This weekend's action will have a lot of impact on the BCS bowls, especially Florida vs. Arkansas, Rutgers at West Virginia and USC vs. UCLA. Motor City Bowl is in a quandary as the Big Ten 7 Iowa already took a bid to the Alamo - who else could they pick? BCS Selection Show is Sunday at 8 EDT on Fox.
Italics are my rather thought-out projections. I ranked the bowl-eligible teams in each conference by "bowl attractiveness", filled in bids already accepted, then plugged in where appropriate.
Oddities...
- four Sun Belt teams are eligible, usually only champ goes bowling (likely Troy). But Middle Tennessee State could beat most of the ACC, maybe they squeak ahead of Kentucky or Kansas?
- Miami Hurricanes not in a bowl now that FSU is going to Emerald?
- With two BCS bids likely in the Big Ten, not enogh bowl-eligible teams to fill the tie-ins.
| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Mountain West - At Large TCU vs. Northern Illinois | San Diego (any passes?) | Dec. 19, 8 p.m. | ESPN2 HD | ||
| Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas C-USA vs. MAC/WAC Oregon vs. BYU | Las Vegas (Ducks beat Sooners?) | Dec. 21, 8 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Sun Belt Champ vs. C-USA (Troy) vs. Rice | New Orleans (Find a party) | Dec. 22, 8 p.m. | ESPN2 HD | ||
| Papajohns.com Bowl Big East vs. C-USA East Carolina vs. (S Miss.) | Birmingham, Ala. (Pirates sunk) | Dec. 23, 1 p.m. | ESPN2 HD | ||
| New Mexico Mountain West vs. WAC New Mexico vs. San Jose State | Albuquerque, N.M. (End of Days?) | Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Mountain West vs. C-USA Utah vs. Tulsa | Fort Worth, Texas (Two good defenses) | Dec. 23, 8 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Sheraton Hawaii Pac-10 vs. WAC Hawaii vs. Arizona State | Honolulu (100 pts?) | Dec. 24, 8 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Motor City MAC #1 vs. Big Ten #7 Central Michigan vs. (???) | Detroit (Not enough Tens!) | Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Emerald ACC vs. Pac-10 Florida State vs. UCLA | San Francisco (Mighty have fallen) | Dec. 27, 8 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| PetroSun Independence Big 12 vs. SEC Oklahoma St vs. South Carolina | Shreveport, La. (Spurrier coaching other?) | Dec. 28, 4:30 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Pacific Life Holiday Big 12 vs. Pac-10 Missouri vs. California | San Diego (Classic matchup) | Dec. 28, 8 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Texas Big East vs. Big 12 Pitt vs. Kansas/MTSU | Houston (Can't watch scraps) | Dec. 28, 8 p.m. | NFL Network | ||
| Gaylord Hotels Music City ACC vs. SEC Miami (FL) vs.Georgia | Nashville, Tenn. (Great for Gaylord) | Dec. 29, 1 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Brut Sun Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame vs. Pac-10 Texas Tech/Kansas St vs. Oregon State | El Paso, Texas | Dec. 29, 2 p.m. | CBS | ||
| AutoZone Liberty C-USA vs. SEC SMU vs. Tennessee | Memphis, Tenn. (Smell Vol letdown) | Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Insight Big 12 vs. Big Ten Texas Tech vs. Minnesota | Tempe, Ariz. | Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m. | NFL Network | ||
| Champs Sports ACC vs. Big Ten Maryland/Clemson vs. Purdue | Orlando, Fla. | Dec. 29, 8 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Meineke Car Care ACC vs. Big East/Navy Clemson/Maryland vs. Navy | Charlotte, N.C. | Dec. 30, 1 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Mastercard Alamo Big Ten vs. Big 12 Iowa vs. Kansas State | San Antonio | Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Chick-fil-A ACC vs. SEC Virginia Tech/BC vs. Auburn | Atlanta | Dec. 30, 8 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| MPC Computers ACC vs. WAC BC/Virginia Tech | Boise, Idaho | Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| Outback Big Ten vs. SEC Penn State vs. Florida | Tampa, Fla. | Jan. 1, 11 a.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| AT&T Cotton Big 12 vs. SEC Texas vs. LSU | Dallas (Set your alarm!) | Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m. | FOX | ||
| Toyota Gator ACC vs. Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame Georgia Tech vs. WVU/Louisville | Jacksonville, Fla. | Jan. 1, 1 p.m. | CBS | ||
| Capital One Big Ten vs. SEC Wisconsin vs. LSU | Orlando, Fla. | Jan. 1, 1 p.m. | ABC HD | ||
| Rose Big Ten #2* and Pac-10 #2/At Large Michigan vs. Notre Dame | Pasadena, Calif. | Jan. 1, 5 p.m. | ABC HD | ||
| Tostitos Fiesta Big 12 vs. At Large BCS Oklahoma vs. Boise State | Glendale, Ariz. (Undefeated?) | Jan. 1, 8 p.m. | FOX | ||
| FedEx Orange ACC vs. At Large BCS Wake Forest vs. Rutgers/WVU | Miami | Jan. 2, 8 p.m. | FOX | ||
| Allstate Sugar SEC vs At Large BCS Arkansas vs. Louisville/Rutgers | New Orleans (like last year?) | Jan. 3, 8 p.m. | FOX | ||
| International MAC vs. Big East Western Michigan vs. USF/Cincy | Toronto (More great defense) | Jan. 6, Noon | ESPN2 HD | ||
| GMAC C-USA vs. MAC/WAC Houston vs. Ohio/Nevada | Mobile, Ala. (almost there) | Jan. 7, 8 p.m. | ESPN HD | ||
| BCS Championship Game #1 vs. #2 Ohio State vs USC | Glendale, Ariz. | Jan. 8, 8 p.m. | FOX |
1 comment:
The Trojans are Number 2! Should they be here and should they be in the BCS Championship Game? Espn states by beating their long time rival UCLA they will play for the Title and Michigan will be smelling Roses to play Notre Dame or LSU? Good prediction? Let us hear!
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