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Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:44 pm
by 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
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:54 am
by 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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:27 am
by Pwns
Why does Michigan get a BCS bowl bid over Michigan State?
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:48 am
by 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.
Re: Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:40 am
by DSUrocks07
griz37 wrote: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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:47 am
by 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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:52 am
by 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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:57 am
by 89Hen
bluehenbillk wrote: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
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:08 am
by wkuhillhound
89Hen wrote: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
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:32 am
by 89Hen
wkuhillhound wrote:89Hen wrote: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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:52 am
by 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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:05 am
by TwinTownBisonFan
wkuhillhound wrote: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?
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:27 am
by AZGrizFan
bluehenbillk wrote: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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:37 am
by 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...
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:30 pm
by GannonFan
AZGrizFan wrote:bluehenbillk wrote: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?
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:07 pm
by Ivytalk
TwinTownBisonFan wrote: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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:55 pm
by 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
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:41 am
by Wedgebuster
Bowls blow, again.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:01 pm
by BDKJMU
GannonFan wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
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.
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:13 pm
by 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....
Re: Bowl Season Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:08 pm
by rkwittem
wkuhillhound wrote: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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