Bowl Prediction Thread

[bearsfan_51]

It's never too early!!


BCS Championship Bowl- Auburn vs. Oregon


Rose Bowl- Wisconsin vs. TCU*


Sugar Bowl- Arkansas* vs. Ohio State*


Orange Bowl- Virginia Tech vs. Stanford*


Fiesta Bowl- Oklahoma vs. Connecticut


Capital One Bowl (BT#2 v. SEC#2)- Michigan State vs. LSU


Cotton Bowl (B12#2 v. SECW#2)- Texas A&M vs. Alabama


Outback Bowl (BT#3 v. SECE#2)- Penn State vs. Florida


Alamo Bowl (PT#2 v. B12#3)- Washington vs. Oklahoma State


Chick Fil-A Bowl (ACC#2 v. SEC#5)- Florida State vs. South Carolina


Champs Sports Bowl (ACC#3 v. BE#2)- Maryland vs. West Virginia


Gator Bowl (BT#4 v. SEC#6)- Michigan vs. Mississippi State


Insight Bowl (BT#5 v. B12#4) - Iowa vs. Nebraska


Sun Bowl (ACC#4 v.PT #4) - Miami (Fl) vs. Notre Dame*


Holiday Bowl (PT#3 v. B12#5)- Arizona vs. Missouri


Meinke Car Bowl (ACC#5 v. BE#3)- NC State vs. Pittsburgh


Music City Bowl (ACC#6 v. SEC#7)- North Carolina vs. Tennessee


Texas Bowl (BT#6 v.B12#6)- Illinois vs. Baylor


Las Vegas Bowl (MWC#1 v. P10#5)- Utah vs. Georgia Tech*


Pinstripe Bowl (BE#4 v. B12#7)- Syracuse vs. Kansas State


Dallas Football Classic (BT#7 v. B12#8)- Northwestern vs. Texas Tech


Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (WAC#1 v. P10#6)- Nevada vs. *Temple


Liberty Bowl (CUSA#1 v. SEC#8)- UCF vs. Georgia


Independence Bowl (ACC#7 v. MWC#3)- Clemson vs. Air Force


Eagle Bank Bowl (ACC#8 v. CUSA#2)- Boston College v. Tulsa


St. Petersburg Bowl (BE#5 v. CUSA#3)- South Florida vs. Southern Mississippi


Birmingham Bowl (BE#6 v. SEC#9) - Louisville v. Kentucky


Poinsetta Bowl (Navy v. MWC#2)- Navy vs. San Diego State


Little Caesars Bowl (BT#8 v. MAC#1)- Middle Tennessee State* vs. Miami-OH


Hawaii Bowl (Hawaii (WAC#2) v. CUSA#4) - Hawaii vs. Southern Methodist


New Mexico Bowl (MWC#4 v. WAC#3) - BYU vs. Fresno State


GMAC Bowl (MAC#2 v. Sun#2)- Toledo vs.Troy


Armed Forces Bowl (MWC#5/Army v. CUSA#5)- Army vs. East Carolina


New Orleans Bowl (Sun#1 v. CUSA#6)- Florida International vs. UTEP


Humanitarian Bowl (MAC#3 v. WAC#4)- Northern Illinois vs. Boise State




*Denotes an at-large selection

[iowatreat54]

SMU going to the St. Petersburg and Armed Forces Bowls.

Btw, why are some of the logos ginormous?

[critesy]

those are some big ****** pictures

[bearsfan_51]

Yeah I dunno why, I got them all from the same site.

[CashmoneyDrew]

I'll be pleasantly surprised if Tennessee makes a bowl game.

[thenewfeature06]

+rep for doing all of those but damn no respect.. for all I know we could be the best team in the ACC (who knows?) and you got us playing ECU in a bowl game, dear god I hope not.

[nrk]

Those predictions would result in some good games.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by thenewfeature06

+rep for doing all of those but damn no respect.. for all I know we could be the best team in the ACC (who knows?) and you got us playing ECU in a bowl game, dear god I hope not.

The difference between the best team and the 7th best team in the ACC is, as is often the case lately, pretty minimal.

[aLARGEtopHat]

There is no chance Michigan finishes without 3 loses.

[ironman4579]

Originally Posted by aLARGEtopHat

There is no chance Michigan finishes without 3 loses.

Well, I mean there's always a chance, but I tend to agree. I can't see Michigan finishing any better than 9-3, which wouldn't get them to the Rose Bowl. I'd love for you to be right though BF.

[Brent]

I will likely be going to any TAMU bowl game so long as it is within a day's travel (i.e. this state or shreveport), unless it's a BCS bowl, in which case, I am looking to go all out.

[bearsfan_51]

Changed a bit. Didn't know that the Rose Bowl had to take a non-BCS team if it loses one of it's automatic qualifiers.

[bearsfan_51]

Updizzle.

I'm not sure if the Orange Bowl would take TCU or Boise State over a 1 loss Big Ten team at this point, but I'm also not sure if Wisconsin, Iowa, or Michigan will make it through the Big Ten with only one loss. (or in Iowa's case, undefeated)

[Sniper]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

Updizzle.

I'm not sure if the Orange Bowl would take TCU or Boise State over a 1 loss Big Ten team at this point, but I'm also not sure if Wisconsin, Iowa, or Michigan will make it through the Big Ten with only one loss. (or in Iowa's case, undefeated)

Ugh, the mere thought of Obi Ezeh facing Marcus Lattimore just made me cringe.

[etk]

FSU winning the ACC. AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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

[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]

Originally Posted by RealityCheck

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]

Originally Posted by etk

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]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

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.

[b316]

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

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by RealityCheck

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]

Originally Posted by RealityCheck

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.