Official Bowl Game Selection Discussion (Page 1 For Results)

SportsWorld · Post #1 » by **SportsWorld** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 7:07 pm

The BCS seclection show will be on FOX sometime after the football game and the rest of the bowls will be selected on ESPN tonight.. Thought I would make a thread so we can discuss the bowls.
I will update this first post as the bowls come in.

BCS National Championship:

The Ohio State Buckeyes

vs.

Louisiana State University Tigers

Rose Bowl:

University of Southern California Trojans

vs.

The University of Illinois Fighting Illini

Orange Bowl:

Virginia Tech Hokies

vs.

The University of Kansas Jayhawks

Sugar Bowl:

University of Hawaii Warriors

vs.

University of Georgia Bulldogs

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

University of Oklahoma Sooners

vs.

West Virginia University Mountaineers

randomhero423 · Post #2 » by **randomhero423** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 7:24 pm

nevermind.

today's a good day for sports.
1-4 = jets. 4-6= st john's vs miami. 6-7 30= giants. 8= bcs show.

SportsWorld · Post #3 » by **SportsWorld** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 7:25 pm

randomhero423 wrote:ohhh so wait. the BCS bowls are on fox?

Yes tonight after football and their postgame show. Then, ESPN will announce the other bowl games at 8:00 Eastern.

Post #4 » by **Icness** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 7:44 pm

Good thread, thanks man!

I saw some of the early Bowl bid acceptances, nothing real surprising. Once again the Liberty Bowl should be an exciting shootout--if any of y'all ever get a chance to go, it's a great time and almost invariably the highest-scoring bowl.

Post #5 » by **Doctor MJ** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 7:49 pm

AP Poll

1. OSU
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Georgia
5. Va Tech
6. USC
7. Missouri
8. Kansas
9. Florida
10. Hawaii

Happy that the favorite for the 2nd spot based on that is one of the two teams I think should get it, unhappy that the other team (USC) is ranked 6th.

Also would really like Kansas thrown out of the top 10. They clearly shouldn't be treated like a typical big conference 1-loss team and as much as I rag on Hawaii, Hawaii deserves a BCS bid before Kansas easily.

High 5 · Post #6 » by **High 5** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 8:01 pm

Rivals.com has what I believe to be the obvious bowl selections.

National Championship: OSU vs. LSU
Orange Bowl: VT vs. WVU
Fiesta Bowl: OU vs. Kansas
Sugar Bowl: UGA vs. Hawaii
Rose Bowl: USC vs. Illinois

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/conte ... CID=746471

It kind of sucks the year played out this way, but that's the way it is.

treyZz · Post #7 » by **treyZz** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 8:04 pm

NC = LSU vs OSU
Rose = Ill. vs USC
Sugar = Hawaii vs Georgia
Orange = VT vs WV
Fiesta = Oklahoma vs Kansas

Are my predictions.

Post #8 » by **Icness** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 8:11 pm

Anyone else really bothered by how little credit Illinois gets? And how Ohio State's loss to them doesn't look nearly as bad as it did at the time? They and Missouri are the only teams to lose to only ranked teams.

I hope that WVU-VT Orange Bowl comes to fruition--those schools are pretty close together and IIRC used to play each other just about every year.

Post #9 » by **Doctor MJ** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 8:17 pm

I'm probably more of a Rose Bowl fan than anything else, and I like the Big 10/Pac 10 thing, but if the Rose Bowl has the chance to get Georgia, the gap is too big for any reasonable person to pass up. Hope they're reasonable. (Confirm I'm understanding: OSU's the #1 seed, so Rose Bowl gets 1st pick of at large yes?)

What's the rationale behind Kansas? Aside from the OU-Kansas are in the same conference and another option would be ASU who is local, is Kansas just getting the nod because the bowl with the last pick doesn't wan't OU-Miss III?

treyZz · Post #10 » by **treyZz** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 8:24 pm

Doctor MJ wrote:I'm probably more of a Rose Bowl fan than anything else, and I like the Big 10/Pac 10 thing, but if the Rose Bowl has the chance to get Georgia, the gap is too big for any reasonable person to pass up. Hope they're reasonable. (Confirm I'm understanding: OSU's the #1 seed, so Rose Bowl gets 1st pick of at large yes?)

What's the rationale behind Kansas? Aside from the OU-Kansas are in the same conference and another option would be ASU who is local, is Kansas just getting the nod because the bowl with the last pick doesn't wan't OU-Miss III?

The Rose Bowl CANNOT choose Georgia.

I have explained this many times.

It's the Iowa rule from 2002.

High 5 · Post #11 » by **High 5** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 8:29 pm

It's unfortunate because USC/UGA would be by far the best bowl game on paper. Too bad LSU had to win yesterday. Otherwise Georgia would have a great chance at the NC or Rose Bowl.

SportsWorld · Post #12 » by **SportsWorld** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 8:33 pm

Illinois beat a potential national champion. They are a very underrated team and they have a shot at winning it all next year if Rashard Mendenhall returns for one more year which I think he will.

Post #13 » by **Da Schwab** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 8:36 pm

I hope Florida excepts a bid to go to the Outback Bowl, so they play Wisconsin. I'm sure Wisconsin would get the living daylights knocked out of them, but I'd still love to go see it up in Tampa.

A.J. · Post #14 » by **A.J.** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 9:15 pm

great idea sportsworld for making the thread.

i cant wait to see who we go against in the texas bowl....hopefully tcu

Post #15 » by **Doctor MJ** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 9:26 pm

treyZz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

The Rose Bowl CANNOT choose Georgia.

I have explained this many times.

It's the Iowa rule from 2002.

Oh, so I just wasn't paying attention when you told me this all those other times? Please explain it to this poor fool you genius you.

My understanding of the rules:

1. National championship game gets top 2 teams.
2. Other BCS bowls get they're contracted teams (Rose Bowl gets Pac 10 & Big 10 champs, Sugar gets SEC, etc).
3. Drafting of at large teams goes 1) Bowl attached to #1 seed 2) Bowl attached to #2 seed 3) Pre-determined ordering which rotates to average out between the bowls.

Iowa 2002? Rose Bowl couldn't have OSU, so they got to pick an at large team. Iowa was Top 5 in the nation and in the Big 10 so they were the obvious pick. I didn't think there was any mystery there. What's your recollection?

UrbanLegendMD · Post #16 » by **UrbanLegendMD** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 10:46 pm

when are they gonna release the selections?

SportsWorld · Post #17 » by **SportsWorld** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 10:53 pm

NurbekIL wrote:when are they gonna release the selections?

After the football game and postgame show on FOX.

A.J. · Post #18 » by **A.J.** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 11:21 pm

NurbekIL wrote:when are they gonna release the selections?

on fox at 7 is the bcs selection show.

on espn at 7 is all the bowl games.

central time

Wizards2Lottery · Post #19 » by **Wizards2Lottery** » Sun Dec 2, 2007 11:52 pm

Orangle Bowl. Eh better than nothing. A V-Tech/WVU game will be nice. I have a lot of friends from my high school who attend V-Tech now. Gonna be a lot of trash talking :nod:

treyZz · Post #20 » by **treyZz** » Mon Dec 3, 2007 12:06 am

[quote="Doctor MJ"][/quote]

A bowl choosing a replacement team may not select any of the following:

A. A team in the NCG;
B. The host team for another BCS Bowl;
C. When two bowls lose host teams, then the bowl losing the number one team may not select a replacement team from the same Conference as the number two team, unless the bowl losing the number two team consents.