The College Football Thread 12/3 - 12/6

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Texas LOST to Texas Tech straight up, they have the same record, this should be a no brainer.

 

Edited with an equally true statement.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

What prediction? You just went against the grain for every game or picked against the powerhouse teams. GENIUS!

 

I picked Oklahoma. I guess they were underdogs. Don't listen to Dama, OU is actually a good team and people respect them.

 

Right. Let's ignore all your other dumb predictions like USC losing to UCLA, Florida losing to Alabama, etc etc.

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Edit: Everything is official...I think.

 

Congressional: Navy vs. Wake Forest

New Mexico: Colorado State vs. Fresno State

St. Petersburg: South Florida vs. Memphis

Las Vegas: BYU vs. Arizona

New Orleans: Troy vs. Southern Miss

Poinsettia: TCU vs. Boise State

Hawaii: Hawaii vs. Notre Dame

Motor City: Central Michigan vs. Florida Atlantic

Meineke Car Care: West Virginia vs. North Carolina

Champs Sports: Florida State vs. Wisconsin

Emerald: California vs. Miami

Independence: Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois

PapaJohns.com: Rutgers vs. N.C. State

Alamo: Missouri vs. Northwestern

Humanitarian: Nevada vs. Maryland

Holiday: Oregon vs. Oklahoma State

Texas: Rice vs. Western Michigan

Armed Forces: Air Force vs. Houston

Sun: Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh

Music City: Vanderbilt vs. Boston College

Insight: Minnesota vs. Kansas

Chick-Fil-A: Georgia Tech vs. LSU

Outback: Iowa vs. South Carolina

Gator: Nebraska vs. Clemson

Capital One: Michigan State vs. Georgia

Rose: Penn State vs. USC

Orange: Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech

Cotton: Texas Tech vs. Mississippi

Liberty: East Carolina vs. Kentucky

Sugar: Alabama vs. Utah

International: Buffalo vs. Connecticut

Fiesta: Texas vs. Ohio State

GMAC: Tulsa vs. Ball State

BCS: Oklahoma vs. Florida

Edited December 8, 2008 by Bored

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Boise State in for a rather large fall in bowl quality. From a possible BCS bowl to the We needed to name it something Holidayish Bowl. Welcome to Ouchville.

 

 

[Psycho Penguin 0]

Texas Tech and Boise got jobbed the most.

 

Wow, Ball State/Tulsa would be a pretty entertaining game. Is that pretty much official now? I haven't followed any bowl announcements today.

[Psycho Penguin 0]

What prediction? You just went against the grain for every game or picked against the powerhouse teams. GENIUS!

 

I picked Oklahoma. I guess they were underdogs. Don't listen to Dama, OU is actually a good team and people respect them.

 

Right. Let's ignore all your other dumb predictions like USC losing to UCLA, Florida losing to Alabama, etc etc.

 

What's your point? I already made a tongue in cheek comment that my predictions were SO AWESOME. so your point is my predictions sucked? Good call, Einstein. And yeah, picking the #1 team in the country is always a bad idea.

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Almost everything is official except the aforementioned three at large bids. The Poinsettia Bowl is holding off on the Boise State announcement with incredibly slim chance that the Fiesta Bowl officials heart's grow three times larger in the next hour and invite Boise over Ohio State. Considering the Big Ten invites have been handed out already just a hunch they've all been told that Ohio State is going to the Fiesta.

 

For the at large bids the primary speculation is N.C. State to the PapaJohns.com, Western Michigan to the Texas Bowl, and Florida Atlantic to the Motor City Bowl. I know you are all better for knowing this.

 

Edit: N.C. State has officially been invited to the PapaJohns.com which puts Western Michigan in the Texas Bowl by default as there obviously won't be two MAC teams in the Motor City Bowl.

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BCS Standings:

 

1 Oklahoma

2 Florida

3 Texas

4 Alabama

5 USC

6 Utah

7 Texas Tech

8 Penn State

9 Boise State

10 Ohio State

 

Got these off CFN so they should be reliable.

 

Link

 

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OMG NOT BEFORE THE OFFICIAL BCS SELECTION SHOW!!!

 

Yes, they are reliable. Here's the rest.

 

11. TCU

12. Cincinnati

13. Oklahoma State

14. Georgia Tech

15. Georgia

16. BYU

17. Oregon

18. Michigan State

19. Virginia Tech

20. Pittsburgh

21. Missouri

22. Ball State

23. Northwestern

24. Boston College

25. Mississippi

[Psycho Penguin 0]

FAU is my alma mater so I was curious where they were going to. MCB against Central Michigan would be a good game.

[Hawk 34 0]

Even if VT won the ACC conference, they shouldn't get a BCS spot over more deserving teams.

[Bored 0]

I find it amusing that the Poinsettia Bowl is going to end up with the best match-up according to the BCS rankings among the non-BCS bowls and both teams are ranked higher than the teams that will play in the Orange Bowl.

[Psycho Penguin 0]

BCS Bowls

 

 

Date Game Location TV Time Matchup

Jan. 8 BCS Title Miami, FL (Dolphin) FOX 8:00 pm Oklahoma v Florida

 

Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) ABC 4:30 pm Penn State v USC

Jan. 1 Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Dolphin) FOX 8:30 pm Virginia Tech v Cincinnati

Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl New Orleans, LA (Superdome) FOX 8:00 pm Alabama v Utah

Jan. 5 Fiesta Bowl Glendale, AZ (U of Phoenix) FOX 8:00 pm Texas v Ohio State

 

 

 

Other Bowls

 

 

Date Game Location TV Time Matchup

Dec. 20 EagleBank Washington, DC (RFK) ESPN 11:00 am Wake Forest v Navy

Dec. 20 New Mexico Albuquerque, NM (University) ESPN 2:30 pm Colorado State v Fresno State

Dec. 20 St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FL (Tropicana) ESPN2 4:30 pm USF v Memphis

Dec. 20 Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV (Sam Boyd) ESPN 8:00 pm Brigham Young v Arizona

Dec. 21 New Orleans New Orleans, LA (Superdome) ESPN 8:15 pm Southern Miss v Troy

Dec. 23 Poinsettia San Diego, CA (Qualcomm) ESPN 8:00 pm TCU v Boise State

Dec. 24 Hawaii Honolulu, HI (Aloha) ESPN 8:00 pm Hawaii v Notre Dame

Dec. 26 Motor City Detroit, MI (Ford Field) ESPN 8:00 pm Central Michigan v Florida Atlantic

Dec. 27 Meineke Charlotte, NC (Bank of America) ESPN 1:00 pm North Carolina v West Virginia

Dec. 27 Champs Sports Orlando, FL (Citrus Bowl) ESPN 4:30 pm Florida State v Wisconsin

Dec. 27 Emerald San Francisco, CA (AT&T Park) ESPN 8:00 pm Miami (FL) v California

Dec. 28 Independence Shreveport, LA (Independence) ESPN 8:15 pm Louisiana Tech v Northern Illinois

Dec. 29 Papajohns.com Birmingham, AL (Legion Field) ESPN 3:00 pm N.C. State v Rutgers

Dec. 29 Alamo San Antonio, TX (Alamodome) ESPN 8:00 pm Northwestern v Missouri

Dec. 30 Humanitarian Boise, ID (Bronco) ESPN 4:30 pm Maryland v Nevada

Dec. 30 Texas Houston, TX (Reliant) NFL Network 8:00 pm Western Michigan v Rice

Dec. 30 Holiday San Diego, CA (Qualcomm) ESPN 8:00 pm Oregon v Oklahoma State

Dec. 31 Armed Forces Fort Worth, TX (Amon G. Carter) ESPN 12:00 pm Air Force v Houston

Dec. 31 Sun El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) CBS 2:00 pm Oregon State v Pitt

Dec. 31 Music City Nashville, TN (LP Field) ESPN 3:30 pm Vanderbilt v Boston College

Dec. 31 Insight Tempe, AZ (Sun Devil) NFL Network 5:30 pm Kansas v Minnesota

Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome) ESPN 7:30 pm LSU v Georgia Tech

Jan. 1 Outback Tampa, FL (Raymond James) ESPN 11:00 am Iowa v South Carolina

Jan. 1 Gator Jacksonville, FL (Jacksonville) CBS 1:00 pm Clemson v Nebraska

Jan. 1 Capital One Orlando, FL (Citrus Bowl) ABC 1:00 pm Michigan State v Georgia

Jan. 2 Cotton Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl) FOX 2:00 pm Texas Tech v Ole Miss

Jan. 2 Liberty Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) ESPN 5:00 pm East Carolina v Kentucky

Jan. 3 International Toronto, ON (Rogers Centre) ESPN2 12:00 pm UConn v Buffalo

Jan. 6 GMAC Mobile, AL (Ladd-Peebles) ESPN 8:00 pm Tulsa v Ball State

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Looks like I'd rather go to the Poinsettia Bowl this year rather than the Holiday.

[Slayer 0]

Why is the Cotton Bowl not on NYD this year?

[Psycho Penguin 0]

I'm guessing it's part of them spreading the bowl games out further.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Even if the Broncos don't get a chance to play Texas and beat another Big XII team on the big stage, a matchup against TCU is still pretty darn good, I think.

[Slayer 0]

What a load

 

I think it's crap that they stick more non-BCS bowl games after the 1st. I liked it before when once you hit 4PM on NYD, it was nothing but BCS bowls from that point on, and now they're sticking more toilet bowls in there

 

also, the Fiesta Bowl will become a battle of "Who do I want to lose worse?"

[Psycho Penguin 0]

If Texas blows Ohio State out, will there be a split national champion? That becomes the big question now. (That and "How much will Texas fans politic after the Fiesta Bowl if they win big?)

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

I hope Ohio State beats a deflated Texas.

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BREAKING NEWS ON BOWL GAMES YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT

 

-It seemed to be a forgone conclusion that Louisiana-Lafayette would be invited to the Independence Bowl to set up an all-Louisiana match-up but there is a report that Northern Illinois has been invited instead.

 

-Also being reported that Florida Atlantic will indeed be invited to the Motor City Bowl.

[Psycho Penguin 0]

I hope Ohio State beats a deflated Texas.

 

Texas has no reason to be deflated.

 

I like how 7 teams can have a claim for the national title this year potentially.

 

- OU/Florida winner

- USC/PSU winner

- Texas Tech, if they win and Florida wins

- Texas, if they win

- Alabama if they and OU win

- Utah if they win

- Boise State if they win

 

Glad we got this BCS around to prevent split champions!

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There's not going to be a split champion, it's not even a remote possibility. If Texas was ahead of Oklahoma in the AP poll then there would be a chance but they aren't and it doesn't matter what they do against Ohio State. The winner of the MNC game will be the unanimous MNC.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Pretty sure they were hoping for the national title game. I predict a Cal-type Holiday Bowl letdown game, especially if they overlook Ohio State.

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Pretty sure they were hoping for the national title game. I predict a Cal-type Holiday Bowl letdown game, especially if they overlook Ohio State.

 

Cal went from a BCS game to a Holiday Bowl. Texas is still in the BCS.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

There's not going to be a split champion, it's not even a remote possibility. If Texas ahead of Oklahoma in the AP poll then there would be a chance but they aren't and it doesn't matter what they do against Ohio State. The winner of the MNC game will be the unanimous MNC.

 

Yes it is a "remote" possibility. Is it likely? No. I can see USC or Alabama getting a shot at it if the title game sucks and Texas loses to Ohio State.

[Psycho Penguin 0]

Alabama would probably need Florida to lose to Oklahoma in a crappy game for that to even stand a chance, I would think.

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OMG Independence Bowl CONTROVERSY~!

 

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/1070

All praise due to NIU senior associate athletic director Glen Krupica.

 

His 11-year stint as the Independence Bowl's executive director paid big dividends as the Huskies moved past other 6-6 teams (such as Louisiana-Lafayette and Arkansas State) to snag an at-large berth against Louisiana Tech.

SHENANIGANS!

[Psycho Penguin 0]

Revenge for 2003! (NIU went 10-2 and missed a bowl that year)

[JHawk 0]

There's not going to be a split champion, it's not even a remote possibility. If Texas was ahead of Oklahoma in the AP poll then there would be a chance but they aren't and it doesn't matter what they do against Ohio State. The winner of the MNC game will be the unanimous MNC.

While true, there are two undefeated teams in the former Division I-A. Neither of those teams have a shot at the National Championship despite doing what OU and Florida couldn't do: win all their games.

 

I know OU and UF have tougher conferences and all, but if Utah and Boise State both win, then it's "Congratulations, we might consider you among the best ten teams in the NCAA for finishing undefeated.