Big 12 Honks...What Bowl Matchups Do You Want To See?

[Adelpiero]

oregon is going to be a 3-5 point favorite, and get assraped by BYU straight up.


if bookmakers make oregon 7+ point favorite, i'm cashing the stocks in and heading to vegas.

[King Crimson]

article up on the Fort Worth Telegram site: says OU/NU loser to Cotton. ATM to Holiday. Gator may or may not pick Texas (with Notre Dame apparently/possibly entering Gator picture)....if not, Alamo.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/16124273.htm

[RadioFan]

Yep, looks like the Cotton for the OU-Neb loser.

As an aside ...

As far as we're concerned, there will be no loser coming out of Kansas City," Bruce Gadd, chairman of the AT&T Cotton Bowl said in a press release issued by the bowl.

Yeah, because the Cotton Bowl is so "meaningful."

STFU with the worthless platitudes until there's a playoff and your fucking game actually means something. Douche.

[bradhusker]

you know whats really funny about all of this?
the fact that you two idiots dont realize that nebraska would totally sodomize, emasculate, and butcher rape cal into a lifeless pulp,
cal is a completely crappy team, which plays in a faggish conf.
in fact, there are only about 4 or 5 teams in the country, who could beat NU in a bowl game, and cal is not one of them.

So NU got sodomized by a bunch of fudgepacking homo's from a faggish conference? SC ring a bell??? And nice sack up after Texas beat your beloved pink shirts to a lifeless pulp.

hey harvfag?
with your starter colt at QB, you barely survived, and only because we let you,
RIGHT NOW, your faggott QB got his ass raped, and carted off the field on a stretcher, like the crying pussy he is,
I was praying to GOD that okie st. would win, thus putting texas in our laps for a good old fashioned butcher rape,
HOWEVER, once nebraska beats the sooners, we go to the BCS, and then we ass rape boise st. AND GUESS WHAT?
we finish the year ranked higher than who? your fag horns.
your team had an epic meltdown, you are now reduced to a faggott pussy lil' girl, I could take you and sodomize you like the little pencil neck queen you are,
nebraska is headed in the opposite direction of your fag horns, we are getting stronger, while your team is headed for the scrap heap, without colt fag mccoy, you are almost certain to lose your bowl game,
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,
isnt it funny how a stupid faggott like you, doesnt know whats goin' on right now?
hopefully, you'll show up in KC, where I can personally beat you to within an inch of your fairy life,
fuckin pussy loser.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Terry -- you're about a slow motherfucker, aren't you?

I didn't even click Goob's link, because I was already pretty freaking sure what it said -- that Oregon accepted an invite to the Vegas Bowl yesterday.


Of course, even without clicking his link, anyone besides a particularly dim bulb would have gathered that from my ensuing post about...Oregon in the Vegas Bowl.


Dumbass.

And you say I have no sense of humor?

Dins, of course I knew Oregon was going to the Las Vegas Bowl. The post I responded to of yours, in fact, said as much.

I was just going along with your line of Oregon declining all BOWL invitations. In other words, just fuckin' with ya.

Jeez, I'm surprised that one went completely over your head. I left out the from my last post, because I know you don't like 'em, but in hindsight, maybe I should have included it.

ATM to Holiday.

Horrible news, at least from this board's perspective. We had to have Cal vs. Nebraska for an epic m2 vs. brad thread. And we were so close.

[Goober McTuber]

[Terry in Crapchester]

If you'd spent more than the last two days in this forum, you'd realize just how ridiculous you sound.

[Vito Corleone]

Terry -- you're about a slow motherfucker, aren't you?

I didn't even click Goob's link, because I was already pretty freaking sure what it said -- that Oregon accepted an invite to the Vegas Bowl yesterday.


Of course, even without clicking his link, anyone besides a particularly dim bulb would have gathered that from my ensuing post about...Oregon in the Vegas Bowl.


Dumbass.

And you say I have no sense of humor?

Dins, of course I knew Oregon was going to the Las Vegas Bowl. The post I responded to of yours, in fact, said as much.

I was just going along with your line of Oregon declining all BOWL invitations. In other words, just fuckin' with ya.

Jeez, I'm surprised that one went completely over your head. I left out the from my last post, because I know you don't like 'em, but in hindsight, maybe I should have included it.

ATM to Holiday.

Horrible news, at least from this board's perspective. We had to have Cal vs. Nebraska for an epic m2 vs. brad thread. And we were so close.

yes I know that Vegas is low on the prestige totem pole but really is there a better place to spend your holiday? I don't even gamble and I would love to go to vegas just for all the other stuff available to do.

[Dinsdale]

The Vegas Bowl is CFB's way of saying "yeah, buddy, you were supposed to be good, but instead you sucked, and racked up a .500-ish record by beating the bottom feeders. Nice season, dickweeds!"

[War Stoops]

Well, it looks like most of my original hopes are not going to be realized. Here's how things are shaping up:

Fiesta Bowl - OU/NU Winner vs. Boise State
Cotton Bowl - OU/NU Loser vs. Arkansas/Auburn
Holiday Bowl - Texas A&M vs. California
Gator Bowl - Texas vs. Clemson or West Virginia vs. Georgia Tech
Alamo Bowl - Texas/Kansas State vs. Iowa
Sun Bowl - Texas Tech/West Virginia vs. Oregon State
Insight Bowl - Missouri vs. Minnesota
Independence Bowl - Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
Texas Bowl - Texas Tech/Kansas State vs. Rutgers

[Terry in Crapchester]

Well, it looks like most of my original hopes are not going to be realized. Here's how things are shaping up:

Fiesta Bowl - OU/NU Winner vs. Boise State
Cotton Bowl - OU/NU Loser vs. Arkansas/Auburn
Holiday Bowl - Texas A&M vs. California
Gator Bowl - Texas vs. Clemson or West Virginia vs. Georgia Tech
Alamo Bowl - Texas/Kansas State vs. Iowa
Sun Bowl - Texas Tech/West Virginia vs. Oregon State
Insight Bowl - Missouri vs. Minnesota
Independence Bowl - Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
Texas Bowl - Texas Tech/Kansas State vs. Rutgers

I'm a little confused about the ACC bid in the Gator Bowl. Here's why.

First, let's start out with the Marcus Allen-esque. The Gator Bowl gets the third selection among the bowls with ACC tie-ins, after the BCS (Orange Bowl) and Chick fil-a Bowl. Georgia Tech and Wake play for the ACC championship, with the winner going to the Orange Bowl. That is set in stone. Looking at the bowl-eligible teams from the ACC, with number of wins in parentheses, you have:

Wake Forest (10)
Virginia Tech (10)
Georgia Tech (9)
Boston College (9)
Clemson (8 )
Maryland (8 )
Florida State (6)
Miami (6)

Now, I always thought there were two rules that applied to selecting teams for conference tie-ins: the "one win" rule, and the "6/7 win rule." The "one win" rule provides that each bowl must take the remaining bowl-eligible team with the most wins or a team with no less than one fewer win. The "6/7 win rule," which is applicable only in 12-game seasons and trumps the "one win" rule, provides that any team with 7 or more wins must be selected for a bowl game before a 6-win team can be considered. The latter rule, of course, doesn't apply to the Gator Bowl because its selection is too high.

Given that Georgia Tech is being considered for the Gator Bowl bid, one would surmise that the Gator Bowl would select Clemson if, and only if, Georgia Tech were unavailable. However, if Georgia Tech is unavailable by the time the Gator Bowl selects, that would mean of necessity that at least one of the two 10-win ACC teams (Virginia Tech and Wake Forest) is still available. In that case, it would seem to me that the "one win" rule would prevent the Gator Bowl from selecting Clemson.

Anybody know anything about that?

Also, I should point out that the above presumes that West Virginia beats Rutgers. If Rutgers beats West Virginia, Rutgers is in the BCS, Louisville (I believe by rule) would be the #2 selection from the Big East and West Virginia would go to the Texas Bowl.

[War Stoops]

I'm a little confused about the ACC bid in the Gator Bowl. Here's why.

First, let's start out with the Marcus Allen-esque. The Gator Bowl gets the third selection among the bowls with ACC tie-ins, after the BCS (Orange Bowl) and Chick fil-a Bowl. Georgia Tech and Wake play for the ACC championship, with the winner going to the Orange Bowl. That is set in stone. Looking at the bowl-eligible teams from the ACC, with number of wins in parentheses, you have:

Wake Forest (10)
Virginia Tech (10)
Georgia Tech (9)
Boston College (9)
Clemson (8 )
Maryland (8 )
Florida State (6)
Miami (6)

Now, I always thought there were two rules that applied to selecting teams for conference tie-ins: the "one win" rule, and the "6/7 win rule." The "one win" rule provides that each bowl must take the remaining bowl-eligible team with the most wins or a team with no less than one fewer win. The "6/7 win rule," which is applicable only in 12-game seasons and trumps the "one win" rule, provides that any team with 7 or more wins must be selected for a bowl game before a 6-win team can be considered. The latter rule, of course, doesn't apply to the Gator Bowl because its selection is too high.

Given that Georgia Tech is being considered for the Gator Bowl bid, one would surmise that Clemson would be selected if Georgia Tech were unavailable. However, if Georgia Tech is unavailable by the time the Gator Bowl selects, that would mean of necessity that at least one of the two 10-win ACC teams (Virginia Tech and Wake Forest) is still available. In that case, it would seem to me that the "one win" rule would prevent the Gator Bowl from selecting Clemson.

Anybody know anything about that?

The rule you're talking about only applies to regular season, in-conference records. That's why the Gator Bowl must select Georgia Tech if it loses to Wake Forest (assuming the Peach Bowl takes Va Tech). The Yellowjackets had a 7-1 conference record. Boston College, Maryland, and Clemson all had 5-3 conference records.

However, if Georgia Tech beats Wake, the Gator Bowl would be free to choose any of the 5-3 teams because Wake's conference record was 6-2. The Gator has indicated a strong desire to pick Clemson.

[Terry in Crapchester]

My bad then. I thought the rule applied to overall records.