NCAA / BCS Bowl Games 2011-2012

[The Insider]

The bowls are announced.

Gildan New Mexico Temple vs. Wyoming	Albuquerque, N.M. University Stadium	Dec. 17 2 p.m.	ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Ohio vs. Utah State	Boise, Idaho Bronco Stadium	Dec. 17 5:30 p.m.	ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette	New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Dec. 17 9 p.m.	ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Florida International vs. Marshall	St. Petersburg, Fla. Tropicana Field	Dec. 20 8 p.m.	ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia TCU vs. Louisiana Tech	San Diego Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 21 8 p.m.	ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas Arizona State vs. Boise State	Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium	Dec. 22 8 p.m.	ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii Nevada vs. Southern Miss	Honolulu Aloha Stadium	Dec. 24 8 p.m.	ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Independence Missouri vs. North Carolina	Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium	Dec. 26 5 p.m.	ESPN2
Little Caesars Western Michigan vs. Purdue	Detroit Ford Field	Dec. 27 4:30 p.m.	ESPN
Belk Louisville vs. NC State	Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium	Dec. 27 8 p.m.	ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Toledo vs. Air Force	Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium	Dec. 28 4:30 p.m.	ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday California vs. Texas	San Diego Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 28 8 p.m.	ESPN
Champs Sports Florida State vs. Notre Dame	Orlando, Fl. Florida Citrus Bowl	Dec. 29 5:30 p.m.	ESPN
Valero Alamo Washington vs. Baylor	San Antonio Alamodome	Dec. 29 9 p.m.	ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces BYU vs. Tulsa	Dallas Gerald J. Ford Stadium	Dec. 30 Noon	ESPN
New Era Pinstripe Rutgers vs. Iowa State	Bronx, N.Y. Yankee Stadium	Dec. 30 3:20 p.m.	ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest	Nashville, Tenn. LP Field	Dec. 30 6:40 p.m.	ESPN
Insight Iowa vs. Oklahoma	Tempe, Ariz. Sun Devil Stadium	Dec. 30 10 p.m.	ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas Texas A&M vs. Northwestern	Houston Reliant Stadium	Dec. 31 Noon	ESPN
Hyundai Sun Georgia Tech vs. Utah	El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl	Dec. 31 2 p.m.	CBS
AutoZone Liberty Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt	Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl	Dec. 31 3:30 p.m.	ABC
Kraft Fight Hunger Illinois vs. UCLA	San Francisco AT&T Park	Dec. 31 3:30 p.m.	ESPN
Chick-fil-A Virginia vs. Auburn	Atlanta Georgia Dome	Dec. 31 7:30 p.m.	ESPN
TicketCity Houston vs. Penn State	Dallas Cotton Bowl	Jan. 2 Noon	ESPNU
Outback Michigan State vs. Georgia	Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium	Jan. 2 1 p.m.	ABC
Capital One Nebraska vs. South Carolina	Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl	Jan. 2 1 p.m.	ESPN
Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl Ohio State vs. Florida	Jacksonville, Fla. EverBank Field	Jan. 2 1 p.m.	ESPN2
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio Wisconsin vs. Oregon	Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl	Jan. 2 5 p.m.	ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta Stanford vs. Oklahoma State	Glendale, Ariz. U. of Phoenix Stadium	Jan. 2 8:30 p.m.	ESPN
Allstate Sugar Michigan vs. Virginia Tech	New Orleans Louisiana Superdome	Jan. 3 8:30 p.m.	ESPN
Discover Orange West Virginia vs. Clemson	Miami Sun Life Stadium	Jan. 4 8:30 p.m.	ESPN
AT&T Cotton Kansas State vs. Arkansas	Arlington, Texas Cowboys Stadium	Jan. 6 8 p.m.	FOX
BBVA Compass Bowl SMU vs. Pittsburgh	Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field	Jan. 7 1 p.m.	ESPN
GoDaddy.com Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois	Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium	Jan. 8 9 p.m.	ESPN
Allstate BCS National Championship Game No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama	New Orleans Louisiana Superdome	Jan. 9 8:30 p.m.	ESPN

 

[dvrexpander]

Pour some sugar on me..... yeah! GO HOKIES!

 

[The Insider]

Got my tickets already for the Champs sports bowl.. They were free Guess I will go.

 

[Mr Tony]

so now there is two domes in Nawlins?

R+L Carriers New Orleans
San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Dec. 17
9 p.m. ESPN

Allstate Sugar
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome Jan. 3
8:30 p.m. ESPN

 

[The Insider]

I really like the SEC's chances this year to finish with only a couple losses. Florida being one of them

But I think we have a pretty good shot at making it 6 in a row for BCS national titles.

 

[Mets82]

Nothing says a College Bowl game like the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Btw, lets see. Fiesta, Sugar, BCS Title Game, Orange, Compass Bowl, GoDaddy.com Bowl. Now, 2 of those bowls are not in the same league with the BCS yet somehow the GoDaddy.com Bowl is the 2nd to last game BEFORE the BCS Title Game!! Explain to me how that works.

 

[BassBlaster]

Nothing says a College Bowl game like the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl...

I had the same thought about the Little Ceasars Bowl.

 

[Jimbo]

But I think we have a pretty good shot at making it 6 in a row for BCS national titles.

Where can I put money on this ?

 

[Jimbo]

Nothing says a College Bowl game like the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Btw, lets see. Fiesta, Sugar, BCS Title Game, Orange, Compass Bowl, GoDaddy.com Bowl. Now, 2 of those bowls are not in the same league with the BCS yet somehow the GoDaddy.com Bowl is the 2nd to last game BEFORE the BCS Title Game!! Explain to me how that works.

GoDaddy.com bowl
That was negotiated a few years back, I don't like it either, but it is what it is, most won't watch it anyways unless it's your team.

I'm sure Go Daddy paid for that to be in that spot.

Never heard of the Compass Bowl, wonder if it needs Direction ?

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Really? Illinois gets a bowl game with a 6-6 record, and losing their last six games? REALLY??

And I have to say the all-SEC national championship game smells fishy to me. More reason for a playoff system.

 

[SamCdbs]

Never heard of the Compass Bowl, wonder if it needs Direction ?

Compass is the US name of a Spanish bank, BBVA. As to wasted sponsorship it doesn't do business in Pennsylvania, so its ads are lost on the Pitt faithful. Some other regional companies people many not know in their areas are:

Valero (an oil company)
Beef O'Brady's (a "fast casual" restaurant, doesn't do business in West Virginia, home of Marshall)
Belk (a department store, only Kentucky outlets are far from Louisville)
Bridgeport Education (an operator of diploma mills)
Advocare (an Amway type pyramid scheme/multi-level marketing)
Auto Zone (car parts store)
Maaco (second-level auto body chain)
Franklin American (mortgage broker)
Gildan (clothing maker, based in Montreal with sweatshop all over Latin America)
R+L Carriers (trucking company)
SDCCU (a credit union operating only in San Diego)

 

[dvrexpander]

And I have to say the all-SEC national championship game smells fishy to me. More reason for a playoff system.

of course its fishy... .0086 difference of Okla State getting in so that could very well be just a few voters that were bias towards the SEC and a rematch that they found for some reason "stimulating".

 

[rockymtnhigh]

of course its fishy... .0086 difference of Okla State getting in so that could very well be just a few voters that were bias towards the SEC and a rematch that they found for some reason "stimulating".

Yeah, its obnoxious. But given the b.s. of the BCS, not surprising. Playoff would be much better, but even that has its problems. Yet, I'd rather see a playoff then place all this power in a combination of voters and computers.

 

[The Insider]

of course its fishy... .0086 difference of Okla State getting in so that could very well be just a few voters that were bias towards the SEC and a rematch that they found for some reason "stimulating".

I agree no way a non-conference champion should be ranked ahead of a conference champion like Ok st.. I mean could you imagine if say Clemson won the conference title but was still ranked below Vtech? Or say Oregon won the Conference title but was ranked below stanford...

 

[The Insider]

Yeah, its obnoxious. But given the b.s. of the BCS, not surprising. Playoff would be much better, but even that has its problems. Yet, I'd rather see a playoff then place all this power in a combination of voters and computers.

So would the SEC. Which is why they proposed it.

 

[Mets82]

I get very confused talking about the BCS. I know people want a playoff but how would you do it? Not a big college football guy but wasnt the BCS supposed to decide a National Champion? Instead, they added a BCS Title Game. So then whats the point of having the BCS Bowls? I mean the Sugar, Rose, Fiesta and Orange are somewhat meaningless because the BCS Title Game is the one that counts.

 

[dvrexpander]

I agree no way a non-conference champion should be ranked ahead of a conference champion like Ok st.. I mean could you imagine if say Clemson won the conference title but was still ranked below Vtech? Or say Oregon won the Conference title but was ranked below stanford...

well Clemson is still ranked below VT and won the ACC title...so? They started out #20 something with VT #5.... wasn't going to drop or swap places from that loss.... it is what it is on that ordeal but you can't hang you're thoughts on that since if there was another system or a system that really worked from the start you wouldn't have this conversation to begin with and circumstances would have changed - paths would have changed could be seeing fully different results from a diff time line blah blah etc etc crazy to think about.

But you're comment really didn't have nothing to do with mine..you are only phishing and I don't know if you are bored or what? Point I was making is the difference between the two is so small that only a few voters could have swung that result by a bias vote towards the SEC and wanting to see a rematch cause they felt it was like watching a hammer take on a pc of steel = boring.

 

[Jimbo]

well Clemson is still ranked below VT and won the ACC title...so? They started out #20 something with VT #5.... wasn't going to drop or swap places from that loss.... it is what it is on that ordeal but you can't hang you're thoughts on that since if there was another system or a system that really worked from the start you wouldn't have this conversation to begin with and circumstances would have changed - paths would have changed could be seeing fully different results from a diff time line blah blah etc etc crazy to think about.

But you're comment really didn't have nothing to do with mine..you are only phishing and I don't know if you are bored or what? Point I was making is the difference between the two is so small that only a few voters could have swung that result by a bias vote towards the SEC and wanting to see a rematch cause they felt it was like watching a hammer take on a pc of steel = boring.

This game will not be boring.

 

[mdonnelly]

I get very confused talking about the BCS. I know people want a playoff but how would you do it? Not a big college football guy but wasnt the BCS supposed to decide a National Champion? Instead, they added a BCS Title Game. So then whats the point of having the BCS Bowls? I mean the Sugar, Rose, Fiesta and Orange are somewhat meaningless because the BCS Title Game is the one that counts.

Meaningless? Maybe I'm crazy, but weren't those bowl games played before there was a BCS? Wasn't the purpose of the BCS to put the best two college teams in the country into a game to decide who's best? Arguably, aren't LSU and Alabama the two best teams? I'm getting older, maybe I'm imagining things.

 

[atl14dat]

Meaningless? Maybe I'm crazy, but weren't those bowl games played before there was a BCS? Wasn't the purpose of the BCS to put the best two college teams in the country into a game to decide who's best? Arguably, aren't LSU and Alabama the two best teams? I'm getting older, maybe I'm imagining things.

Spot On.

The BCS has a sole objective, put the top two teams on the field at the end of the day. That's what they did .

Nothing about being a Conference Champion matters, if they wanted that they could have put it in the language.

It's also not the first time a Non Conference Champ has played.

I'm an SEC guy but I freely admit that OSU has a strong resume and I wouldn't have said a word had they been slotted in the game.

Two teams had a worthy argument, trying to diminish either of them just reeks of bitterness or an agenda.

Hopefully this will be the impetus for needed change.