou won 2 more games than ISU, beat them head to head, have better TV potential/star power, have a better recent history, and all evidence points to them bringing better numbers to the game than ISU. There's no logical reason for the Insight to pick Iowa State.

I really don't have a problem with Missouri going to the Insight over ISU. Obviously Missouri is more deserving than ISU. That's not even debatable. I would debate that Missouri would bring better numbers, because they do travel pretty well, are more excited to be in the game, and the Insight wouldn't be considering this if they thought they'd lose money on the deal. Now publicly supporting one conference school over another aside (awful), I have no problem if Bebee wants to encourage the Insight to take a more deserving team. I mean, he's said similar things about 7-5 Oklahoma likely jumping them for the Sun Bowl, and the potential for 6-6 Texas A&M to jump them for the Indy Bowl, right? If he was really worried about this he could have done the same thing the Big 10 did and stipulate in the bowl contracts that they can't pick a team unless they're within one game of the best remaining overall record. That hasn't happened, probably because it would hurt Texas/Oklahoma/A&M/Nebraska more often than the Missouri's, Iowa State's, and Baylor's of the conference. In fact, just one month ago Bebee proposed changes to ensure 6-6 teams are treated equally in the bowl selection process. He may be fighting for a just result this time, but it's not because he's overly interested in seeing teams with better records go to better bowl games.

[OleMissCub]

 

I just had a flashback to my childhood.

 

http://bp1.blogger.com/_9KEwm1OoTs8/R0TiPTau_1I/AAAAAAAAAig/Getslo5P0Xg/s320/gooker2.jpg

 

bawhwaha omg