2013 NCAA FOOTBALL THREAD

[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!!!

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

Will that limit exist with the 4-team playoff among the 6 rotational bowls?

[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.

Will that limit exist with the 4-team playoff among the 6 rotational bowls?

No limits.

However, selection is done by a committee rather than by a poll...so there will be a limit in some sort of fashion.

[DS729]

VT will probably be in Sun Bowl vs. UCLA. That's what I'm hearing.

[Raysfan12]

Louisville will play the "U" in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

[hailstateunis]

Mississippi State will play Rice in the Liberty Bowl.

Ole Miss will play Georgia Tech in the Music City Bowl.

[alxy8s]

Georgia vs. Nebraska in the Gator Bowl. Rematch of last year's Capital One Bowl.

We'd been hearing either Miami in the Peach or Michigan in the Gator all day. I would have been excited to draw either of them, even if they're more brand names than good teams this year. This was the worst matchup possible in terms of interest. Good luck getting Georgia fans to go to Jacksonville, a city we travel to every year for the Florida game already, to play a rematch of last year's game.

[BigEd76]

Here's the full list:

New Mexico = Colorado State vs Washington State
Las Vegas = Fresno State vs USC
Famous Idaho Potato = Buffalo vs San Diego State
New Orleans = Louisiana-Lafayette vs Tulane
Beef 'O' Brady's = East Carolina vs Ohio
Hawaii = Boise State vs Oregon State
Little Caesars = Bowling Green vs Pittsburgh
Poinsettia = Northern Illinois vs Utah State
Military = Marshall vs Maryland
Texas = Minnesota vs Syracuse
Fight Hunger = BYU vs Washington
Pinstripe = Notre Dame vs Rutgers
Belk = Cincinnati vs North Carolina
Russell Athletic = Louisville vs Miami
Buffalo Wild Wings = Michigan vs Kansas State
Armed Forces = Navy vs Middle Tennessee State
Music City = Georgia Tech vs Mississippi
Alamo = Oregon vs Texas
Holiday = Arizona State vs Texas Tech
AdvoCare V100 = Boston College vs Arizona
Sun = UCLA vs Virginia Tech
Liberty = Rice vs Mississippi State
Chick-fil-A = Duke vs Texas A&M
Heart of Dallas = North Texas vs UNLV
Gator = Georgia vs Nebraska
Outback = LSU vs Iowa
Capital One = South Carolina vs Wisconsin
Rose = Michigan State vs Stanford
Fiesta = Baylor vs UCF
Sugar = Alabama vs Oklahoma
Orange = Ohio State vs Clemson
Cotton = Missouri vs Oklahoma State
BBVA Compass = Vanderbilt vs Houston
GoDaddy.com = Ball State vs Arkansas State
BCS Championship = Florida State vs Auburn

[FiddySicks]

Here's the full list:

New Mexico = Colorado State vs Washington State

Las Vegas = Fresno State vs USC

Famous Idaho Potato = Buffalo vs San Diego State

New Orleans = Louisiana-Lafayette vs Tulane

Beef 'O' Brady's = East Carolina vs Ohio

Hawaii = Boise State vs Oregon State

Little Caesars = Bowling Green vs Pittsburgh

Poinsettia = Northern Illinois vs Utah State

Military = Marshall vs Maryland

Texas = Minnesota vs Syracuse

Fight Hunger = BYU vs Washington

Pinstripe = Notre Dame vs Rutgers

Belk = Cincinnati vs North Carolina

Russell Athletic = Louisville vs Miami

Buffalo Wild Wings = Michigan vs Kansas State

Armed Forces = Navy vs Middle Tennessee State

Music City = Georgia Tech vs Mississippi

Alamo = Oregon vs Texas

Holiday = Arizona State vs Texas Tech

AdvoCare V100 = Boston College vs Arizona

Sun = UCLA vs Virginia Tech

Liberty = Rice vs Mississippi State

Chick-fil-A = Duke vs Texas A&M

Heart of Dallas = North Texas vs UNLV

Gator = Georgia vs Nebraska

Outback = LSU vs Iowa

Capital One = South Carolina vs Wisconsin

Rose = Michigan State vs Stanford

Fiesta = Baylor vs UCF

Sugar = Alabama vs Oklahoma

Orange = Ohio State vs Clemson

Cotton = Missouri vs Oklahoma State

BBVA Compass = Vanderbilt vs Houston

GoDaddy.com = Ball State vs Arkansas State

BCS Championship = Florida State vs Auburn

YUSSSS!!!! Looks like I've got another ASU game to go to! No way was I gonna trek all the way out to Texas for one.

[Burmy]

My sympathies to the players, staff, alumni and fans of CMU, FAU, ULM, SJSU, USA, TSU, Toledo, Troy, UTSA and WKU...you all had GREAT seasons and deserved to have gotten in over some of the 6-6 teams who did get in...but politics kept you out.

Just you wait...next year, JUSTICE comes to the FBS.

[dfwabel]

My sympathies to the players, staff, alumni and fans of CMU, FAU, ULM, SJSU, USA, TSU, Toledo, Troy, UTSA and WKU...you all had GREAT seasons and deserved to have gotten in over some of the 6-6 teams who did get in...but politics kept you out.

Just you wait...next year, JUSTICE comes to the FBS.

Yes justice since the new bowls in 2014 in Boca Raton, Marlins Park, Montgomery, AL and the Bahamas are so great to the athletic department coffers.

What percentage of teams (players and lower level, underpaid administrators) of MAC schools will have to rush to get passports for the Bahamas Bowl 365 days from now ?

Coach (to players): We just got six wins. We are not bowl eligible!

Players: Yeah!

Coach: Well, could be playing in the Bahamas!

Players: The Bahamas? Really? That's awesome.

Coach: A passport is required for travel. You are going to have to pay for a passport yourself since we may not have the money do that. No video on Sunday, see the trainers. Good win guys!

The bowl system has no benefits.

[Gary]

And just bought two tickets to the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. This would be the first ever Michigan Game I have ever been to. So excited

[Burmy]

Well, you HAVE to agree that an 8-4 Western Kentucky should've gotten in over a 7-5 Arkansas State from the same conference...also, San Jose State should've gotten in because THEY WERE THE ONLY TEAM TO BEAT FRESNO STATE THIS SEASON. If that's not enough to get a 6-6 team in a bowl, I don't know what is anymore.

Also, whatever happened to bowl tie-ins? The Armed Forces Bowl had a tie-in to the Mountain West, but went with C-USA's Middle Tennessee even though the MWC had enough bowl-eligible teams (because of that, SJSU was left out in the cold)

[Cola]

Well, you HAVE to agree that an 8-4 Western Kentucky should've gotten in over a 7-5 Arkansas State from the same conference...also, San Jose State should've gotten in because THEY WERE THE ONLY TEAM TO BEAT FRESNO STATE THIS SEASON. If that's not enough to get a 6-6 team in a bowl, I don't know what is anymore.

Also, whatever happened to bowl tie-ins? The Armed Forces Bowl had a tie-in to the Mountain West, but went with C-USA's Middle Tennessee even though the MWC had enough bowl-eligible teams (because of that, SJSU was left out in the cold)

That bowl is C-USA vs MWC unless Navy becomes bowl eligible. Same deal as Poinsetta Bowl with Army.

[Burmy]

Well, you HAVE to agree that an 8-4 Western Kentucky should've gotten in over a 7-5 Arkansas State from the same conference...also, San Jose State should've gotten in because THEY WERE THE ONLY TEAM TO BEAT FRESNO STATE THIS SEASON. If that's not enough to get a 6-6 team in a bowl, I don't know what is anymore.

Also, whatever happened to bowl tie-ins? The Armed Forces Bowl had a tie-in to the Mountain West, but went with C-USA's Middle Tennessee even though the MWC had enough bowl-eligible teams (because of that, SJSU was left out in the cold)

That bowl is C-USA vs MWC unless Navy becomes bowl eligible. Same deal as Poinsetta Bowl with Army.

And since Navy became bowl-eligible, they said it would be MWC vs. Navy...as late as this morning they said Navy's opponent would be from the MWC.

Here I thought honor and keeping your word was essential to anything Armed Forces-related...

[Cola]

Well, you HAVE to agree that an 8-4 Western Kentucky should've gotten in over a 7-5 Arkansas State from the same conference...also, San Jose State should've gotten in because THEY WERE THE ONLY TEAM TO BEAT FRESNO STATE THIS SEASON. If that's not enough to get a 6-6 team in a bowl, I don't know what is anymore.

Also, whatever happened to bowl tie-ins? The Armed Forces Bowl had a tie-in to the Mountain West, but went with C-USA's Middle Tennessee even though the MWC had enough bowl-eligible teams (because of that, SJSU was left out in the cold)

That bowl is C-USA vs MWC unless Navy becomes bowl eligible. Same deal as Poinsetta Bowl with Army.

And since Navy became bowl-eligible, they said it would be MWC vs. Navy...as late as this morning they said Navy's opponent would be from the MWC.

Here I thought honor and keeping your word was essential to anything Armed Forces-related...

Who is "they" because that isn't how the bowl is tied in. It's C-USA vs Navy unless the Midshipmen aren't eligible...then MWC gets a shot.

[dfwabel]

Well, you HAVE to agree that an 8-4 Western Kentucky should've gotten in over a 7-5 Arkansas State from the same conference...also, San Jose State should've gotten in because THEY WERE THE ONLY TEAM TO BEAT FRESNO STATE THIS SEASON. If that's not enough to get a 6-6 team in a bowl, I don't know what is anymore.

Also, whatever happened to bowl tie-ins? The Armed Forces Bowl had a tie-in to the Mountain West, but went with C-USA's Middle Tennessee even though the MWC had enough bowl-eligible teams (because of that, SJSU was left out in the cold)

That bowl is C-USA vs MWC unless Navy becomes bowl eligible. Same deal as Poinsetta Bowl with Army.

Not exactly. The Armed Forces Bowl is MWC vs. Navy.

There essentially was a trade as the MWC put UNLV in Heart of Dallas in exchange for MTSU to go to Fort Worth. B1G placed two teams in the BCS, thus did not fill both Heart of Dallas and Little Caesars.

All 6-6 teams who made bowls are from AQ conferences.

It also does not help SJSU in that the averaged less than 17,000/game. That Fresno St crowd totally boosted that average too. SJSU cannot move tickets!

[Midway]

Lots of intriguing matchups in the lower bowls so I'm a happy camper.

Heads up ASU fans. It's on! Wreck Em Tech!

[Kramerica Industries]

Dammit, these bowl games can't be right.

Where is Florida?

[Drew22]

Was going to try and go to the Gator Bowl, but not sure how eager I am after the replay of last year's matchup.

[Kramerica Industries]

But I'm not sure why we're calling it a replay.

It's not Georgia vs. Nebraska, it's more like Georgia second team vs. Nebraska second team (or maybe one of those teams is down to their third unit), and when you look at it that way, that matchup becomes very, umm, uninteresting.