Bowl Prediction Thread

[RealityCheck]

So let me get this straight... we are not going to any bowl?

[wicket]

a bowl matchup between teams that faced eachother in the regular season is lame (BC vs ND)

[Day One Pick]

I did this in July...

#13 Oregon (10-2) v.s. #5 Ohio State (11-1) (Rose Bowl)

#16 Pittsburgh (10-2) v.s. #6 Oklahoma (11-2) (Fiesta Bowl)

#7 South Carolina (11-2) v.s. #14 North Carolina (10-2) (Orange Bowl)

#4 TCU (12-0) v.s. #3 Alabama (12-1) (Sugar Bowl)

#2 Nebraska (13-0) v.s. #1 Boise State (13-0) (BCS National Championship)


#12 Texas (10-2) v.s. Auburn (9-3) (Cotton Bowl)

#10 Iowa (10-2) v.s #8 LSU (10-2) (Capital One Bowl)

#20 Florida (9-3) v.s. #11 Wisconsin (10-2) (Outback Bowl)

Arkansas (8-4) v.s. #21 Penn State (9-3) (Gator Bowl)

Georgia (7-5) v.s. #18 Boston College (10-3) (Chick-fil-A Bowl)

Oregon State (7-5) v.s. #23 Virginia Tech (9-3) (Sun Bowl)

#25 Michigan (9-3) v.s. #22 Texas A&M (9-3) (Insight Bowl)

Tennessee (6-6) v.s. Houston (9-3) (Liberty Bowl)

West Virginia (8-4) v.s. Georgia Tech (Car Care Bowl)

Mississippi (7-5) v.s. Florida State (9-3) (Music City Bowl)

Cincinnati (9-3) v.s. #17 Miami (FL) (10-2) (Champs Sports Bowl)

Navy (7-5) v.s. Air Force (6-6) (Poinsettia Bowl)

Washington (8-4) v.s. Missouri (9-3) (Holliday Bowl)

Texas Tech (8-4) v.s. Michigan State (8-4) (Texas Bowl)

Connecticut (7-5) v.s. Oklahoma State (7-5) (Pin Stripe Bowl)

Tulsa (6-6) v.s. Troy (8-4) (New Orleans Bowl)

SMU (7-5) v.s. Rutgers (6-6) (St. Petersburg Bowl)

UCLA (6-6) v.s. #15 Utah (10-2) (Las Vegas Bowl)

East Carolina (7-5) v.s. Hawaii (6-6) (Hawaii Bowl)

Purdue (6-6) v.s. Temple (8-4) (Little Ceasars Pizza Bowl)

Clemson (6-6) v.s. Brigham Young (8-4) (Independence Bowl)

[bearsfan_51]

So let me get this straight... we are not going to any bowl?

I don't have any teams that are winless in a bowl game.

[bearsfan_51]

FSU winning the ACC. AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I know you hate the Canes with a passion but that just blew my mind.

I hate Florida State too.

At this point I think everyone in the ACC sucks. Nobody deserves a top 25 ranking, but I think Florida State at this point, has been the best of the worst.

[RealityCheck]

I don't have any teams that are winless in a bowl game.

We are winless now, and you know we won't end the season 0-12.

And we came up really close in both losses.

[brat316]

TEMPLE YEAAAHHhhhh. Kind of lame we have to play #8 Big Ten team but its cool. We'll beat them.

[bearsfan_51]

We are winless now, and you know we won't end the season 0-12.

And we came up really close in both losses.

If North Carolina goes 5-5 the rest of the season, they are bowl ineligible. That's certainly not out of the question.

[marks01234]

We are winless now, and you know we won't end the season 0-12.

And we came up really close in both losses.

I feel confident in saying, Carolina could win the next 10 games and not play in a bowl.

[bearsfan_51]

Bizumped.

The biggest changes were as follows:

-Boise State is in the national championship game. Only Nevada really seems to pose much of a serious threat at this point, whereas Ohio State could realistically lose to about 3-4 teams in the Big Ten. Obviously, if both teams are undefeated, Ohio State would go (or Oklahoma, or Oregon, etc.), but I'm becoming increasingly less convinced there will be an undefeated team from a BCS conference.

-Alabama is still in. Even a 1 loss team from the SEC will likely get the nod, given their history.

-Because Boise State is in the title game, I think the rest of the bowl committees will feel more comfortable excluding a team from the Mountain West. In this case, the beneficiary is Stanford, which to this point would deserve it for their on-field play anyway.

-Notre Dame and BYU are both out. I have a hard time imagining Notre Dame finishing the season 5-3 with their schedule. BYU, with almost sure losses to TCU and Utah, would basically need to run the table on the rest of the MWC; certainly not impossible, but they look awful right now.

-North Carolina is back in, having beat a so-so Rutgers team. I know this will cause great joy for many.

-Wisconsin is being punished for being bitches and running the score up on Austin Peay. Naughty naughty....

-Tennessee and Georgia are hanging to bowl bids by the skin of their teeth.

[bearsfan_51]

Updated:

-Oregon jumping Boise in the polls puts them into the NC game for now. There's a lot of fluidity here with Oregon, Ohio State, TCU, Boise State, and Oklahoma/Nebraska, but for now it seems clear that Oregon is in the driver's seat.

-Texas and Penn State fell pretty hard. Penn State particularly, which is now in the Dallas Football Classic playing Colorado. I'm sure their fan base would be thrilled with that.

-Notre Dame is back in. Barely. The Gator Bowl has to be praying they are bowl eligible, because the Big East is god awful this year.

-Wisconsin confirms my suspicion by laying an egg. Stuck in the Gator Bowl for now behind Iowa, Michigan State, and Michigan.

-Auburn is now the beneficiary of the Florida loss, although the difference in the numbers between Auburn, LSU, and (yes) Florida, is pretty small.

-I had planned on dropping the loser of the Oregon-Stanford game out of the BCS mix. Bye Stanford. Welcome back TCU.

[Sniper]

Michigan's offense against Florida's defense would be fun to watch.

[LizardState]

Updated:

-Oregon jumping Boise in the polls puts them into the NC game for now.

BCS Championship Bowl- Alabama vs. Oregon

Mark this prediction down:

Alabama will play an opponent in the NC game from a state beginning with the letter O. Came to me in a crystal ball vision....

[RealityCheck]

Music City Bowl.. so far so good, I guess.

[katnip]

Some person on espn is predicting, Canes vs Gators in the Orange Bowl. I'd love to see this

The other person is saying Canes in Orange Bowl vs Iowa