College Football Bowl Discussion

[Andy]

Well, here's your all-encompassing bowl thread. Should be an eventful December and January in college football as usual.

 

New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, NM – 12/19, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Wyoming vs Fresno State

 

St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL- 12/19, 8 pm (ESPN)

Rutgers vs Central Florida

 

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA - 12/20, 8:30 pm (ESPN)

Southern Miss vs Middle Tennessee

 

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, NV – 12/22, 8 pm (ESPN)

(14) BYU vs (18) Oregon State

 

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/23, 8 pm (ESPN)

(23) Utah vs California

 

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, HI – 12/24, 8 pm (ESPN)

SMU vs Nevada

 

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit, MI – 12/26, 1 pm (ESPN)

Marshall vs Ohio

 

Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 12/26, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

North Carolina vs (17) Pittsburgh

 

Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, CA – 12/26, 8 pm (ESPN)

Boston College vs (24) USC

 

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN – 12/27, 8:30 pm (ESPN)

Clemson vs Kentucky

 

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA – 12/28, 5 pm (ESPN2)

Texas A&M vs Georgia

 

EagleBank Bowl in Washington, DC – 12/29, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Temple vs UCLA

 

Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/29, 8 pm (ESPN)

(15) Miami vs (25) Wisconsin

 

Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, ID – 12/30, 4:30 pm (ESPN)

Bowling Green vs Idaho

 

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/30, 8 pm (ESPN)

(22) Nebraska vs (20) Arizona

 

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX – 12/31, 12 pm (ESPN)

Houston vs Air Force

 

Brut Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX – 12/31, 2 pm (CBS)

Oklahoma vs (21) Stanford

 

Texas Bowl in Houston, TX – 12/31, 3:30 pm (ESPN)

Missouri vs Navy

 

Insight Bowl in Tempe, AZ -12/31, 6 pm (NFL Network)

Minnesota vs Iowa State

 

Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta, GA – 12/31, 7 pm (ESPN)

(11) Virginia Tech vs Tennessee

 

Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL – 1/1, 11 am (ESPN)

Northwestern vs Auburn

 

Capital One Bowl in Orlando, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (ABC)

(13) Penn State vs (12) LSU

 

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (CBS)

Florida State vs (16) West Virginia

 

International Bowl in Toronto, ON – 1/2, 12 pm (ESPN2)

South Florida vs Northern Illinois

 

Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, AL – 1/2, 2 pm (ESPN)

UConn vs South Carolina

 

AT&T Cotton Bowl in Arlington, TX – 1/2, 2 pm (FOX)

(19) Oklahoma State vs Ole Miss

 

AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 1/2, 5:30 pm (ESPN)

East Carolina vs Arkansas

 

Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 1/2, 9 pm (ESPN)

Michigan State vs Texas Tech

 

GMAC Bowl in Mobile, AL – 1/6, 7 pm (ESPN)

Troy vs Central Michigan

 

BCS Games:

 

Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA – 1/1, 4:30 pm (ABC)

(7) Oregon vs (8) Ohio State

 

Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 1/1, 8:30 pm (FOX)

(5) Florida vs (3) Cincinnati

 

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ - 1/4, 8 pm (FOX)

(6) Boise State vs (4) TCU

 

FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami, FL – 1/5, 8 pm (FOX)

(9) Georgia Tech vs (10) Iowa

 

Citi National Championship Game in Pasadena, CA – 1/7, 8 pm (ABC)

(2) Texas vs (1) Alabama

Edited December 12, 2009 by Andy

[OleMissCub]

Already got my tix and hotel reserved for the Cotton Bowl. Wish we coulda beat Miss St and thus gotten Cap One to play Penn State, but I'm excited about going to see a game at Jerry World.

[TheVolCub08]

I'm quite worried that Va Tech is going to thoroughly smash the life out of UT. This is a terrible matchup for Tennessee. Good defensive team with a mobile QB while having to replace at least two coaches.

 

This could be ugly, though Monte Kiffin having 3 weeks to scheme for someone can only be considered a positive.

[CubbieBum]

I get to put up with Tebow is Jesus fans on New Year's. Wonderful. I wonder how many fights will break out on Bourbon Street on New Year's Eve.

[TheVolCub08]

I get to put up with Tebow is Jesus fans on New Year's. Wonderful. I wonder how many fights will break out on Bourbon Street on New Year's Eve.

 

Jorts and beads. What a combo!

[da bears]

Apparently, according to the local beat writer in Columbia, had Oklahoma State beaten OU and gone to a BCS bowl, the Cotton Bowl would have chosen Mizzou. At least thats what MU's understanding was from Cotton Bowl officials. Thanks a lot Ok State. Ugh. Mizzou better win the Big 12 Championship sometime soon. I'm sick of getting passed over every year.

 

Oh, and for those who think Mizzou travels like crap, we had 35,000 at the Cotton Bowl in 2007, which was probably more than kU had for the Orange Bowl.

[ConstableRabbit]

Yesssssssssssssssssssssss

[rocket]

so torn. i hate tebow and florida and would love to see him lose his final game. on the other hand, the cincy fans here need a dose of reality and it'd be nice to see them humbled with a florida blowout (which is my prediction.)

[snoodmonger]

Apparently, according to the local beat writer in Columbia, had Oklahoma State beaten OU and gone to a BCS bowl, the Cotton Bowl would have chosen Mizzou. At least thats what MU's understanding was from Cotton Bowl officials. Thanks a lot Ok State. Ugh. Mizzou better win the Big 12 Championship sometime soon. I'm sick of getting passed over every year.

 

Oh, and for those who think Mizzou travels like crap, we had 35,000 at the Cotton Bowl in 2007, which was probably more than kU had for the Orange Bowl.

 

Doubt it. KU fans travel better than Missouri fans. Deal with it.

[Banedon]

Boise State vs TCU is so lame.

[abuck1220]

who cares if you're going to the independence or the insight or the texas or whatever? yeah, isu has no business getting picked over mizzou for the insight, but what difference does it make? neither of them are good bowls. i can see being upset about getting screwed out of a BCS bowl, but who cares otherwise.

[shnsajax]

Just found out that they opened up a BCS store for the holidays down the street from me, thought that was pretty cool.

[Old Style]

Why the hell is the Independence Bowl at 4pm on a Monday? :banghead:

[Old Style]

Just found out that they opened up a BCS store for the holidays down the street from me, thought that was pretty cool.

Where exactly is this?

[dew1679666265]

Am I the only one really excited about watching Iowa/GT? I think it'll be the best BCS bowl.

 

And TCU/Boise got thoroughly screwed.

[shnsajax]

Just found out that they opened up a BCS store for the holidays down the street from me, thought that was pretty cool.

Where exactly is this?

 

Southlake Town Center, not far from you at all either. Not sure where in the center, just got an email about it.

[da bears]

who cares if you're going to the independence or the insight or the texas or whatever? yeah, isu has no business getting picked over mizzou for the insight, but what difference does it make? neither of them are good bowls. i can see being upset about getting screwed out of a BCS bowl, but who cares otherwise.

thats not the point. nobody cares about being passed up by one crappy bowl for another. the problem is its the third year in a row where mizzou has been passed up by an inferior team, one which we beat AND finished ahead of in the standings. kinda sucks.

[Old Style]

Just found out that they opened up a BCS store for the holidays down the street from me, thought that was pretty cool.

Where exactly is this?

 

Southlake Town Center, not far from you at all either. Not sure where in the center, just got an email about it.

You are in Lewisville? This should be real close to me.

[shnsajax]

Just found out that they opened up a BCS store for the holidays down the street from me, thought that was pretty cool.

Where exactly is this?

 

Southlake Town Center, not far from you at all either. Not sure where in the center, just got an email about it.

You are in Lewisville? This should be real close to me.

 

Now more so in Grapevine off of 26. I'm in Southlake at least once a week too, so its convienant :-).

[ISUCubsFan]

Here's the ballots from the final coaches poll.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-final-coaches-ballots.htm

 

Les Miles' Top 10:

 

1. Alabama

2. Texas

3. Florida

4. TCU

5. Ohio State

6. Oregon

7. Boise State

8. Cincinnati

9. Penn State

10. Iowa

 

Head to head is apparently not of great importance to Les.

[jersey cubs fan]

The BCS bowls seem anti-climactic and dull to me.

[Flames24Rulz]

Here's the ballots from the final coaches poll.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-final-coaches-ballots.htm

 

Les Miles' Top 10:

 

1. Alabama

2. Texas

3. Florida

4. TCU

5. Ohio State

6. Oregon

7. Boise State

8. Cincinnati

9. Penn State

10. Iowa

 

Head to head is apparently not of great importance to Les.

 

There are so many moronic things with that top 10 that it's hard to name the worst offense. I guess I'll go with an undefeated BCS team being behind three teams that have a loss on the season.

[SouthSideRyan]

Here's the ballots from the final coaches poll.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-final-coaches-ballots.htm

 

Les Miles' Top 10:

 

1. Alabama

2. Texas

3. Florida

4. TCU

5. Ohio State

6. Oregon

7. Boise State

8. Cincinnati

9. Penn State

10. Iowa

 

Head to head is apparently not of great importance to Les.

 

There are so many moronic things with that top 10 that it's hard to name the worst offense. I guess I'll go with an undefeated BCS team being behind three teams that have a loss on the season.

 

2 of those teams having 2 losses. Ohio State's losses not even coming to particularly good teams.

[chuckywang]

• Five other coaches voted Alabama No. 1 and TCU No. 2. All five, like Patterson, are from schools outside the six conferences with automatic Bowl Championship Series bids: Navy's Ken Niumatalolo, Ball State's Stan Parrish, UNLV's outgoing Mike Sanford, Houston's Kevin Sumlin and Louisiana-Monroe's outgoing Charlie Weatherbie.

 

Doesn't that just say it all right there?

[SouthSideRyan]

I honestly think I'd have Texas 5th.