***Official What Bowl Are We Going To Thread***
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We suck playing teams in their backyards in bowl games (Boise, Rutgers). Just say no to Vandy in Nashville or any also ran Louisiana team in the Independence.
It's top 16 if they finish ahead of an automatic qualifier - which will be the case as no Big East teams are ranked.
ESPN has their new bowl projections posted. Both Schlabach and Edwards have OU in the Sugar Bowl and ISU vs. Minnesota in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
They also both have Georgia Tech getting a waiver to play in the Sun Bowl, and Kent State playing in the #2 MAC bowl, GoDaddy.com (NIU gets the top MAC bowl in Detroit).
College Bowl Games - 2012 College Bowl Projections and Schedules - ESPN
They also both have Georgia Tech getting a waiver to play in the Sun Bowl, and Kent State playing in the #2 MAC bowl, GoDaddy.com (NIU gets the top MAC bowl in Detroit).
College Bowl Games - 2012 College Bowl Projections and Schedules - ESPN
Right, I was just wondering if a win over Kent St would be enough to push them into the top 16.
Isn't it ironic how after all of our fate and misfortunes on the field... that one of our best bets of a Bowl Game after a 6-6 season is a New year's day game! Something we've never done before. This game would be played in the Sugar Bowl wouldn't it? (Dallas)
Not to rain on your parade but that doesn't really mean much anymore. It is in the Cotton Bowl, which would be really cool.
Work obligations prevent me from going to the Dallas Bowl so should I root for KState and Oklahoma to win and the Big 12 get 2 bids and hope Iowa State moves up to Car Care Bowl or hope for 1 to lose so the Big 12 only gets one bid and Iowa State gets an at-large bid before New Year's Day?
You should root for them to go to either the Dallas or Houston bowl so I may attend. haha! Dallas bowl would be huge for us with how close and inexpensive it is and with how many alumni we have in Texas.
Actually it might finally shut up Iowa fans about "January Bowls" if a 6-6 ISU team pastes a crappy Big Ten team on Jan 1...that has to be taken into account as a huge positive.
Here are my predictions...
If the Big 12 gets 2 BCS:
Fiesta: KSU
Sugar: OU
Cotton: UT
Alamo: OSU
BWW: WV
Holiday: TT
Meineke: TCU
Pinstripe: ISU
HOD: BU
If the Big 12 only gets 1 BCS:
Fiesta: KSU
Cotton: OU
Alamo: UT
BWW: OSU
Holiday: WV
Meineke: TT
Pinstripe: TCU
HOD: ISU
At-large: BU
If the Big 12 gets 2 BCS:
Fiesta: KSU
Sugar: OU
Cotton: UT
Alamo: OSU
BWW: WV
Holiday: TT
Meineke: TCU
Pinstripe: ISU
HOD: BU
If the Big 12 only gets 1 BCS:
Fiesta: KSU
Cotton: OU
Alamo: UT
BWW: OSU
Holiday: WV
Meineke: TT
Pinstripe: TCU
HOD: ISU
At-large: BU
For those predicting ISU to the Pinstripe, is this based upon them (Pinstripe) being forced to select the next available B12 team? I can't imagine they would want a team that was there last year. New York is great and as a Yankees fan I LOVED the Cyclones playing in Yankees Stadium but the Pinstripe committee has to recognize that the allure of their bowl is kind of a one time thing, right? If the ISU attendance wasn't great the first time around they couldn't possibly expect it to be better this time around.
Couple of things I don't agree with:
*In your 2 in the BCS scenario, I don't expect an Arizona bowl to pick a 7-5 team that's more than 2,000 miles away and finished the season 2-5 over two Texas schools that are both solid 7-5 options. I think they'd take Tech, Holiday would take TCU, Meineke takes Baylor, Pinstripe takes WVU, and it would be Iowa State in the Heart of Dallas.
*In your 1 in the BCS scenario, I'd say the same thing about a California bowl and a team that's nearly 2,500 miles away, although it doesn't affect us much. If we get one in the BCS, I'd be surprised if it doesn't boil down at the end to us and Baylor for the final spot in HoD Bowl. I also am doubtful that the Heart of Dallas Bowl would select us over a Baylor team that's just down the road.
Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Id find it kinda funny if WVU lost to KU this weekend. KU is due for a win, theyve been playing in a 'bad game', 'close game' pattern, with every close game getting progressively closer than the last, with the most recent one going to OT. That might shake things up in the order a bit as well, with WVU being another 6-6 team.
Since the Pinstripe is 2nd to last in the pecking order yes. If it comes down to Baylor and ISU, I see no way the Pinstripe takes Baylor.
