NCAA Football '11-'12

[dps]

I guess TCU is BCS bound

Or not.

[katmai]

Signs that need to reduce amount of bowl games....


Matchup: Illinois (6-6) vs. UCLA (6-7)

[Ed Anger]

Florida (6-6) and Ohio State (6-6) at 1 p.m., on Jan. 2 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla.

Ugh. The battle of the two cripples.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Hey Washington and Baylor in the Alamo Bowl.  I might go ahead and get some tickets for that one.

[dps]

IMO there ought to be a change to the rules that no 6-win team can get a bowl invite unless all teams with 7+ wins have received invites.

[Eddie Teach]

A 6 win BCS school would crush a 7 win MAC school.

[grumbler]

Florida (6-6) and Ohio State (6-6) at 1 p.m., on Jan. 2 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla.

Ugh. The battle of the two cripples.

The Irony Bowl.

[PDH]

Sigh, the New Mexico Bowl.  Red Chili and a large faux-mesa india piece of pottery.  Temple will likely come in and stomp the Pokes because...well, just because.

TCU and Boise, despite high finishes, get the schlep bowls - Boise State has to be the highest ranked team to play in the Las Vegas Bowl...sheesh.

[Ed Anger]

If Boise got screwed, then they got it right.

[grumbler]

IMO there ought to be a change to the rules that no 6-win team can get a bowl invite unless all teams with 7+ wins have received invites.

Why?  The bowls are post-season money-makers.  They aren't about "fair," and they never have been.

The Big Ten got ten teams into bowls this year, which means they have unfavorable matchups in just about all of them. 

Penn State's No-Offense team versus Houston's No-Defense team might be one of the better matchups.  I don't see Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Spurty, or Penn State winning.  Iowa versus Oklahoma?    Michigan and Illinois should be okay.  Purdue v Western Michigan and Northwestern v A&M are tossups.

[MadBurgerMaker]

If Boise got screwed, then they got it right.

Las Vegas Bowl, baby! 

Or whatever the exact name is now.  Against Arizona State.

[dps]

If Boise got screwed, then they got it right.

This year, they pretty much screwed themselves.

TCU has a much better argument about being screwed.

[PDH]

Boise is likely one and done in the Mountain West so they can kiss off.  Still, K-State and Boise in chump bowls despite their rankings sort of shows the system at its finest.

[Valmy]

Sigh, the New Mexico Bowl.  Red Chili and a large faux-mesa india piece of pottery.  Temple will likely come in and stomp the Pokes because...well, just because.

TCU and Boise, despite high finishes, get the schlep bowls - Boise State has to be the highest ranked team to play in the Las Vegas Bowl...sheesh.

Yeah that was a disappointing destination for Wyoming.  But then so did Boise and TCU.  A great year for the MWC just got crapped on.

[PDH]

Oh well, on the bright side, it is the last year (likely) that the Mountain West will have two top 20 teams at the end of the season!  Bye bye, TCU...bye bye Boise!