Could UCLA win Pac12 South and be left out of a bowl?

[RING4CY]

Say UCLA doesn't make a bowl and with USC not being eligible, is there anyway the Pac-12 is possibly going to be able to fill all of its bowl tie-ins?

[theshadow]

Say UCLA doesn't make a bowl and with USC not being eligible, is there anyway the Pac-12 is possibly going to be able to fill all of its bowl tie-ins?

Right now they have 7 teams for 7 spots.

If Oregon wins P12 and Stanford beats ND (to finish 11-1), they could get 2 BCS teams. Now you have an open #7 spot (New Mexico Bowl; MAC backup).

If UCLA loses twice, then you've got an open #6 spot as well (Fight Hunger Bowl; potentially no contracted backup).

[CyForPresident]

Say UCLA doesn't make a bowl and with USC not being eligible, is there anyway the Pac-12 is possibly going to be able to fill all of its bowl tie-ins?

PAC 12 has 7 bowls and 6 eligible teams without UCLA and USC. So no, the PAC 12 will not fill the New Mexico Bowl. Potentially the Hunger Bowl too with Oregon and Standford in the BCS, which is pretty likely.

[CyForPresident]

So yeah, Colorado winning today was awesome. Opened up another bowl spot.

[CyFan61]

I remember McCarney making comments about this back when it looked like we were going to the Big 12 title game at 6-6... Don't remember exactly what he said though. Of course we never had to worry about it either.

[theshadow]

So yeah, Colorado winning today was awesome. Opened up another bowl spot.

The folks in San Fran have to be freaking out.

Primary matchup:
ACC #9 vs. Pac-12 #6

Secondary choices:
WAC #4, MAC

ACC #9 - open, since Miami is self-banning from bowl play
Pac-12 #6 - likely to be open, assuming UCLA loses to USC and Oregon, and Stanford beats ND
WAC #4 - likely to be open, since Hawaii will need to beat Tulane and BYU to be bowl-eligible
MAC - has 3 leftover teams; one to TicketCity, one to New Mexico, one to San Fran?

[CyForPresident]

The folks in San Fran have to be freaking out.

Primary matchup:
ACC #9 vs. Pac-12 #6

Secondary choices:
WAC #4, MAC

ACC #9 - open, since Miami is self-banning from bowl play
Pac-12 #6 - likely to be open, assuming UCLA loses to USC and Oregon, and Stanford beats ND
WAC #4 - likely to be open, since Hawaii will need to beat Tulane and BYU to be bowl-eligible
MAC - has 3 leftover teams; one to TicketCity, one to New Mexico, one to San Fran?

San Fran sounds OK to me.

[theshadow]

San Fran sounds OK to me.

12:30 local kick on NYE...against Ball State, Western Michigan, or Toledo.

[theshadow]

Oh yeah, and if Houston makes the BCS, the Hawaii Bowl should be Utah State (assuming they win 1 of their final 2) against an at-large team.

[CyForPresident]

12:30 local kick on NYE...against Ball State, Western Michigan, or Toledo.

Ok, furk that. Better than nothing though.

[CyFan61]

Send Mizzou to play Ball State. I wanna play Cal in the Holiday Bowl.

[HiltonMagic]

https://twitter.com/#!/ESPN_Pac12blo...17511765561344

To answer a repeated question: If UCLA loses to USC and then Pac-12 title game, falling to 6-7, it won't be bowl-eligible. No bowl game.

[cyman05]

https://twitter.com/#!/ESPN_Pac12blog/status/140517511765561344

To answer a repeated question: If UCLA loses to USC and then Pac-12 title game, falling to 6-7, it won't be bowl-eligible. No bowl game.

So if they lose today, that sets up the ultimate all or nothing situation. Rose bowl or no bowl. WOW.

[alarson]

The waiver is only for conference champions. It happened several years ago when the Sun Belt champ had a losing overall record and needed a waiver to play in the New Orleans Bowl.

Unless the rule has changed since last year, the rule is for any 6-6 team that plays in a CCG.
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/champ_handbo...s_football.pdf

A conference team that is 6-6 and plays in a conference championship game and
loses to finish with a record of 6-7 may apply for a waiver to allow that team to be
considered for a postseason bowl. Conditions that will be considered in such a waiver
include whether or not all other conference teams under consideration have 6-6 records
and there are not a sufficient number of eligible teams to meet the conference’s bowl
commitments.

[wags]

Thought I read a tweet that if that happens they will appeal. And would end up getting it