2012-13 College Football Bowl Season - Schedule & Discussion

[cdj]

Bowl	Teams	Location	Stadium	Date/Time	Network
	Nevada vs. Arizona	Albuquerque, NM	University Stadium	Dec. 15 - 1 PM	ESPN
	Toledo vs. Utah State	Boise, ID	Bronco Stadium	Dec. 15 - 4:30 PM	ESPN
	BYU vs. San Diego State	San Diego	Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 20 - 8 PM	ESPN
	UCF vs. Ball State	St. Petersburg, FL	Tropicana Field	Dec. 21 - 7:30 PM	ESPN
	East Carolina vs. UL-Lafayette	New Orleans	Superdome	Dec. 22 - Noon	ESPN
	Washington vs. Boise State	Las Vegas	Sam Boyd Stadium	Dec. 22 - 3:30 PM	ESPN
	Fresno State vs. SMU	Honolulu	Aloha Stadium	Dec. 24 - 8 PM	ESPN
	Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan	Detroit	Ford Field	Dec. 26 - 7:30 PM	ESPN
	San Jose State vs. Bowling Green	Washington DC	RFK Stadium	Dec. 27 - 3 PM	ESPN
	Cincinnati vs. Duke	Charlotte, NC	Bank of America Stadium	Dec. 27 - 6:30 PM	ESPN
	Baylor vs. UCLA	San Diego	Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 27 - 9:45 PM	ESPN
	Ohio vs. UL-Monroe	Shreveport, LA	Independence Stadium	Dec. 28 - 2 PM	ESPN
	Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech	Orlando	Florida Citrus Bowl	Dec. 28 - 5:30 PM	ESPN
	Minnesota vs. Texas Tech	Houston	Reliant Stadium	Dec. 28 - 9 PM	ESPN
	Rice vs. Air Force	Fort Worth	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Dec. 29 - 11:45 AM	ESPN
	West Virginia vs. Syracuse	Bronx, NY	Yankee Stadium	Dec. 29 - 3:15 PM	ESPN
	Navy vs. Arizona State	San Francisco	AT&T Park	Dec. 29 - 4 PM	ESPN2
	Texas vs. Oregon State	San Antonio	Alamodome	Dec. 29 - 6:45 PM	ESPN
:BWW_Bowl"	TCU vs. Michigan State	Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	Dec. 29 - 10:15 PM	ESPN
	NC State vs. Vanderbilt	Nasvhville	LP Field	Dec. 31 - Noon	ESPN
	USC vs. Georgia Tech	El Paso, TX	Sun Bowl	Dec. 31 - 2 PM	CBS
	Iowa State vs. Tulsa	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	Dec. 31 - 3:30 PM	ESPN
	LSU vs. Clemson	Atlanta	Georgia Dome	Dec. 31 - 7:30 PM	ESPN
:TaxSlayer_Gator:	Mississippi State vs. Northwestern	Jacksonville	Everbank Field	Jan. 1 - Noon	ESPN2
	Purdue vs. Oklahoma State	Dallas	Cotton Bowl	Jan. 1 - Noon	ESPNU
	South Carolina vs. Michigan	Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	Jan. 1 - 1 PM	ESPN
	Georgia vs. Nebraska	Orlando	Florida Citrus Bowl	Jan. 1 - 1 PM	ABC
	Wisconsin vs. Stanford	Pasadena, CA	Rose Bowl	Jan. 1 - 5 PM	ESPN
	Northern Illinois vs. Florida State	Miami	Sun Life Stadium	Jan. 1 - 8:30 PM	ESPN
	Louisville vs. Florida	New Orleans	Superdome	Jan. 2 - 8:30 PM	ESPN
	Oregon vs. Kansas State	Glendale, AZ	U. of Phoenix Stadium	Jan. 3 - 8:30 PM	ESPN
	Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma	Arlington, TX	Cowboys Stadium	Jan. 4 - 8 PM	FOX
	Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	Jan. 5 - 1 PM	ESPN
	Kent State vs. Arkansas State	Mobile, AL	Ladd-Peebles Stadium	Jan. 6 - 9 PM	ESPN
	Notre Dame vs. Alabama	Miami	Sun Life Stadium	Jan. 7 - 8:30 PM	ESPN

[cdj]

I'm seeing on Twitter that 9-3 LA Tech will not be in a bowl game. Some confusion on whether they turned down an invite or got overlooked. LA Tech has the #1 offense in the country.


Seems all but official that Nebraska's mauling by Wisconsin helped push Northern Illinois into the Orange Bowl vs. Florida State. The Sooners now get A&M in the Cotton Bowl. Great match-up, but OU/Big 12 probably upset on missing out on the extra money.

[SmoothPancakes]

I'm seeing on Twitter that 9-3 LA Tech will not be in a bowl game. Some confusion on whether they turned down an invite or got overlooked. LA Tech has the #1 offense in the country.


Seems all but official that Nebraska's mauling by Wisconsin helped push Northern Illinois into the Orange Bowl vs. Florida State. The Sooners now get A&M in the Cotton Bowl. Great match-up, but OU/Big 12 probably upset on missing out on the extra money.

If a 9-3 team does not end up in a bowl game but a half dozen (or however many) 6-6 teams do, that's fucked up.

[steelerfan]

If a 9-3 team does not end up in a bowl game but a half dozen (or however many) 6-6 teams do, that's fucked up.

Let's be honest. Bowl games are dumb. The MNC is the only one that means anything in any given year. You're right, it's fucked, but who cares?

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[JeffHCross]

Let's be honest. Bowl games are dumb. The MNC is the only one that means anything in any given year. You're right, it's fucked, but who cares?

Smooth cares. You have just unleashed the rage of Smooth

[morsdraconis]

Let's be honest. Bowl games are dumb. The MNC is the only one that means anything in any given year. You're right, it's fucked, but who cares?

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Playoffs.

[SmoothPancakes]

Let's be honest. Bowl games are dumb. The MNC is the only one that means anything in any given year. You're right, it's fucked, but who cares?

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Well, with no NHL, I don't give a shit about NBA until playoff time, and that shit they call football on Sundays, I do. I'll be watching as many bowl games as I can (at least those that look to be interesting, plus Navy's and Tulsa's guaranteed) over the next month before we end up in a sports black hole until March Madness.

That, and regardless of whether bowl games are dumb or not, they're around and aren't going anywhere, so may as well watch some extra college football while I/we still can and try to enjoy them, no matter how much some of them might suck or end up sucking.

[SmoothPancakes]

Smooth cares. You have just unleashed the rage of Smooth

Damn, you know me too well.

[JeffHCross]

If a 9-3 team does not end up in a bowl game but a half dozen (or however many) 6-6 teams do, that's fucked up.

From Twitter, it sounds like what happened is that Louisiana Tech got an invite from the Independence Bowl, but had other options at the time and asked the Independence Bowl organizers to give them time to make a decision. The bowl didn't wait and moved on. Other dominoes (namely Oklahoma being bumped out of the BCS and Iowa-St being bumped out of a Big XII bowl slot as a result) fell against La Tech and ... voila, no bowl.

[SmoothPancakes]

Shit. Projection is Arizona State to play Navy in the Fight Hunger Bowl.

I was really hoping for a Navy-Washington match-up.

[jaymo76]

Shit. Projection is Arizona State to play Navy in the Fight Hunger Bowl.

I was really hoping for a Navy-Washington match-up.

Really? Are you sure...??? Playing ASU is a sure win.

Plus don't forget the visuals

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGAmzDRA_B...eerleaders.png

[souljahbill]

*does the annual "What bowl is in" check*
*goes through list*
*checks again*

Oh, that's right. 0-12 only gets us invited to the Toilet Bowl.

I may go see in the New Orleans Bowl. They made this unbearable season bearable.

[SmoothPancakes]

Really? Are you sure...??? Playing ASU is a sure win.

Plus don't forget the visuals

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGAmzDRA_B...eerleaders.png

Yeah, but the allure of what would most likely be one hell of a battle between Washington and Navy was most appealing to me. Arizona State may still be one hell of a great game, but I really wanted Washington, especially when it looked like they would be a potential opponent 3 or 4 weeks ago.

And it is official, Arizona State-Navy is the match-up.

[JeffHCross]

Plus don't forget the visuals

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GGAmzDRA_B...eerleaders.png

Genuinely thought that was going to be a Courtney Simpson pic.

[cdj]

From Twitter, it sounds like what happened is that Louisiana Tech got an invite from the Independence Bowl, but had other options at the time and asked the Independence Bowl organizers to give them time to make a decision. The bowl didn't wait and moved on. Other dominoes (namely Oklahoma being bumped out of the BCS and Iowa-St being bumped out of a Big XII bowl slot as a result) fell against La Tech and ... voila, no bowl.

I saw that LA Tech's AD was on Sirius XM College Sports Nation this evening explaining what happened, so I'll have to listen to the podcast of it tomorrow. From what I've read, I'm going to guess fans, alumni, boosters, etc. are probably livid at either the athletic dept., Ind. Bowl, or both.

[morsdraconis]

I'd be pretty damn pissed at the Independence Bowl for moving on without them. That's some serious bullshit.

[SmoothPancakes]

Oh yeah, nearly forget, rematch time in the Liberty Bowl!

Back on September 1st, Iowa State beat Tulsa 38-23. Tulsa proceeded to reel off 7 straight wins before a 4 point loss to Arkansas and finished 10-3 (also losing by 8 to SMU). Iowa State went from that season opening win, made it to 3-0 and 4-1, before promptly stumbling to a 6-6 finish.

Tulsa was actually faring pretty well in that game. Had a 16-7 lead after the 1st quarter, collapsed in the second quarter to trail 24-16 at the half. Was down 31-23 with 9 minutes left to play before Iowa State scored to put the game away with 2 minutes left.

With as (fairly) well as Tulsa played Iowa State in the first game of the season, and as red hot as Tulsa has been the rest of the year (along with Iowa State's collapse in the second half of the season), I'm looking forward to revenge for Tulsa. Unfortunately have to wait until New Year's Eve for that revenge.

[steelerfan]

I saw that LA Tech's AD was on Sirius XM College Sports Nation this evening explaining what happened, so I'll have to listen to the podcast of it tomorrow. From what I've read, I'm going to guess fans, alumni, boosters, etc. are probably livid at either the athletic dept., Ind. Bowl, or both.

I heard a different version on the radio. I heard the AD didn't want to play ULM because of some beef he has with them.

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[gschwendt]

Regarding Loser Tech, the story I've heard indirectly (we have a fan that sits on the Independence Bowl Committee) was that Loser Tech was offered the Indy Bowl a few days ago but they are too arrogant/too afraid to play ULM so they said "we're going to wait a few days and see what shakes out". When NIU made it to the Orange Bowl, that screwed over a lot of folks particularly because then the Big 12 doesn't have two in the BCS. By the time LTU realized they were going to be shut out, they went back to the Independence Bowl and they had already moved on.

Oklahoma getting shut out of the BCS also screwed Arkansas State... by that happening, that filled more Big 12 slots knocking Iowa State down a rung. And stupidly, instead of taking a team that will sell probably 25k or more tickets, they took a team that just happens to be in an AQ conference despite it being the 2nd of 3 matchups of the same two teams in two years (Tulsa/Iowa State). Many wonder if University of Memphis didn't block us since they didn't want us to be showcased in their own back yard to recruits, etc. Oh well, works out of us in the end (even though it's a farther trip) because beating a ranked Kent State will likely propel us into the Top 25.

[SmoothPancakes]

Damn! A Tulsa-Arkansas State battle in the Liberty Bowl would have been damn fun to watch.