Bowl Season Thread

[TwinTownBisonFan]

A master thread for Bowl Season

December 17th

New Mexico Bowl
Temple/Wyoming

Idaho Potato Bowl (seriously)
Ohio/Utah St

New Orleans Bowl
San Diego St/Louisiana-Lafayette

December 20th
St. Petersburg Bowl
Florida International/Marshall

December 21st
Poinsettia Bowl
TCU/Louisiana Tech

December 22nd
Las Vegas Bowl
Boise St/Arizona St

December 24th
Hawai'i Bowl
Nevada/Southern Miss

December 26th
Independence Bowl
Missouri/North Carolina

December 27th
Little Caesars Bowl
Western Michigan/Purdue

Belk Bowl
Louisville/NC State

December 28th
Military Bowl
Toledo/Air Force

Holiday Bowl
Cal/Texas

December 29th
Champs Sports Bowl
Florida St/Notre Dame

Alamo Bowl
Baylor/Washington

December 30th
Armed Forces Bowl
BYU/Tulsa

Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers/Iowa St

Music City Bowl
Mississippi St/Wake Forest

Insight Bowl
Oklahoma/Iowa

December 31st
Texas Bowl
Texas A&M/Northwestern

Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech/Utah

Liberty Bowl
Cincinnati/Vanderbilt

Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois/UCLA

Chik-fil-a Bowl
Virginia/Auburn

January 2nd
TicketCity Bowl
Houston/Penn St

Outback Bowl
Michigan St/Georgia

CapitalOne Bowl
Nebraska/South Carolina

Gator Bowl
Ohio St/Florida

Rose Bowl
Wisconsin/Oregon

Fiesta Bowl
Stanford/Oklahoma St

January 3rd
Sugar Bowl
Michigan/Virginia Tech

January 4th
Orange Bowl
West Virginia/Clemson

January 6th
Cotton Bowl
Kansas St/Arkansas

January 7th
Compass Bowl
SMU/Pittsburgh

January 8th
Godaddy.com Bowl
Arkansas St/Northern Illinois

January 9th
BCS National Championship
LSU/Alabama

[wkuhillhound]

This was WKU's best chance to make a bowl and didn't, I'm very disappointed. I just hope that WKU doesn't regress next year especially since the Toppers have the best RB that no one will get to see is graduating. That's their loss.

[Pwns]

Why does Michigan get a BCS bowl bid over Michigan State?

[griz37]

Because Michigan is in the top 14 of the BCS & Sparty isn't. It also helps that they have a star player & will bring a ton of fans.

[DSUrocks07]

Because Michigan is in the top 14 of the BCS & Sparty isn't. It also helps that they have a star player & will bring a ton of fans.

Same reason VT got in over K-State, star power and fans. That's ALL the BCS cares about.

[89Hen]

I don't recall so many 6-6 teams in the past years. How about Illinois? Losers of 6 in a row. Four of their six wins were OOC (ArkSt, South Dakota St, Arizona St, Western Michigan). They face 6-7 UCLA who got in because USC was ineligible.

[bluehenbillk]

Being just an obnoixious college football fan I'm sure other people will have higher #'s but there are 12 bowl games this year I just have zero interest in. Never remember a number that high.

[89Hen]

Being just an obnoixious college football fan I'm sure other people will have higher #'s but there are 12 bowl games this year I just have zero interest in. Never remember a number that high.

1/3rd seems to be about right, but I count 16.

New Mexico Bowl
Temple/Wyoming

Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio/Utah St

New Orleans Bowl
San Diego St/Louisiana-Lafayette

St. Petersburg Bowl
Florida International/Marshall

Poinsettia Bowl
TCU/Louisiana Tech

Hawai'i Bowl
Nevada/Southern Miss

Little Caesars Bowl
Western Michigan/Purdue

Military Bowl
Toledo/Air Force

Armed Forces Bowl
BYU/Tulsa

Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers/Iowa St

Music City Bowl
Mississippi St/Wake Forest

Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech/Utah

Liberty Bowl
Cincinnati/Vanderbilt

Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois/UCLA

Compass Bowl
SMU/Pittsburgh

Godaddy.com Bowl
Arkansas St/Northern Illinois

[wkuhillhound]

I don't recall so many 6-6 teams in the past years. How about Illinois? Losers of 6 in a row. Four of their six wins were OOC (ArkSt, South Dakota St, Arizona St, Western Michigan). They face 6-7 UCLA who got in because USC was ineligible.

I know of a 7 - 5 team didn't get picked

[89Hen]

I don't recall so many 6-6 teams in the past years. How about Illinois? Losers of 6 in a row. Four of their six wins were OOC (ArkSt, South Dakota St, Arizona St, Western Michigan). They face 6-7 UCLA who got in because USC was ineligible.

I know of a 7 - 5 team didn't get picked

0-4 OOC (conf was 9-24 vs I-A) hurt.

[wkuhillhound]

At least WKU finished 2nd in the conference, if they went undefeated then they would have gone bowling end of story. They has no choice but to invite the Toppers. What infuriates me is the fact that WKU beat Louisiana-Lafayette and Florida International on the way to getting a winning record. I wish that performance outweighs sentimentality when it comes to invitations. At least the Sun Belt got 3 teams bowling this season.

Fact: WKU is the only team with a winning record that didn't get an invite. Ball State also didn't get an invite but was bowl eligible at 6 - 6. I hate UCLA for all of my days (6 - 7) because they went to the Pac-12 championship game SMFH.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

At least WKU finished 2nd in the conference, if they went undefeated then they would have gone bowling end of story. They has no choice but to invite the Toppers. What infuriates me is the fact that WKU beat Louisiana-Lafayette and Florida International on the way to getting a winning record. I wish that performance outweighs sentimentality when it comes to invitations. At least the Sun Belt got 3 teams bowling this season.

Fact: WKU is the only team with a winning record that didn't get an invite. Ball State also didn't get an invite but was bowl eligible at 6 - 6. I hate UCLA for all of my days (6 - 7) because they went to the Pac-12 championship game SMFH.

It's all Reggie Bush's fault...

c'mon Hillhound, you know the score... If you were in charge of a Bowl game - who do you take? UCLA - a marquee name on a team that wasn't terribly good - or a decent team in Western Kentucky? Which one has even a shred of a chance at drawing a casual fan?

[AZGrizFan]

Being just an obnoixious college football fan I'm sure other people will have higher #'s but there are 12 bowl games this year I just have zero interest in. Never remember a number that high.

I only count 12 that I have ANY interest in. The rest are pure garbage.

[Rob Iola]

I hope Boise State absolutely destroys whoever they're playing in whatever bowl they're in - I hope they score 7 TDs in the first half and then another 8 in the 2nd - I hope they give their coach the Gatorade bath at the end of the first half...

[GannonFan]

Being just an obnoixious college football fan I'm sure other people will have higher #'s but there are 12 bowl games this year I just have zero interest in. Never remember a number that high.

I only count 12 that I have ANY interest in. The rest are pure garbage.

Heck, I can only count 10 I have any interest in and that includes Temple (local interest). Bowl games are for gamblers - just things to bet on. How else do you explain SDSU/La-Lafayette?

[Ivytalk]

A master thread for Bowl Season

December 17th

New Mexico Bowl
Temple/Wyoming

Idaho Potato Bowl (seriously)
Ohio/Utah St

New Orleans Bowl
San Diego St/Louisiana-Lafayette

December 20th
St. Petersburg Bowl
Florida International/Marshall

December 21st
Poinsettia Bowl
TCU/Louisiana Tech

December 22nd
Las Vegas Bowl
Boise St/Arizona St

December 24th
Hawai'i Bowl
Nevada/Southern Miss

December 26th
Independence Bowl
Missouri/North Carolina

December 27th
Little Caesars Bowl
Western Michigan/Purdue

Belk Bowl
Louisville/NC State

December 28th
Military Bowl
Toledo/Air Force

Holiday Bowl
Cal/Texas

December 29th
Champs Sports Bowl
Florida St/Notre Dame

Alamo Bowl
Baylor/Washington

December 30th
Armed Forces Bowl
BYU/Tulsa

Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers/Iowa St

Music City Bowl
Mississippi St/Wake Forest

Insight Bowl
Oklahoma/Iowa

December 31st
Texas Bowl
Texas A&M/Northwestern

Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech/Utah

Liberty Bowl
Cincinnati/Vanderbilt

Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois/UCLA

Chik-fil-a Bowl
Virginia/Auburn

January 2nd
TicketCity Bowl
Houston/Penn St

Outback Bowl
Michigan St/Georgia

CapitalOne Bowl
Nebraska/South Carolina

Gator Bowl
Ohio St/Florida

Rose Bowl
Wisconsin/Oregon

Fiesta Bowl
Stanford/Oklahoma St

January 3rd
Sugar Bowl
Michigan/Virginia Tech

January 4th
Orange Bowl
West Virginia/Clemson

January 6th
Cotton Bowl
Kansas St/Arkansas

January 7th
Compass Bowl
SMU/Pittsburgh

January 8th
Godaddy.com Bowl
Arkansas St/Northern Illinois

January 9th
BCS National Championship
LSU/Alabama

The New Mexico, Idaho Potato, New Orleans, St. Petersburg, Military and Godaddy.com Bowls buried the needle on the Ivytalk BCS Suck-o-Meter.

[89Hen]

One's that I'd watch at least a little bit of...

Boise St/Arizona St - Want to see if BSU can light them up

Cal/Texas - Two big names that I don't find offensive

Florida St/Notre Dame - Two of the most hated teams around, a must see

Baylor/Washington - Love to see RG3 play

Oklahoma/Iowa - I want to see if OU phones it in as badly as I think they will

Virginia/Auburn - Wahoo-Wah!

Houston/Penn St - Great QB vs Pedo U

Michigan St/Georgia - Easily what should be one of the best match-ups

Nebraska/South Carolina - Have family at/from USC

Wisconsin/Oregon - No brainer

Stanford/Oklahoma St - 100% no brainer

Michigan/Virginia Tech - Winged helmets vs the pre-Vet students

Kansas St/Arkansas - Should be a very entertaining game

LSU/Alabama - Will watch for food

[Wedgebuster]

Bowls blow, again.

[BDKJMU]

I only count 12 that I have ANY interest in. The rest are pure garbage.

Heck, I can only count 10 I have any interest in and that includes Temple (local interest). Bowl games are for gamblers - just things to bet on. How else do you explain SDSU/La-Lafayette?

I can only count 8, and that includes Temple, local interest also. The bowls mostly suck.

[SuperHornet]

The only reason to watch the GoDaddy.com Bowl is Danica Patrick. That's it.

There are two bowls on my birthday, BOTH of which are complete suckage. In fact as far as I'm concerned, from Bowl One until the bogus "title" game (AKA "The Fix"), the only game worth watching at all is the one 07 JAN in Frisco, TX....

[rkwittem]

At least WKU finished 2nd in the conference, if they went undefeated then they would have gone bowling end of story. They has no choice but to invite the Toppers. What infuriates me is the fact that WKU beat Louisiana-Lafayette and Florida International on the way to getting a winning record. I wish that performance outweighs sentimentality when it comes to invitations. At least the Sun Belt got 3 teams bowling this season.

Fact: WKU is the only team with a winning record that didn't get an invite. Ball State also didn't get an invite but was bowl eligible at 6 - 6. I hate UCLA for all of my days (6 - 7) because they went to the Pac-12 championship game SMFH.

You are all wrong about UCLA. They didn't get invited, they got a bowl waiver from the NCAA at UCLA's request.
It's not WKU's fault they didn't get a bowl. It's not the NCAA's fault either. They don't select bowls. It's the bowl selector's fault for deciding that WKU wasn't appealing enough- take it up with them.

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