2013 NCAA FOOTBALL THREAD

[DC in Da House w/o a Doubt]

This year might yield the best BCS bowl games in years. Just Look:

Fiesta: Baylor vs UCF

Rose: Michigan State vs Stanford

Sugar: Oregon vs Alabama

Orange: Clemson vs Ohio State

BCS NCG: Florida State vs Auburn

Every projection I'm seeing has the Sugar as Oklahoma vs Alabama

Oregon vs Alabama would be sweet though. I've always wanted to see how those teams would matchup.

[DS729]

I' struggling to figure out where VT will go in our bowl game, the ACC's slots go like:

1. Orange Bowl vs. BCS

2. Chick-Fil-A vs. SEC

3. Russell Atheltic vs. American

4. Sun vs. PAC-12

5. Belk vs. American

With FSU to the title, and Clemson to the Orange (most likely, or another BCS Bowl) I think that would probably put Miami in the Chick-Fil-A thanks to Duke's loss they will likely be ranked and are a much more attractive option. I think Duke might get into the Russell Athletic over VT though, that's 10-3 vs. 8-4 and Duke has a head-to-head advantage. The Russell Athletic could find Tech more attractive due to a bigger contest. But Tech didn't sell the bowl last year too much, and they may try Duke to get a better matchup. I think that would put Tech in the Sun Bowl versus most likely USC or Washington, honestly I'd rather play SC, Washington is a very skilled team that has only lost to good opponents, and 2 of those games were very close. USC under Ed Orgeron was good, but if VT played USC I think it would be a better matchup for my team.

[Raysfan12]

This year might yield the best BCS bowl games in years. Just Look:

Fiesta: Baylor vs UCF

Rose: Michigan State vs Stanford

Sugar: Oregon vs Alabama

Orange: Clemson vs Ohio State

BCS NCG: Florida State vs Auburn

Every projection I'm seeing has the Sugar as Oklahoma vs Alabama

Oregon vs Alabama would be sweet though. I've always wanted to see how those teams would matchup.

Forgot about that, but still all better than last year on paper at least.

[Lee Noire]

USC is really going all out to justify hiring a .500 coach in conference games. Sarsikian is in Indy on Gameday, has been on nearly every national radio show, was on the NFL Network ncaa podcast and more. Meanwhile, he doesn't have a staff since USC and Washington are at an impasse in buyouts for his staff.

He also had to answer for that radio interview he have as then Washington HC just 2-3 hours before he was announced as USC HC. He was saying he wasn't interviewed by USC and he was focused on the bowl game/next season for Washington. Why do coaches do this?

[TalktoChuck]

USC is really going all out to justify hiring a .500 coach in conference games. Sarsikian is in Indy on Gameday, has been on nearly every national radio show, was on the NFL Network ncaa podcast and more. Meanwhile, he doesn't have a staff since USC and Washington are at an impasse in buyouts for his staff.

He also had to answer for that radio interview he have as then Washington HC just 2-3 hours before he was announced as USC HC. He was saying he wasn't interviewed by USC and he was focused on the bowl game/next season for Washington. Why do coaches do this?

Because deals can fall through at anytime, and you never announce something until it is absolutely certain.

[Lee Noire]

USC is really going all out to justify hiring a .500 coach in conference games. Sarsikian is in Indy on Gameday, has been on nearly every national radio show, was on the NFL Network ncaa podcast and more. Meanwhile, he doesn't have a staff since USC and Washington are at an impasse in buyouts for his staff.

He also had to answer for that radio interview he have as then Washington HC just 2-3 hours before he was announced as USC HC. He was saying he wasn't interviewed by USC and he was focused on the bowl game/next season for Washington. Why do coaches do this?

Because deals can fall through at anytime, and you never announce something until it is absolutely certain.

I can understand that. My thing is from a Washington standpoint, if I were a fan or player, to hear coach say he is looking foward to the next game and season then get announced as coach of another team would tick me off.

[TalktoChuck]

USC is really going all out to justify hiring a .500 coach in conference games. Sarsikian is in Indy on Gameday, has been on nearly every national radio show, was on the NFL Network ncaa podcast and more. Meanwhile, he doesn't have a staff since USC and Washington are at an impasse in buyouts for his staff.

He also had to answer for that radio interview he have as then Washington HC just 2-3 hours before he was announced as USC HC. He was saying he wasn't interviewed by USC and he was focused on the bowl game/next season for Washington. Why do coaches do this?

Because deals can fall through at anytime, and you never announce something until it is absolutely certain.

I can understand that. My thing is from a Washington standpoint, if I were a fan or player, to hear coach say he is looking foward to the next game and season then get announced as coach of another team would tick me off.

Imagine if he said he was excited because he's leaving to go to USC, and it turns out he's still the coach at washington.

Better to have them mad at you when you're leaving, than when you're staying.

[Lee Noire]

USC is really going all out to justify hiring a .500 coach in conference games. Sarsikian is in Indy on Gameday, has been on nearly every national radio show, was on the NFL Network ncaa podcast and more. Meanwhile, he doesn't have a staff since USC and Washington are at an impasse in buyouts for his staff.

He also had to answer for that radio interview he have as then Washington HC just 2-3 hours before he was announced as USC HC. He was saying he wasn't interviewed by USC and he was focused on the bowl game/next season for Washington. Why do coaches do this?

Because deals can fall through at anytime, and you never announce something until it is absolutely certain.

I can understand that. My thing is from a Washington standpoint, if I were a fan or player, to hear coach say he is looking foward to the next game and season then get announced as coach of another team would tick me off.

Imagine if he said he was excited because he's leaving to go to USC, and it turns out he's still the coach at washington.

Better to have them mad at you when you're leaving, than when you're staying.

I suppose. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't right?

[LAWeaver]

Confirmed bowl games so far:

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Buffalo vs. San Diego State

R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl

Tulane vs. UL-Lafayette

Beef O'Brady's Bowl

East Carolina vs. Ohio (They actually made a bowl game?)

SDC Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

Utah State vs. Northern Illinois

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Rutgers vs. Notre Dame

GoDaddy.com Bowl

Arkansas State vs. Ball State

Not counting the BCS bowls like the NCG or the Rose Bowl. There bare about another 1/2 dozen schools that have clinched bowl berths

[Cola]

Brett McMurphy of ESPN tweeted:

"BCS bowls set: FSU-Auburn (title), Bama-OU (Sugar), Clem-Ohio St (Orange), MSU-Stan (Rose), Bay-UCF (Fiesta)"

[Funky Bunky]

Haha Oregon. Enjoy the Holiday Bowl.

[DS729]

Haha Oregon. Enjoy the Holiday Bowl.

OU could mean Oregon, ESPN doesn't exactly employ the brightest set of people.

[dfwabel]

FYI, the LVH (formerly the Las Vegas Hilton), opened the game with Florida State -7.5 with a total of 64.

Non-BCS Accepted bowl bids so far:

Armed Forces Bowl: MTSU vs. Navy
New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers vs. Notre Dame
Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl: Boise State vs. Oregon State
Idaho Potato Bowl: SDSU vs. Buffalo
GoDaddy Bowl: Ball State vs. Arkansas State
Poinsettia Bowl: Utah State vs. Northern Illinois
New Mexico Bowl: Colorado State
Heart of Dallas Bowl: North Texas
BBVA Compass Bowl: Houston
Military Bowl: Marshall

AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Rice

Russell Athletic Bowl: Louisville

Belk Bowl: Cincinnati

Confirmed bowl games so far:

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Buffalo vs. San Diego State

R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl

Tulane vs. UL-Lafayette

Beef O'Brady's Bowl

East Carolina vs. Ohio (They actually made a bowl game?)

SDC Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

Utah State vs. Northern Illinois

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Rutgers vs. Notre Dame

GoDaddy.com Bowl

Arkansas State vs. Ball State

Not counting the BCS bowls like the NCG or the Rose Bowl. There bare about another 1/2 dozen schools that have clinched bowl berths

Or you can just look at the confirmed matchups here.

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html

[dbadefense1990]

Confirmed bowl games so far:

SDC Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

Utah State vs. Northern Illinois

Sucks so much for Northern Illinois. Falling from a BCS bowl game to a game with a laughable bowl name. Yeah, that's what you want to tell your kids in the future:

"What's that, daddy?"

"It's my ring for winning the county credit union bowl."

[ninersdd]

Zona gets the Advocare V100 Bowl in Shreveport vs Boston College. I read that the Pac-12 got hurt by the Ducks not getting selected to a BCS Bowl.

[dbadefense1990]

Zona gets the Advocare V100 Bowl in Shreveport vs Boston College. I read that the Pac-12 got hurt by the Ducks not getting selected to a BCS Bowl.

Because SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC!!!

[Cola]

Zona gets the Advocare V100 Bowl in Shreveport vs Boston College. I read that the Pac-12 got hurt by the Ducks not getting selected to a BCS Bowl.

And they shouldn't be if you think the most deserving teams should go...conference tie-ins aside.

If you took the projected BCS rankings and equate them to BCS games down the line:

NCG:

FSU vs Auburn

BCS 1:

Alabama vs Michigan State

BCS 2:

Stanford vs Baylor

BCS 3:

Ohio State vs South Carolina

BCS 4:

Clemson vs Mizzou

[alxy8s]

Zona gets the Advocare V100 Bowl in Shreveport vs Boston College. I read that the Pac-12 got hurt by the Ducks not getting selected to a BCS Bowl.

Because SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC!!!

Yeah, what a disgusting injustice that the Sugar Bowl didn't break its traditional SEC tie-in to select twice-blown-out Oregon over 11-1 Alabama.

[FiddySicks]

:censored:!

And, of course, Oregon is gonna get the Holiday Bowl while were stuck going to the s****y Alamo Bowl in Texas. Dammit, this couldn't have been a worse scenario for the Sun Devils.

[Cola]

Zona gets the Advocare V100 Bowl in Shreveport vs Boston College. I read that the Pac-12 got hurt by the Ducks not getting selected to a BCS Bowl.

Because SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC!!!

You're kidding right? Without the 2-team limit, you'd probably see another.