Comment: The top two teams in the BCS will be Alabama and Texas when tomorrow's final standings are released. Alabama's last national title came in 1992, while Texas is looking to win its first since 2005.
The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to certain bowls, unless they are No. 1 or No. 2. (ACC: Orange; Big Ten: Rose; Big 12: Fiesta; Pac-10: Rose; SEC: Sugar). If a Bowl loses a host team to the title game, then the bowl gets first choice at a replacement team. The rest of the selection order for 2010 is as follows: Orange, Fiesta, Sugar.
One champion from C-USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt or WAC will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either: A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or, B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.
Comment: The ACC champion is locked to the Orange Bowl and with its win over Clemson in the conference title game, Georgia Tech will be headed to Miami. The Orange Bowl gets the first pick after the replacement picks and takes Iowa.
Comment: The Big 12 champion is locked to the Fiesta Bowl, but with Texas projected to the title game, the Fiesta gets a replacement pick. With Oklahoma State's loss to Oklahoma, it opened the door for the Fiesta to take undefeated TCU and and pair it with an undefeated Boise State.
Comment: With Alabama going to the title game, the Sugar Bowl will take a one-loss Florida as a replacement pick. Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 45-44 to win the Big East Conference and will land here.
Comment: The Pac-10 champion vs. the Big Ten champion. Oregon clinched the Pac-10 on Thursday night with a victory over Oregon State and will head to Pasadena. Ohio State wrapped up the Big Ten title with its overtime victory over Iowa earlier in the season and will also head to the Rose Bowl.
Teams in bold have accepted bids. If Army is bowl-eligible, it will play in the EagleBank Bowl. If not, a C-USA team can replace it. Navy is slated to play in the Texas Bowl if it is bowl-eligible. The Sun Belt has a deal with the St. Petersburg Bowl if C-USA can not fill its selections. * - Replacement team.
Two or three years ago I made an objective attempt to rate the strength of the conferences.The results surprised me and also gave me a new respect for some of the conferences I had written-off.I’ll explain the perimeters after the ratings.Within those perimeters this exercise is as objective as I can get. It's
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I am so sick of everyone crying about the BCS! If you are from a major conference and don't win out what gives you the right to throw a fit about someone else going to the Championship Game or BCS bowl. If you are from a weaker conference and don't schedule elite schools then shutup and go to your mediocre bowl game. There are schools and conferences that have proven themselves f
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If the BCS matches up TCU and Boise, it will expose the BCS for the spineless, pathetic cowards they are. They think that matchup will protect their precious monopoly while appeasing the masses. Have some balls, you greedy basterds and let them either show the nation they deserve a good match-up or prove your point with a blow-out.
IF they both should win out... (This would be the qualifying statement. Please do not tell me all the reasons why it won't happen. I understand the IF part means IF.)
Is it a foregone conclusion that a Pitt vs. Penn State bowl game would be a spectacular sight? Is it possible? Fiesta? Sugar? What committee wouldn't want that matchup? (ag
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How are these crappy bowl games and BCS BS the best way to figure a National Champion? There are some very good one loss and two loss football teams out there that could possibly win a NC. If you took 16 teams (Eleven Conference winners and Five Wild card teams) and played them in a playoff with these bowl games how is that not better? Every game would matter and you would have a real NC
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Best coach in the programs history, 3 bowl wins in last 3 years, and look at the record in the past 8 years as opposed to the previous 90 years. Just another case of pampered athletes having to much to say, and believing everybody cares. Every coach would be in trouble if they were held to everything they say. Players today forget that it is a priviledge to play football in a major football progra
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I would rather see TCU matched up with Florida than Georgia Tech. The only way MWC and other non-BCS teams can show they belong is to go head to head with the elite teams. There is obviously a significant drop-off after Alabama/Texas/Florida, and I don't think TCU can reasonably be expected to beat Florida, but even if they beat a pretty good Georgia Tech squad, that won't prove much. Ah
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So you wake up thinking, wow this year could be our year, all we have to do is go undefeated and we are sure of a chance at a title, RIGHT.... oh wait Wrong!!! In this case Cincy, and TCU fans (you might as well include the Broncos) all that hard work and preparation is all for not because your fate lies in the hands of something that doesn't even have hands (Computers). Apparently Texas and
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It seems to be the chic thing to do-- bash the Big 10, but to quote Keith Jackson... "Whoa Nelly." Sure Michigan is down, and OSU and Penn State aren't in the National Title picture, but let's look at the Big 10 when compared to the other BCS conferences. Does anyone want to win the PAC 10? Pre-season darling USC is in the middle of the pack (no pun intended) with 3 con
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Why should Pitt even bother flying down to Charlotte and play in crap bowl game against some ACC stiff and collect the $3.50 and a used muffler for showing up? What kind of "bowl experience" do you get in Charlotte? I'd rather stay at home for Christmas than lose to another middle of the road ACC team. This will be one of the most unwatchable games this bowl season because UNC stinks and Pitt's so
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People write all the time about Dennis Dodd, insulting him, calling him shocking names, questioning his knowledge, disputing his analysis, calling for his immediate sacking. I, personally, have even written to ask people to tone it down, give the guy a break, reconsider. But,
Don't criticize Lauren Shehadi or call her knowledge of the game into question.
I've lived in Arkansas for 5 years now and its only my opinion but the Razorbacks get no respect from the National Media. Arkansas has one of the Best Quarterbacks in the country in Ryan Mallet, This team has improved leaps and bounds from last year, The only game they were not in was the Alabama game. They even took #1 Florida to the limit in Gainesville. To put them in the Liberty Bowl is h
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Well, we had a few things cleared up today. First Oklahoma State is out of the BCS, meaning Boise State is likely in. Of course if Texas loses the Big 12 title game, that could change.
A bunch of other bowls got a little more messer. The SEC bowl bids are a mess with Ole Miss losing and South Carolina winning.
The top of the ACC is tough too -- North Carolina lost, Clemso
That SMU is even in a bowl. Hope Stan and Muffy enjoy the one bowl game few people will watch, since it's Christmas Eve.
The Eagle Bank bowl. Who the crap cares?
Does anyone know this is never going to be about finding the best team? 34 bowls, and they could care less if they get 10,000 fans and 60,000 empty seats. The Fuller Brush Co
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How does Miami get a worse bowl the the Seminoles. Fla St finished 6-6 (4-4) in the ACC. Miami finished 9-3 (5-3) in the ACC. Miami is #15 in the country whereas Fla St is not even ranked. Yet Fla St goes to the Gator bowl on Jan 1st (as the #3ACC team) and Miami goes to the Champs Sports Bowl on 12/29. Ohh yeah, and Miami beat Fla St. head to head as well as Ok
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