NCAA CFB - Postseason Random Thoughts: Notre Dame vs Alabama

[TheImmortalGoud]

Bowl Matchups:

New Mexico - Nevada vs Arizona 12/15/12 1:00pm ESPN; Arizona beats Nevada, 49-48
Famous Idaho Potato - Utah State vs Toledo 12/15/12 4:30pm ESPN; Utah State beats Toledo, 41-15
Poinsettia - San Diego State vs BYU 12/20/12 8:00pm ESPN; BYU beats San Diego State, 23-6
Beef O'Brady's - Ball State vs UCF 12/21/12 7:30pm ESPN; UCF beats Ball State, 38-17
New Orleans - Louisiana-Lafayette vs East Carolina 12/22/12 12:00pm ESPN; Louisiana-Lafayette beats East Carolina, 43-34
Las Vegas - Boise State vs Washington 12/22/12 3:30pm ESPN; Boise State beats Washington, 28-26
Hawaii - SMU vs Fresno State 12/24/12 8:00pm ESPN; SMU beats Fresno State, 43-10
Little Caesars - Central Michigan vs Western Kentucky 12/26/12 7:30pm ESPN; Central Michigan beats Western Kentucky, 24-21
Military - San Jose State vs Bowling Green 12/27/12 3:00pm ESPN; San Jose State beats Bowling Green, 29-20
Belk - Cincinnati vs Duke 12/27/12 6:30pm ESPN; Cincinnati beats Duke, 48-34
Holiday - Baylor vs UCLA 12/27/12 9:45pm ESPN Baylor beats UCLA, 49-26
Independence - Ohio vs Louisiana-Monroe 12/28/12 2:00pm ESPN; Ohio beats Louisiana-Monroe, 45-14
Russell Athletic - Rutgers vs Virginia Tech 12/28/12 5:30pm ESPN; Virginia Tech beats Rutgers, 13-10
Meineke Car Care - Minnesota vs Texas Tech 12/28/12 9:00pm ESPN; Texas Tech beats Minnesota, 34-31
Armed Forces - Rice vs Air Force 12/29/12 11:45am ESPN; Rice beats Air Force, 33-14
Pinstripe - Syracuse vs West Virginia 12/29/12 3:15pm ESPN; Syracuse beats West Virginia, 38-14
Kraft Fight Hunger - Arizona State vs Navy 12/29/12 4:00pm ESPN2; Arizona State beats Navy, 62-28
Alamo - Texas vs Oregon State 12/29/12 6:45pm ESPN; Texas beats Oregon State, 31-27
Valley of the Sun - Michigan State vs TCU 12/29/12 10:15pm ESPN; Michigan State beats TCU, 17-16
Music City - North Carolina State vs Vanderbilt 12/31/12 12:00pm ESPN; Vanderbilt beats North Carolina State, 38-24
Sun - Georgia Tech vs USC 12/31/12 2:00pm CBS; Georgia Tech beats USC, 21-7
Liberty - Iowa State vs Tulsa 12/31/12 3:30pm ESPN; Tulsa beats Iowa State, 31-17
Chick-fil-A - Clemson vs LSU 12/31/12 7:30pm ESPN; Clemson beats LSU, 25-24
Heart of Dallas - Oklahoma State vs Purdue 1/1/13 12:00pm ESPN-U; Oklahoma State beats Purdue, 58-14
Gator - Northwestern vs Mississippi State 1/1/13 12:00pm ESPN-2; Northwestern beats Mississippi State. 34-20
Capitol One - Nebraska vs Georgia 1/1/13 1:00pm ESPN; Georgia beats Nebraska, 45-31
Outback - South Carolina vs Michigan 1/1/13 1:00pm ABC; South Carolina beats Michigan, 33-28
Rose - Wisconsin vs Stanford 1/1/13 5:00pm ESPN; Stanford beats Wisconsin, 20-14
Orange - Northern Illinois vs Florida State 1/1/13 8:30pm ESPN; Florida State beats Northern Illinois, 31-10
Sugar - Louisville vs Florida 1/2/13 8:30pm ESPN; Louisville beats Florida, 33-23
Fiesta - Oregon vs Kansas State 1/3/13 8:30pm ESPN; Oregon beats Kansas State, 35-17
Cotton - Texas A&M vs Oklahoma 1/4/13 8:00pm Fox; Texas A&M beats Oklahoma, 41-13
BBVA Compass - Pittsburgh vs Ole Miss 1/5/13 1:00pm ESPN; Ole Miss beats Pittsburgh, 38-17
GoDaddy.com - Arkansas State vs Kent State 1/6/13 9:00pm ESPN; Arkansas State beats Kent State, 17-13
BCS Championship - Notre Dame vs Alabama 1/7/13 8:30pm ESPN; Alabama beats Notre Dame, 42-14

 

AP Top 25

Rank Team Record Votes Previous

1 Notre Dame (60) 12-0 1,500 1
2 Alabama 12-1 1,424 2
3 Ohio State 12-0 1,302 4
4 Florida 11-1 1,279 5
5 Oregon 11-1 1,250 6
6 Georgia 11-2 1,213 3
7 Kansas State 11-1 1,129 7
8 Stanford 11-2 1,094 8
9 LSU 10-2 1,051 9
10 Texas A&M 10-2 1,025 10
11 South Carolina 10-2 907 11
12 Oklahoma 10-2 851 12
13 Florida State 11-2 789 13
14 Clemson 10-2 691 15
15 Oregon State 9-3 638 16
16 Northern Illinois 12-1 534 19
17 UCLA 9-4 440 17
18 Utah State 10-2 379 20
19 Michigan 8-4 306 21
20 Boise State 10-2 276 25
21 Northwestern 9-3 266 22
22 Louisville 10-2 248 NR
23 Nebraska 10-3 227 14
24 San Jose State 10-2 157 NR
25 Kent State 11-2 17 18

Dropped from rankings: Texas 23, Oklahoma State 24

Others receiving votes: Penn State 83, Vanderbilt 67, Wisconsin 62, Texas 51, San Diego State 22, Fresno State 20, Baylor 15, Cincinnati 15, Oklahoma State 15, TCU 14, Arkansas State 13, USC 11, Tulsa 9, Rutgers 6, Ball State 2, North Carolina 1, West Virginia 1

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[TheImmortalGoud]

My bowl projections.

 

Famous Idaho Potato - Ball State vs Utah State
New Mexico - Nevada vs Arizona
Poinsettia - San Diego State vs BYU
Beef O'Brady's - Bowling Green vs UCF
Las Vegas - Boise State vs Arizona State
New Orleans - Louisiana-Lafayette vs East Carolina
Hawaii - Fresno State vs SMU
Little Caesars - Kent State vs Middle Tennessee State
Belk - Cincinnati vs Duke
Holiday - UCLA vs Baylor
Military - San Jose State vs Ohio
Independence - Louisiana Tech vs Louisiana-Monroe
Meineke Car Care - Texas Tech vs Minnesota
Russell Athletic - Rutgers vs Virginia Tech
Alamo - Texas vs Oregon State
Armed Forces - Air Force vs Rice
Valley of the Sun - Oklahoma State vs Michigan State
Kraft Fight Hunger - Washington vs Navy
Pinstripe - West Virginia vs Syracuse
Chick-fil-A - Clemson vs LSU
Liberty - Tulsa vs Iowa State
Music City - North Carolina State vs Vanderbilt
Sun - Georgia Tech vs USC
Capitol One - Georgia vs Nebraska
Gator - Northwestern vs Mississippi State
Outback - Michigan vs South Carolina
Heart of Dallas - Purdue vs TCU
Cotton - Oklahoma vs Texas A&M
BBVA Compass - Ole Miss vs Pittsburgh
GoDaddy.com - Toledo vs Arkansas State
Rose - Wisconsin vs Stanford
Orange - Florida State vs Northern Illinois
Sugar - Florida vs Louisville
Fiesta - Kansas State vs Oregon
BCS Championship - Notre Dame vs Alabama

 

[FirstTimer]

NIU won't get to the BCS IMO. They won't be high enough in the computers.

 

[FirstTimer]

Actually UCLA is 3 spots behind NIU in the coaches poll. They might squeak in.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Pretty pissed at Georgia for the game yesterday. Richt's clock management there gave Alabama a gift, giving his detractors even more to talk about.

Navy should be able to take Army this year.

 

[NAHSTE]

Nothing to add other than I am bummed the season is already over, they go too quickly.

 

[Rudi]

NIU moving up to 16 in the AP poll is good. Nebraska fell to 23 wow.

NIU TO BCS!

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

@Mark_Schlabach: I'm hearing UGA to Cap One vs Neb; #LSU to Cotton; SC to Outback, A&M to Chick-fil-A, Miss St to Gator

 

[FirstTimer]

NIU's fate lays with the computers

 

[NAHSTE]

SEC bowl match ups slowly taking shape.

Cap One sounds fixed on Georgia. Rumors swirling that Johnny Foobawl and his aTm Aggies will head to Atlanta to play Clemson (what a fun offensive affair that shall be). LSU is basically down to Outback or Cotton at this point it would seem. The drawback to Cotton this year is that we are heading there in 9 months to open the 2013 season vs TCU. We made the same Jerrah World turnaround in 2010-2011 after playing in the Cotton then opening w/ Oregon to start 2011. Four trips in three years might seem a little overkill, so we may be heading to Florida.

 

[JimLeavy59]

NIU moving up to 16 in the AP poll is good. Nebraska fell to 23 wow.

NIU TO BCS!

They shouldn't even be ranked after last night.

 

[Rudi]

Pete Thamel ‏@SIPeteThamel

BREAKING: Northern Illinois vs Florida State is official in the Orange Bowl, according to a source.

:dance: :freshdance:

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

@MattZemek_CFN
Boise State: 3 straight Vegas Bowls. Wisconsin: 3 straight Rose Bowls. Pitt: 3 straight BBVA Compass Bowls

 

[NAHSTE]

LSU v. Clemson in the Peach is looking official.

Johnny Foobawl will play in Jerrahland.

uke:

 

[Goober]

Wisconsin=best team in big 10. :bsmug:

 

[NAHSTE]

Wisconsin=best team in big 10. :bsmug:

Says all that needs to be said about the Big Ten.

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

Louisiana Tech is going to be left out of a bowl with a 9-3 record. I realize it is sort of their fault, but it's still bullshit.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/bruce-feldman/21236470/la-tech-ad-explains-why-bulldogs-arent-going-bowling

Best team staying home for the bowl season? Try 9-3 La. Tech. The Bulldogs have the nation's No. 1 offense, but they will get no postseason bowl game.

The reason why is where things get a bit murky.

It was reported by Yahoo! Sports that Tech turned down a chance to play in a bowl game because it didn't want to face rival Louisiana-Monroe, but La. Tech AD Bruce Van De Velde told CBSSports.com that's not accurate.

"We asked the Independence Bowl to let the games play out because we were told by the Heart of Dallas Bowl and the Liberty Bowls that they were very interested in us," said Van De Velde Sunday night. "They (the Independence Bowl reps) called us on Saturday and put a deadline on us. We thought there would be a spot open for us in one of those other bowls. We asked them to wait so we could vet out these other options, but they wouldn't."

Van De Velde says the Bulldogs got squeezed by a trickle down factor because NIU was going to the Orange Bowl, meaning Oklahoma got knocked out of a BCS Bowl and then the Big 12 was going to be able to fill more bowl slots. And, in the end, the Liberty Bowl selected 6-6 Iowa State over 9-3 La. Tech, he says.

"It wasn't not only a failure of the bowl system but it's also because our league, the WAC, has disintergreated," he says. "It's very much like being an independent. We thought we were in good position but it didn't turn out that way when they took Northern Illinois and it just filtered all the way down."

Asked about the report that Tech didn't want to face ULM being at the root of the Bulldogs ultimately staying home, Van De Velde said "that was not a factor at all. We would've like to be in a bowl."

Even if it meant playing ULM?

"Absolutely."

In hindsight, would the AD have told the Independence Bowl to wait had he known this might happen and his team could miss out on a bowl opportunity, he says he still would've done the same thing again. Van De Velde says because the program had played in the Independence Bowl in 2008 and then the Poinsettia Bowl last year, one of those bigger bowls seemed like the progression. "I think we still would've waited because we felt like that's what was best for our university."

Van De Velde says he doesn't expect La. Tech to be in a similar predicament in the future since the school is moving on to Conference-USA, where it has five bowl tie-ins.

 

[Jayrock]

It's a pretty good year to be FT

 

[Realist]

FSU vs NIU :what: uke: FSU is in a no-win situation in this game.

 

[NAHSTE]

Three of the four BCS bowl games are borderline unwatchable.

Great sport, though. All the games matter.

:costas: