Bowl Predictions

[ASU_Husker]

Pac-10 Bowl Predictions at this point:

Rose Bowl
Jan. 4
Pasadena, Calif.
BCS #1 vs. BCS #2

Comment: Southern Cal (Pac-10) and Texas (Big 12) face off in the Rose Bowl as the top two ranked teams in the BCS. As long as these two teams stay undefeated, they will meet for the national title.

Fiesta Bowl
Jan. 2
Tempe, Ariz.
BCS vs. BCS
Comment: Notre Dame lands here as an at-large, while Oregon lands here as the second at-large. The Big Ten champion or SEC No. 2 might also end up in Tempe.

Sun Bowl
Dec. 30
Big Ten No. 5 vs. Pac-10 No. 3
Minnesota vs. California

Holiday Bowl
Dec. 29
Pac-10 No. 2 vs. Big 12 No. 3
UCLA vs. Iowa State

Insight Bowl
Dec. 27
Pac-10 No. 4 vs. Big East
Stanford vs. Rutgers

Las Vegas Bowl
Dec. 22
MWC vs. Pac-10 No. 5
Texas Christian vs. Arizona State




I think the most interesting match-ups other than the two BCS games (Which ND DOESNT DESERVE TO BE IN, and many congradualtions to Oregon) is UCLA versus Iowa State..that would be one hell of a game.

Discuss.

[Autzen Powers]

I would love to see Iowa St. play UCLA! And I hope you're right about Oregon at Fiesta, but I just don't know if that will happen...after seeing Oregon stay at #10 in the BCS this week and having Notre Dame jump over to #9.

How did that happen?????????????

[NUDuck]

If ND is in the Fiesta and Cal is in the sun bowl, then Stanford will not be bowl eligible. For ND to get the BCS spot they have to win 9 games, meaning beating Syr and Stan. If Cal loses to Stan, they will be Pac10 #4 or #5 depending on what ASU does against Ariz.

Assuming this:

UO beats OSU
ASU beats AZ
CAL beats Stan
USC beats FUCLA
ND beats Stan

Rose: UT vs USC
Fiesta: ND vs PSU or Bama (w/win) or OSU (w/win) then Oregon (Vtech out due to regional lack of interest)
Holiday: UCLA vs ISU (or whatever)
Sun: Cal vs crap big10 team
Insight: ASU vs some other crap team
Vegas: open

If Oregon isn’t selected, everyone drops down a bowl.

Needless to say (even if Oregon sucked this year) I will be rooting for whoever is playing the free-pass Irish for the next three games.

[jphits]

Have you seen the Irish in their last couple of bowl games? OSU pounded them in the Fiesta and the insight Bowl.

[brady_44]

But haven't you heard? Notre Dame this year has the best coach in the history of football

[brady_44]

Originally Posted by ASU_Husker

I think the most interesting match-ups other than the two BCS games (Which ND DOESNT DESERVE TO BE IN, and many congradualtions to Oregon) is UCLA versus Iowa State..that would be one hell of a game.

Discuss.

I agree that a UCLA vs. Iowa State matchup would be a good one. Iowa State is one of those teams that is much better than their record indicates. They are really only about 5 plays away from being undefeated. The three heart breaking losses they have also came without some key players. Anyway I would love to see that matchup.

As for the rest of the games, it's going to be interesting to see how it all shakes out. There are an awful lot of deserving teams that could all go to January bowls. Regardless of what happens I have a feeling there will be many unhappy fans when the BCS bowls are all set.

[Autzen Powers]

This may be a stupid question, but does the presidential oversight committee have any influence on bowl selections? I don't mean literally, but do they have some sort of internal "nudge factor"? If so, it's interesting to see who's on the board.

http://www.bcsfootball.org/index2.cfm?page=bios

[Go-Pac]

Right now Oregon is a long shot for the Fiesta. Alabama and ND will be selected ahead of Oregon if they are both available for an at large berth. It is not fare, but the bowl system is a beauty contest after automatic selections are made and Oregon and Va Tech are the ugly Ducklings/Turkeys. No it is not right, but it is pure politics.