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larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
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Any games that excite you? Boise State v. TCU should be good. I would prefer Boise playing a "big" school but oh well.

Shows you how bad the Pac 10 is as the Pac 10 #2 (Oregon) plays the Big 12 #4 (OK State) and I imagine OK State will be favored by a touchdown or more.

I think all the BCS games should be good. I am especially glad they pitted the two teams that really should not be in a BCS game together. Sure it makes the Organge Bowl more irrelevant but at least it might make for a good game.

I hope Hawaii continues the ND bowl streak!

I am glad the Rose Bowl has the tradition of Big 10 v. Pac 10... and I hope U$C ROLLS Penn State.

What about you?



2008-09 College Football Bowl Schedule
BOWL LOCATION DATE/TIME NETWORK

EagleBank Bowl
Wake Forest vs. Navy Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium Dec. 20, 11 a.m. ESPN

New Mexico
Colorado State vs. Fresno State Albuquerque
University Stadium Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m. ESPN

magicJack St. Petersburg
Memphis vs. South Florida St. Petersburg. Fla.
Tropicana Field Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m. ESPN2

Pioneer Las Vegas
BYU vs. Arizona Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss vs. Troy New Orleans
Superdome Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m. ESPN

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
Boise State vs. TCU San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 23, 8 p.m. ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii
Hawaii vs. Notre Dame Honolulu
Aloha Stadium Dec. 24, 8 p.m. ESPN

Motor City
Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan Detroit
Ford Field Dec. 26, 8 p.m. ESPN

Meineke Car Care
West Virginia vs. North Carolina Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium Dec. 27, 1 p.m. ESPN

Champs Sports
Wisconsin vs. Florida State Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Emerald
Miami (Fla.) vs. California San Francisco
AT&T Park Dec. 27, 8 p.m. ESPN

Independence
Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m. ESPN

Papajohns.com
NC State vs. Rutgers Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field Dec. 29, 3 p.m. ESPN

Valero Alamo
Missouri vs. Northwestern San Antonio
Alamodome Dec. 29, 8 p.m. ESPN

Roady's Humanitarian
Maryland vs. Nevada Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Texas
Rice vs. Western Michigan Houston
Reliant Stadium Dec. 30, 8 p.m. NFL Network

Pacific Life Holiday
Oklahoma State vs. Oregon San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 30, 8 p.m. ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston vs. Air Force Fort Worth, Texas
Amon G. Carter Stadium Dec. 31, Noon ESPN

Brut Sun
Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl Dec. 31, 2 p.m. CBS

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Boston College vs. Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ESPN

Insight
Kansas vs. Minnesota Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m. NFL Network

Chick-fil-A
LSU vs. Georgia Tech Atlanta
Georgia Dome Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Outback
South Carolina vs. Iowa Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1, 2009, 11 a.m. ESPN

Capital One
Georgia vs. Michigan State Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m. ABC

Konica Minolta Gator
Clemson vs. Nebraska Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m. CBS

Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi
Penn State vs. USC Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 1, 2009, 4:30 p.m. ABC

FedEx Orange
Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech Miami
Dolphin Stadium Jan. 1, 2009, 8:30 p.m. FOX

AT&T Cotton
Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech Dallas
Cotton Bowl Jan. 2, 2009, 2 p.m. FOX

AutoZone Liberty
Kentucky vs. East Carolina Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Jan. 2, 2009, 5 p.m. ESPN

Allstate Sugar
Utah vs. Alabama New Orleans
Superdome Jan. 2, 2009, 8 p.m. FOX

International
Buffalo vs. Connecticut Toronto
Rogers Centre Jan. 3, 2009, Noon ESPN2

Tostitos Fiesta
Ohio State vs. Texas Glendale, Ariz.
University of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 5, 2009, 8 p.m. FOX

GMAC
Tulsa vs. Ball State Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 6, 2009, 8 p.m. ESPN

FedEx BCS National Championship Game
Florida vs. Oklahoma Miami
Dolphin Stadium Jan. 8, 2009, 8 p.m. FOX

Comments

  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    I am glad the Rose Bowl has the tradition of Big 10 v. Pac 10... and I hope U$C ROLLS Penn State.

    I remember one time they had Texas in the Rose Bowl and it just didn't seem right, I like the Pac-10, Big 10 tradition even though the
    Pac 10 always seems to have an advantage playing closer to home.

  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496


    << <i>

    I remember one time they had Texas in the Rose Bowl and it just didn't seem right. >>



    If we're on the same page, the Big 10 wasn't in that game because that year was the national title game so bowl tie-ins kinda went out the window.
  • jdip9jdip9 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭
    Boise St. got hosed, ahead of Ohio St. in the BCS standings but no BCS bowl....nobody wants to see Ohio St. get rolled again by powerhouse school. I can't wait for Texas to hang 40 on them.
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    A 1 loss Texas Tech gets rewarded for beating Texas by winding up with Ole Miss? What a joke

    JS
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Ohio State plays two decent teams all year, losses to both of them, and gets to play on Jan 5th! another joke.
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    I totally agree about Boise. I wish they had gotten a better bowl game... but they got a tough opponent in TCU.

    As for Joestalin above, I don't often agree with you, but I think you are right that Texas Tech got hosed. I hope they win big!
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Why wouldn't you put Texas V Texas Tech in the Cotton? Ohio State just plain sucks, there are 40 teams in the nation that could of played their schedule
    and come away with only two losses! Lets just admit is all about the money and stop pretending that there is any thought in it!

    JS
  • markj111markj111 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Why wouldn't you put Texas V Texas Tech in the Cotton? Ohio State just plain sucks, there are 40 teams in the nation that could of played their schedule
    and come away with only two losses! Lets just admit is all about the money and stop pretending that there is any thought in it!

    JS >>




    Texas is going to a BCS bowl, TT is not. Besides, who would care outside of Texas. Exactly how did TT get hosed? They are not eligible for a BCS game, so there are not a lot of good choices for them.

    BTW, if Boise wants more respect, they need to play a real schedule. They went to Georgia a few years ago and were blown out by halftime. The might really be good, but one can not tell with the patsy schedue they play.

    I find the comments on the board about the Rose Bowl to be interesting. There is talk about tradition-my tradition is that I watch it about once every five years. Boooooooooooooooooooring.
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    "If we're on the same page, the Big 10 wasn't in that game because that year was the national title game so bowl tie-ins kinda went out the window."


    Yeah, that was the one, I guess they had to get the Rose Bowl into that whole BCS thing but it still just seemed strange seeing
    them there.

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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    Markj-
    Maybe I should not have said Texas Tech got "hosed" as it is what it is... but maybe they bowl system needs more flexibility!? Could Texas Tech have been selected for the Cotton Bowl? I don't know. It's not a BCS game. There are too many automatics. Would be nicer if the bowls could select teams that would make for a fun game.

    As for the tradition of the Rose Bowl... if you grew up in the Big 10 or Pac 10 part of the country I imagine the Rose Bowl is more meaningful. I can tell you that up here in Nor Cal, the Bezerkely fans still badly want to go to the Rose Bowl... even if it means they are second in the Pac 10 (with USC going to the BCS championship). When that happens they will be flipping cars and starting riots in Bezerkely.
  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    Didn't Boise State complain last year about getting hosed--then they went out and got beat in their bowl by an unranked East Carolina squad?
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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    Boise State has lost 3 out of their 4 bowl games I think. However their one win is one for the ages and is why it's fun when the "little" guys play the "big" guys in major bowl games.
  • quincunxquincunx Posts: 127


    << <i>Boise St. got hosed, ahead of Ohio St. in the BCS standings but no BCS bowl....nobody wants to see Ohio St. get rolled again by powerhouse school. I can't wait for Texas to hang 40 on them. >>



    40 is about right then the 2nd half they can add too it. Too bad not 1 bowl game had enough balls to have boise st and utah play each other.
  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    Rose Bowl:
    USC -6 vs. Penn St
    Fed Ex Orange:
    Cincy -3 vs. Va Tech
    AT&T Cotton:
    Texas Tech -11 vs. Ole Miss
    Autozone Liberty:
    Kentucky -5.5 vs. East Carolina
    All State Sugar:
    Alabama -7 vs. Utah
    International:
    Uconn -11.5 vs. Buffalo
    Tositos Fiesta:
    Texas -10 vs. Ohio St
    National Championship: Florida -3.5 vs Oklahoma
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    I am surprised 'bama is only favored by a touchdown. I see that line going up.
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Did someone just ask how did T Tech get hosed?

    Ahh, they went through the toughest divison in football with only one loss...THAT is how they got hosed!

    Figures I don't hear from any Buckeye fans, they are laying low cause they know they shouldn't even be playing in January!

    JS
  • markj111markj111 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Did someone just ask how did T Tech get hosed?

    Ahh, they went through the toughest divison in football with only one loss...THAT is how they got hosed!

    Figures I don't hear from any Buckeye fans, they are laying low cause they know they shouldn't even be playing in January!

    JS >>




    OK who should TT play? They can not go to a BCS game.
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Did someone just ask how did T Tech get hosed?

    Ahh, they went through the toughest divison in football with only one loss...THAT is how they got hosed!

    Figures I don't hear from any Buckeye fans, they are laying low cause they know they shouldn't even be playing in January!

    JS >>




    OK who should TT play? They can not go to a BCS game. >>



    Sorry didn't see great powers like Cincy or Va Tech in there. How can Texas go, but not the team that beat them?

    JS
  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496


    << <i>They can not go to a BCS game. >>



    I'm confused, why couldnt Tech go to a BCS game?
  • dallasactuarydallasactuary Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why all this chatter about the crappy, meaningless bowls?

    The Texas Bowl is where it's at, baby! I will be attending my first ever Bowl Game this year to cheer on the Owls. Go Rice!!!
    This is for you @thisistheshow - Jim Rice was actually a pretty good player.
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭


    << <i>Independence
    Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech Shreveport, La.
    Independence Stadium Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m. ESPN >>



    I look forward to this hometwon game every year. This one looks so exciting.image
  • CarsonPalmerCarsonPalmer Posts: 387 ✭
    im excited to for ball state cause i went to school there lol..i think they won like one game when i went there!

    and also cincinnati cause thats where i live ( although they really arent good enough to play a BCS game except they won there division)
    who dey!



    looking for 1964 topps baseball psa graded 7+
  • yawie99yawie99 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭
    What the hell is a magicJack? The corporate naming of these games is more distressing than the occasionally questionable selection process.

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  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    as a buckeye fan I will admit I am not looking forward to that game.

    Texas got hosed in this whole deal and they will be looking to take that anger and frustration out on 1/5.
  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>They can not go to a BCS game. >>



    I'm confused, why couldnt Tech go to a BCS game? >>



    Only two BCS teams per conference. Texas and Oklahoma have BCS bids from the Big 12 already.
    Can't have three BCS teams from one conference.
  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>They can not go to a BCS game. >>



    I'm confused, why couldnt Tech go to a BCS game? >>



    Only two BCS teams per conference. Texas and Oklahoma have BCS bids from the Big 12 already.
    Can't have three BCS teams from one conference. >>



    Thanks. I had no idea you couldn't have 3 from one conference. I know it's to split revenue up, but that's LAME. Put the best of the best out there!
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    Put the best of the best out there!

    I wish! Sadly Va-Tech, Cinci won their awful conferences and they get to go. Plus, imagine if Oregon State hadn't choked against Oregon they would have been the Pac 10 representative at the Rose Bowl. Sad. Should be the top 10 teams.
  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    I guess you don't agree with the Sagarin ranking system in college football (where PAC-10 was ranked as 6th best conference).
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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    I guess you don't agree with the Sagarin ranking system in college football (where PAC-10 was ranked as 6th best conference).

    I like and agree with the Sagarin ranking as MOST years the Pac 10 is in the top 3 and usually the top 2.

    Sadly I DO AGREE with it this year. It's just sad how far the Pac 10 has fallen.

    I think it will be similar in hoops this year. Bad year for the Pac.
  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    If you agree this year, then I guess you did not see that the "awful" ACC is ranked #1image

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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    I was worried you were lulling me into something Akbar. I guess I can no longer talk about Sagarin. Thanks!
  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
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  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,099 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>They can not go to a BCS game. >>



    I'm confused, why couldnt Tech go to a BCS game? >>



    Only two BCS teams per conference. Texas and Oklahoma have BCS bids from the Big 12 already.
    Can't have three BCS teams from one conference. >>



    That's what happened to Missouri last year. They got left out in the cold and Kansas went to the Orange Bowl and won. image
    And to top it off, KU wasn't having too great of a year this year until they beat Missouri the last game of the year. image
  • MPeterMPeter Posts: 568
    I'm not a fan of Ohio State, but why bash them so much? They've been in three National Championship games in recent years and come away with one. How many of your teams even win their conference? The problem for Ohio State this year is that they will be playing one game on the field and two games in their heads. If they can knock those last two embarrassments out of their minds, they have a chance.

    The only intriguing matchups for me this bowl season are Wisconsin vs Florida State (John Clay running all over the Seminoles), Georgia Tech vs LSU (GT putting up 400 rushing yards against LSU) and of course Oklahoma vs Florida.

    I was going to say Georgia vs Michigan State, but Georgia choked this year and was way overrated once again. They'll have their hands full with the MichSt running game.


  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭


    << <i>What the hell is a magicJack? The corporate naming of these games is more distressing than the occasionally questionable selection process. >>




    I think it is a phone company.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are just some matchups that make no sense

    USC and Penn State
    Oklahoma and Florida

    Both these games should be excellent

    now if some of the others were:

    Texas and Alabama
    Ohio State and Ole Miss
    TTech and Utah

    Perhaps there would be alittle more excitement in the BCS games...

    I also think that I would have changed afew others:

    Iowa and Mizzou
    Northwestern and South Carolina

    I would even say sending Minnesota to play Hawaii would be a better match up and let ND play Kansas

    We obviously need a Bowl Oversight Committee to prevent a Bowl Rescue Plan

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