2011-12 Bowl Schedule

[bdoughty]

Saturday, December 10

2:30 PM ET Army vs. Navy CBS

Series leader Navy (55–49–7)


Bowl Games

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Gildan New Mexico Bowl
University Stadium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Dec. 17th, 2 p.m. EST, ESPN
Wyoming (8-4) vs. Temple (8-4)


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Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Bronco Stadium, Boise State University, Boise, ID
Dec. 17th, 5:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
Utah State (7-5) vs. Ohio (9-4)


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R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Dec. 17th, 9 p.m. EST, ESPN
Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4) vs. San Diego State (8-4)


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Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Dec. 20th, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN
FIU (8-4) vs. Marshall (6-6)


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S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Dec. 21st, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN
TCU (10-2) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4)


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MAACO Las Vegas Bowl
Sam Boyd Stadium, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Whitney, NV
Dec. 22nd, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN
Boise State (11-1) vs. Arizona State (6-6)


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Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI
Dec. 24th, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN
Southern Miss (11-2) vs. Nevada (7-5)


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AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA
Dec. 26th, 5 p.m. EST, ESPN2
Missouri (7-5) vs. North Carolina (7-5)


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Little Caesars Bowl
Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Dec. 27th, 4:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6)


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Belk Bowl
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
Dec. 27th, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN
Louisville (7-5) vs. N. C. State (7-5)


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Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
Dec. 28th, 4:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
Toledo (8-4) vs. Air Force (7-5)


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Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Dec. 28th, 8 p.m. EST, ESPN
Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5)


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Champs Sports Bowl
Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
Dec. 29th, 5:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (9-3)


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Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Dec. 29th, 9 p.m. EST, ESPN
Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5)


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Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Gerald J. Ford Stadium, University Park, TX
Dec. 30th, Noon EST, ESPN
Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3)


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New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY
Dec. 30th, 3:20 p.m. EST, ESPN
Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6)


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Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
LP Field, Nashville, TN
Dec. 30th, 6:40 p.m. EST, ESPN
Wake Forest (6-6) vs. Mississippi State (6-6)


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Insight Bowl
Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
Dec. 30th, 10 p.m. EST, ESPN
Iowa (7-5) vs. Oklahoma (9-3)


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Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl
Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
Dec. 31st, Noon EST, ESPN
Northwestern (6-6) vs. Texas A&M (6-6)


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Hyundai Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX
Dec. 31st, 2 p.m. EST, CBS
Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5)


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AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN
Dec. 31st, 3:30 p.m. EST, ABC
Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)


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Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
Dec. 31st, 3:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6)


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Chick-fil-A Bowl
Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Dec. 31st, 7:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5)


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TicketCity Bowl
Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Jan. 2nd, Noon EST, ESPNU
Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1)


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Outback Bowl
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Jan. 2nd, 1 p.m. EST, ABC
Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3)


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Capital One Bowl
Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
Jan. 2nd, 1 p.m. EST, ESPN
Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2)


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Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl
EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL
Jan. 2nd, 1 p.m. EST, ESPN2
Ohio State (6-6) vs. Florida (6-6)


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Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA
Jan. 2nd, 5 p.m. EST, ESPN
Wisconsin (11-2) vs. Oregon (11-2)


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Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Jan. 2nd, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1)


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Allstate Sugar Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Jan. 3rd, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (10-2)


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Discover Orange Bowl
Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
Jan. 4th, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3)


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AT&T Cotton Bowl
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
Jan. 6th, 8 p.m. EST, FOX
Arkansas (10-2) vs. Kansas State (10-2)


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BBVA Compass Bowl
Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
Jan. 7th, 1 p.m. EST, ESPN
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5)


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GoDaddy.com Bowl
Ladd Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
Jan. 8th, 9 p.m. EST, ESPN
Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3)


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Allstate BCS National Championship Game
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Jan. 9th, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN
Alabama (11-1) vs. LSU (13-0)

[jaymo76]

TAXLAYER GATOR BOWL... FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL... possibly two of the worst bowl names ever!!!

[bdoughty]

CBS reporting that it will be LSU/Bama rematch. Vegas has set over under for Alabama-LSU BCS title game at 16.

Oklahoma State-Stanford in Fiesta

Cotton Bowl just tweeted that they will have the "only" Big 12-SEC matchup.

Nittany Lions (9-3) slide to Big Ten's No. 7 bowl cuz of Sandusky RT Penn State to Ticket City Bowl in Dallas.

[morsdraconis]

Orange Bowl is gonna be Clemson and WVU.

[bdoughty]

TCU not in BCS, instead headed to Poinsettia Bowl vs. Louisiana Tech

Texas vs Cal in Holiday

[bdoughty]

Ohio State vs. Florida in Gator bowl :D

[bdoughty]

Baylor to Alamo, move over OU. Guessing Washington?

[SmoothPancakes]

Ohio State vs. Florida in Gator bowl :D

I was just about to post about that. :D

[bdoughty]

Someone changed the title of the thread, I feel kinda violated. :P

[bdoughty]

Texas A&M will face Northwestern at Reliant Stadium in Houston for the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Houston, the university announced on Sunday afternoon

[bdoughty]

Ark - OU cotton South Carolina Nebraska Capital One

not confirmed

[bdoughty]

Sugar could be Kansas St - Michigan reported that Boise will not be in BCS either

[HWill]

Sugar could be Kansas St - Michigan reported that Boise will not be in BCS either

Virginia Tech is in the Sugar. :smh:

[bdoughty]

Yeah just saw that. Terrible choice, they just got blasted by a Clemson team that was a sinking ship.

[psusnoop]

I hope the ticket city bowl blows the insight and others out of the water for ratings (as I'm sure they will). Oh well, while some players are disappointed from some twitter posts many will relish this chance once the dust settles.

[bdoughty]

UVa to ChickFilA, Wake to Music City, UNC to Independence

[SmoothPancakes]

Sugar could be Kansas St - Michigan reported that Boise will not be in BCS either

Absolute bullshit. Boise State has a fucking hell of a lot more business being in the BCS than fucking Michigan. College football is becoming absolutely nothing but more and more fucking bullshit week after fucking week. Fuck you NCAA.

[JBHuskers]

.009 away was Oklahoma State :fp:

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[morsdraconis]

And, fuck you NCAA. Boring vs Totally Boring for the MNC game. You have offically lost me as a viewer until you get a playoff system that works and I refuse to watch another game until then.

[SmoothPancakes]

This entire BCS schedule is a fucking joke. Bullshit BCS title game. Boise State, at #7 get completely fucked out of a BCS game. How the fuck does a 11-1 #7 Boise State team get left out, but a 10-2 #13 Michigan team deserves to get in? Total fucking shit. Boise State, Kansas State, South Carolina and Baylor, all ranked higher than Michigan in the BCS standings, none of them playing in a BCS game. Everyone but Baylor with a same as or better record than Michigan. All left out. Fuck you NCAA. I hope your fucking offices burn down.

[steelerfan]

Michigan-Virginia Tech is horseshit. The rest of it, I understand (even if I don't like or agree with it).

Honestly, for me, I couldn't give a shit about any BCS game except for the MNC in any given year (unless I have a rooting interest).

It's just a shame that no one could step up and prevent the all-SECW title game. I hope LSU wins, they are deserving of the title and no one else is.

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[bdoughty]

All games have been added to the OP.

Boise State (11-1) vs. Arizona State (6-6)

:smh: BSU got screwed big time

UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6)

Should be a classic :fp:

[morsdraconis]

(sigh)

God damn it NCAA. Why? :smh:


Side note, Wyoming vs Temple might be a fun game to watch, too bad I won't be watching another college football game until there is a playoff. I'm done. I can almost guarantee that Alabama is going to beat LSU. Then you're going to have a team that went 1-1 against the "best" team in the country claiming to be the winner of the MNC. :fp:

[bdoughty]

I can almost guarantee that Alabama is going to beat LSU. Then you're going to have a team that went 1-1 against the "best" team in the country claiming to be the winner of the MNC. :fp:

A tie is like kissing your sister. In the SEC they really like tied games.

[JBHuskers]

Nick Saban voted Oklahoma State 4th :fp:

[cdj]

Nick Saban voted Oklahoma State 4th :fp:

So did Gary Pinkel, David Cutcliffe, Doug Marrone and David Shaw.

Troy Calhoun put Okie State 5th. :fp:

[JBHuskers]

Here is a nice interactive graph of which coach voted for who on USA Today.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/story/2011-final-coaches-ballots/51647436/1

[JBHuskers]

You sure we don't need a playoff now? :D

RT @McMurphyCBS: 3 Harris Poll voters had Okla State 6th, 1 voted Alabama 4th. Read it & dissect bit.ly/tWlbph

[JBHuskers]

17 of 59 voters VOTED Oklahoma State in top 2. 42 of 59 didn't.

[gschwendt]

This has to be one of the worst bowl lineups of history... if you don't have a rooting interest in the games, there's not any compelling matchups. I'm really not interested in hardly any of the games outside of Wisconsin/Oregon & Oklahoma State/Stanford. And even the Arkansas State bowl game has lost a bit of it's luster in the past 48 hours with our coach leaving. I'm going and will enjoy it, but it's not the same as it was a week ago.

[SmoothPancakes]

This has to be one of the worst bowl lineups of history... if you don't have a rooting interest in the games, there's not any compelling matchups. I'm really not interested in hardly any of the games outside of Wisconsin/Oregon & Oklahoma State/Stanford. And even the Arkansas State bowl game has lost a bit of it's luster in the past 48 hours with our coach leaving. I'm going and will enjoy it, but it's not the same as it was a week ago.

Agreed completely. Every year, I usually watch at least half the bowl games throughout the bowl season. However, this year there are only about 6 games total that I'm interested in actually sitting down and watching.

FIU-Marshall
Southern Miss-Nevada
Air Force-Toledo
Notre Dame-Florida State
Oregon-Wisconsin
Oklahoma State-Stanford

That's it. Everything else, to hell with them. And once again, to hell with the BCS title game. The NCAA can still go fuck themselves and they are not getting a single fucking second of watching time from me in regards to the BCS title game, and I am not buying a single product from any fucking company advertising during the game. They're all fucking bullshit hackjobs.

[bdoughty]

I got a good laugh at Gary Pinkel putting Okie State at #4. SEC SEC SEC

[bdoughty]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7317611/interim-big-12-commissioner-chuck-neinas-pushes-plus-one-playoff-model

Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas said Sunday night that a model allowing the top four teams of college football to meet in the postseason should be revisited.

"The plus-one model has received consideration before," Neinas said. "As a result of this year, I feel that consideration should become more serious as we move forward."

I know I was shocked by this news.

[bdoughty]

From SI/Mandel: UCLA got its waiver to go to a bowl (Kraft Fight Hunger) at 6-7. That knocked out Western Kentucky (7-5), which was only hoping for its first bowl in school history.

[SmoothPancakes]

From SI/Mandel: UCLA got its waiver to go to a bowl (Kraft Fight Hunger) at 6-7. That knocked out Western Kentucky (7-5), which was only hoping for its first bowl in school history.

Once again, the non BCS teams get fucked over. :smh: Not even the BCS, but the entire fucking NCAA has to go. This is fucking bullshit.

[JBHuskers]

ESPN lobbying got 2 ACC teams in somehow....one automatic (Clemson) one at-large (Virginia Tech)

Virginia Tech wasn't even in the top 10 in the BCS, but gets an at large. Teams 6-9 didn't even get into a BCS Bowl.

[SmoothPancakes]

ESPN lobbying got 2 ACC teams in somehow....one automatic (Clemson) one at-large (Virginia Tech)

Virginia Tech wasn't even in the top 10 in the BCS, but gets an at large. Teams 6-9 didn't even get into a BCS Bowl.

Neither team in the fucking Sugar Bowl deserved to get in. It's all fucking bullshit.

[morsdraconis]

I'll say it again. I'm done with college football outside of WVU and my interest in watching them has become so fleeting, I almost don't even care there either. It's garbage. Absolute and complete garbage. Now we have a team (UCLA) with a losing fuckin' record in the in a bowl game. What's the god damn point anymore?

I'm just tired of it all. It's all about money and nothing else. Just make a fuckin' pro farming league, tell the NCAA to go fuck off, and get it over and done with. I'm just so sick of it.

[psusnoop]

The Hilltoppers really got shafted here and it is disturbing to me. WKU vs Illinois sounds much much more appealing to me.

[SmoothPancakes]

It's all bullshit. Someone needs to fucking firebomb the NCAA offices. Nothing good is every going to come from that fucking place and it needs to fucking be destroyed.

[JBHuskers]

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[cdj]

Courtesy Kegs N Eggs, the opening lines for all the bowl games. (http://kegsneggsblog.com/2011/12/05/opening-bowl-game-point-spreads/)

‘Tis the season. Bowl season.

The games are set, and the Las Vegas Wynn has released opening lines on the games which will move around quite a bit in the next few weeks. We’ll monitor them as they go, but for now here’s where Vegas pegged ‘em before betting begins.

Gildan New Mexico

Temple -6 vs. Wyoming

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Ohio vs. Utah State -2

R+L Carriers New Orleans

San Diego State -4.5 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg

Florida International -5 vs. Marshall

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia

TCU -12.5 vs. Louisiana Tech

MAACO Las Vegas

Arizona State vs. Boise State -13.5

Sheraton Hawaii

Nevada vs. Southern Miss -5.5

AdvoCare V100 Independence

Missouri -3.5 vs. North Carolina

Little Caesars

Western Michigan -1 vs. Purdue

Belk

Louisville vs. NC State (pick ‘em)

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman

Toledo vs. Air Force (pick ‘em)

Bridgepoint Education Holiday

California vs. Texas -3

Champs Sports

Florida State -2.5 vs. Notre Dame

Valero Alamo

Washington vs. Baylor -10

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces

BYU -1.5 vs. Tulsa

New Era Pinstripe

Rutgers -2.5 vs. Iowa State

Franklin American Mortgage Music City

Mississippi State -7 vs. Wake Forest

Insight

Iowa vs. Oklahoma -16

Meineke Car Care of Texas

Texas A&M -11 vs. Northwestern

Hyundai Sun

Georgia Tech -3.5 vs. Utah

AutoZone Liberty

Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt -2

Kraft Fight Hunger

Illinois -1.5 vs. UCLA

Chick-fil-A

Virginia vs. Auburn (pick ‘em)

TicketCity

Houston -9 vs. Penn State

Outback

Michigan State vs. Georgia -2

Capital One

Nebraska -1 vs. South Carolina

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl

Ohio State vs. Florida -1.5

Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio

Wisconsin vs. Oregon -5.5

Tostitos Fiesta

Stanford vs. Oklahoma State -3.5

Allstate Sugar

Michigan vs. Virginia Tech (pick ‘em)

Discover Orange

West Virginia vs. Clemson -3

AT&T Cotton

Kansas State vs. Arkansas -8.5

BBVA Compass Bowl

SMU vs. Pittsburgh -7

GoDaddy.com

Arkansas State -1 vs. Northern Illinois

Allstate BCS National Championship Game

LSU -1 vs. Alabama

[jaymo76]

From SI/Mandel: UCLA got its waiver to go to a bowl (Kraft Fight Hunger) at 6-7. That knocked out Western Kentucky (7-5), which was only hoping for its first bowl in school history.

Pathetic!!!

[JBHuskers]

Nick Saban in 2003....

"A team that doesn't win their division or conference has no business in the championship game."

:whistle:

[SmoothPancakes]

Nick Saban in 2003....

"A team that doesn't win their division or conference has no business in the championship game."

:whistle:

Amazing how fast things someone believes or says goes out the window when they're in a favorable position contrary to that statement.

I just love the sudden change since 2006. Voters, coaches, etc, everyone said no way in hell should there ever be a rematch in the BCS title game, which is why Ohio State and Michigan ended up not rematching each other. But now, oh, well hell, who gives a fuck. It's the SEC, rematch or death apparently.

[bdoughty]

Nick Saban in 2003....

"A team that doesn't win their division or conference has no business in the championship game."

:whistle:

The sad part is that quote had been mentioned all week leading up the BCS selections. You would think that is something that those crazy kids at ESPN would have brought up for discussion when they had heim on the selection show after they were picked to go to the Championship game.

[JBHuskers]

The sad part is that quote had been mentioned all week leading up the BCS selections. You would think that is something that those crazy kids at ESPN would have brought up for discussion when they had heim on the selection show after they were picked to go to the Championship game.

Not when you are the owner the SEC Network.

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[bdoughty]

Chris Petersen: Not a fan of the BCS (http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/33712576)


"I got to tell you, I'm even tired of the BCS, even [the] name," said Petersen.

:up::up:

[bdoughty]

Not when you are the owner the SEC Network.


Even worse is the ACC Basketball obsessed ESPN has poisoned the football world.

[DariusLock]

This has to be one of the worst bowl lineups of history... if you don't have a rooting interest in the games, there's not any compelling matchups. I'm really not interested in hardly any of the games outside of Wisconsin/Oregon & Oklahoma State/Stanford. And even the Arkansas State bowl game has lost a bit of it's luster in the past 48 hours with our coach leaving. I'm going and will enjoy it, but it's not the same as it was a week ago.

G if you ever wanna make the trip to Oxford I got a ticket with your name on it to watch him coach again. You should come check out the grove either way also on a game day haha. It sucks you guys had to lose him, I really hope he turns our program around though. He's already started contacting recruits I think, took Nutt two weeks... :(

[JBHuskers]

To me a true champion is one that has gone through the best to get to the ultimate goal. Playing one of the best based on arbitrary numbers doesn't really equate to that. Questions still exist after said fact. What if Bama wins? What if Oklahoma State destroys a top ten team for the second game in a row? Same could be said for Stanford in the same game....

If LSU wins, the BCS exhales, so that is why I'm rooting for Bama, and an OSU or Stanford blowout.

[gschwendt]

G if you ever wanna make the trip to Oxford I got a ticket with your name on it to watch him coach again. You should come check out the grove either way also on a game day haha. It sucks you guys had to lose him, I really hope he turns our program around though. He's already started contacting recruits I think, took Nutt two weeks... :(I've been to Oxford a couple of times... back when Ole Miss wasn't scared to play Arkansas State (before we nearly beat you a couple of times). That said, I'll root for Freeze to do well, he just has a really big pit to have to dig out of.

[JBHuskers]

I've been to Oxford a couple of times... back when Ole Miss wasn't scared to play Arkansas State (before we nearly beat you a couple of times). That said, I'll root for Freeze to do well, he just has a really big pit to have to dig out of.

At least it isn't a sanctioned pit.

[JBHuskers]

47% of Virginia Tech's ticket allotment are still unsold, yet they're the bigger draw :fp:

[DariusLock]

We played the most freshmen and sophomores in the SEC, so hopefully he can do something with them. I'm excited to have an actual scheme and set play calling being brought in. With Nutt he just called plays, they didn't try to set anything up or dictate to the defense at all.

As far as bowl results go I def. want Miss. State to lose and USM to win haha. Other then that they will be game time decisions I'm also rooting for a 0-0 tie in the BCS Championship

[SmoothPancakes]

Well, bowl season is over for me. :fp: See ya next year. :smh:

[morsdraconis]

:(

Disappointed that FIU couldn't pull it off. Hopefully that keep the momentum into next year (though they are going to lose T.Y. Hilton, which is gonna hurt quite a bit).

[gschwendt]

:(

Disappointed that FIU couldn't pull it off. Hopefully that keep the momentum into next year (though they are going to lose T.Y. Hilton, which is gonna hurt quite a bit).Almost certain to lose Cristobal (HC) to Pitt as well.

[morsdraconis]

Ah, yeah, forgot about that as well. Man, that REALLY sucks for them.

[cdj]

Nick Saban in 2003....

"A team that doesn't win their division or conference has no business in the championship game."

:whistle:

ESPN says they can't find any link/media, etc. to prove he ever said that. AFAIK, no one has posted any link to said quote. It seems like that was a fictional quote spread through social networks with no one looking for proof.


Ah, yeah, forgot about that as well. Man, that REALLY sucks for them.

Bad to worse for FIU.

[cdj]

Also, poll added to this thread asking who you think will win the BCS NC: Alabama or LSU.

[JBHuskers]

Hoping for Bama just so the season is split at a game a piece. But I think LSU wins this one.

[SmoothPancakes]

Thank you BCS, for a fucking horrible bowl game tonight. Nothing like watching an ass-whooping that was over before halftime, and watching a team rush for a pathetic -11 yards. Thanks a lot jackasses.

[JBHuskers]

A day after the hoops team beat Miss. State 54-52, Baylor football beat Washington 67-56.

[ram29jackson]

that baylor game was great...sure, no defense, but I dont care, still was a great game...and most points ever in a Bowl..it was a matter of who wouldnt score at the end...but the first qtr took like an hour or something/ I would love to see a replay of that game

[gschwendt]

Such a damn shame that Vanderbilt went to the Liberty Bowl instead of Southern Miss... I hate all these dumb bowl tie-ins. They should limit them to three per conference or something like that. Then the rest of them are all fair game.

[SmoothPancakes]

that baylor game was great...sure, no defense, but I dont care, still was a great game...and most points ever in a Bowl..it was a matter of who wouldnt score at the end...but the first qtr took like an hour or something/ I would love to see a replay of that game

Most points ever in regulation, but not most points ever in a Bowl.

[JBHuskers]

Most points ever in regulation, but not most points ever in a Bowl.

Yeah I think it was two points off from most points in a bowl.

[SmoothPancakes]

Yeah I think it was two points off from most points in a bowl.

Yep. 125 points in an OT game was the most ever for a bowl game. I can't remember what bowl or year it was or what teams were in it, but I remember them mentioning it was 2 points off.

[jaymo76]

Such a damn shame that Vanderbilt went to the Liberty Bowl instead of Southern Miss... I hate all these dumb bowl tie-ins. They should limit them to three per conference or something like that. Then the rest of them are all fair game.

I agree. I would go even further... 100% at large bowl bids.

[JeffHCross]

Such a damn shame that Vanderbilt went to the Liberty Bowl instead of Southern Miss... I hate all these dumb bowl tie-ins. They should limit them to three per conference or something like that. Then the rest of them are all fair game.

I agree. I would go even further... 100% at large bowl bids.
Alright, so how do you establish a pecking order for picking teams? Or is a free-for-all, everyone for themselves? 'Cause that would work.

I agree that some of the bowl tie-ins are asinine, and bowls should be allowed to pick local teams in lieu of tie-ins. But in general, tie-ins are better than the alternative.

[jaymo76]

Alright, so how do you establish a pecking order for picking teams? Or is a free-for-all, everyone for themselves? 'Cause that would work.

I agree that some of the bowl tie-ins are asinine, and bowls should be allowed to pick local teams in lieu of tie-ins. But in general, tie-ins are better than the alternative.

Well, I haven't thought too much about it, but just off the top of my head have a TOP 50 poll and rank the bowls in importance (I know people will say that doing that will belittle some of the bowls... but come on, seriously how big of an honour is it to play in the Beef O Brady Bowl in earlyish December?... bowls are already weighted re: importance). Then, match the teams up chronologically (eg 1 v 2, 3 v 4.... 49 v 50, etc. for each of the bowl games. This could also be the first step on the road to a playoff format...

[ram29jackson]

sorry Nebraska faithful, but I did pick South Carolina to win that Bowl..they should really give Martinez back up a chance next year, he may well be better...Martinez cant really throw either it seems