CFN Bowl Projections

[3afan]

early ... but interesting

http://collegefootballnews.com/2006/Bowls/Bowl_Projections.htm

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
San Diego, CA
Qualcomm Stadium
December 19, 2006
Mountain West vs. at-large
Bowl Projection: Navy vs. Fresno State (no Mountain West team projected available)

Las Vegas Bowl
Las Vegas, NV
Sam Boyd Stadium
December 21, 2006
Pac 10 No. 4 vs. Mountain West No. 1
Bowl Projection: Oregon State vs. BYU

New Orleans Bowl
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Superdome
December 22, 2006
Sun Belt vs. Conference USA
Bowl Projection: UL Lafayette vs. East Carolina

New Mexico Bowl
Albuquerque, NM
University Stadium
December 23, 2006
Mountain West vs. WAC
Bowl Projection: New Mexico vs. Nevada

Birmingham Bowl
Birmingham, AL
Legion Field
December 23, 2006
Conference USA vs. Big East or MAC
Bowl Projection: Houston vs. South Florida

Fort Worth Bowl
Fort Worth, TX
Amon G. Carter Stadium
December 23, 2006
Mountain West vs. Conference USA
Bowl Projection: TCU vs. Tulsa

Hawaii Bowl
Honolulu, HI
Aloha Stadium
December 24, 2006
Pac 10 vs. WAC
Bowl Projection: Washington State vs. Hawaii

Motor City Bowl
Detroit, MI
Ford Field
December 26, 2006
MAC vs. Big Ten No. 7
Bowl Projection: Northern Illinois vs. Missouri (No Big 10 team projected to be available)

Emerald Bowl
San Francisco, CA
AT&T Park
December 27, 2006
ACC No. 7 vs. Pac 10 No. 5
Bowl Projection: Virginia vs. Oregon

Independence Bowl
Shreveport, LA
Independence Stadium
December 27, 2006
Big 12 No. 7 vs. SEC No. 8
Bowl Projection: Iowa State vs. Ole Miss

Holiday Bowl
San Diego, CA
Qualcomm Stadium
December 28, 2006
Pac 10 No. 2 vs. Big 12 No. 3
Bowl Projection: California vs. Texas Tech

MPC Computers Bowl
Boise, ID
Bronco Stadium
December 28, 2006
WAC vs. ACC No. 8
Bowl Projection: Boise State vs. Maryland

Champs Sports Bowl
Orlando, FL
Florida Citrus Bowl
December 29, 2006
Big Ten No. 4 or 5 vs. ACC No. 4
Bowl Projection: Michigan State vs. Georgia Tech

Music City Bowl
Nashville, TN
The Coliseum
December 29, 2006
SEC vs. ACC No. 5
Bowl Projection: South Carolina vs. Boston College

Sun Bowl
El Paso, TX
Sun Bowl
December 29, 2006
Big 12 or Big East vs. Pac 10 No. 3
Bowl Projection: West Virginia vs. Arizona State

Insight Bowl
Phoenix, AZ
Chase Field
December 29, 2006
Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6
Bowl Projection: Purdue vs. Colorado

Alamo Bowl
San Antonio, TX
Alamodome
December 30, 2006
Big 12 No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4 or 5
Bowl Projection: Wisconsin vs. Texas A&M

Liberty Bowl
Memphis, TN
Liberty Bowl
December 30, 2006
Conference USA No. 1 vs. SEC No. 6
Bowl Projection: Southern Miss vs. Alabama

Meineke Car Care Bowl
Charlotte, NC
Bank of America Stadium
December 30, 2006
ACC No. 6 vs. Big East
Bowl Projection: NC State vs. Pitt

Chick-fil-A Bowl
Atlanta, GA
Georgia Dome
December 30, 2006
ACC No. 2 vs. SEC
Bowl Projection: Clemson vs. Georgia.

Gator Bowl
Jacksonville, FL
Alltel Stadium
January 1, 2007
ACC No. 3 vs. Big 12 or Big East
Bowl Projection: Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame

Cotton Bowl
Dallas, TX
Cotton Bowl
January 1, 2007
Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC
Bowl Projection: Nebraska vs. Arkansas

Outback Bowl
Tampa, FL
Raymond James Stadium
January 1, 2007
Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC
Bowl Projection: Penn State vs. Tennessee

Capital One Bowl
Jacksonville, FL
Alltel Stadium
January 1, 2007
SEC No. 2 vs. Big Ten No. 2
Bowl Projection: Florida vs. Michigan

International Bowl
Toronto, Canada
Rogers Centre
January 6, 2007
MAC vs. Big East No. 4 or 5
Bowl Projection: Akron vs. Rutgers

GMAC Bowl
Mobile, AL
Ladd Peebles Stadium
January 7, 2007
Conference USA No. 2 vs. MAC
Bowl Projection: UTEP vs. Toledo


BCS GAMES

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA
Rose Bowl
January 1, 2007
BCS vs. BCS (Big 10 vs. Pac 10 if available)
Bowl Projection: Iowa vs. Florida State

Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, AZ
Glendale Stadium
January 1, 2007
BCS vs. BCS (Big 12 Champion to play here if available)
Bowl Projection: Texas vs. Utah

Orange Bowl
Miami, FL
Dolphins Stadium
January 2, 2007
BCS vs. BCS (ACC Champion to play here if available)
Bowl Projection: Miami vs. Ohio State

Sugar Bowl
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Superdome
January 3, 2007
BCS vs. BCS (SEC Champion to play here if available)
Bowl Projection: LSU vs. Oklahoma

BCS Championship Game
Glendale, AZ
Glendale Stadium
January 8, 2007
BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
Bowl Projection: USC vs. Auburn

[CalallenWildcat]

They have SMU missing bowl eligibility at 5-7

If their margin of error is the same as it was last year, SMU will win 9 games this year. Fort Worth Bowl, here we come! (and we don't play TCU this year so how awesome would it be to face them)

Seriously, I don't expect any less than 6 wins from SMU this year.

[AggieJohn]

right, OU is really going to the BCS

[wedo]

Theres no way USC gets back!!!!!

[Big Papa]

Ya know i hope texas doesn;t play anybody like Utah, i think they would just run over them....wouldn;t be any fun to watch

[Buccaneer]

It is easy to predict the "Usual Suspects".

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by Big Papa
Ya know i hope texas doesn;t play anybody like Utah, i think they would just run over them....wouldn;t be any fun to watch
Well if they are both in a bowl game, Utah must of been pretty good.

[Big Papa]

Originally posted by Emerson1
Well if they are both in a bowl game, Utah must of been pretty good.
well i don't know utahs schedule, but it also could mean that utah ran the tables with a weak schedule and and mid major conference they are in

[3afan]

the MWC is not a mid-major BTW

Utah plays:
Sat, Sep 2 at UCLA 7:00 pm
Sat, Sep 9 Northern Arizona 8:00 pm
Sat, Sep 16 at Utah State 8:05 pm
Sat, Sep 23 at San Diego State 8:00 pm
Sat, Sep 30 Boise State 3:00 pm
Thu, Oct 5 TCU 9:00 pm
Sat, Oct 14 at Wyoming 3:00 pm
Thu, Oct 19 at New Mexico 9:00 pm
Sat, Oct 28 UNLV 4:00 pm
Sat, Nov 11 Colorado State 2:00 pm
Sat, Nov 18 at Air Force 7:30 pm
Sat, Nov 25 Brigham Young 3:30 pm

[District303aPastPlayer]

ill say it again...

Notre Dame vs West Virginia/Louisville for the BCS Title

[CalallenWildcat]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
ill say it again...

Notre Dame vs West Virginia/Louisville for the BCS Title

I don't even see Louisville in a bowl on that list. What a joke.

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by 3afan
BCS Championship Game
Glendale, AZ
Glendale Stadium
January 8, 2007
BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
Bowl Projection: USC vs. Auburn
:D :D :D I'd love to see what happens in the third matchup. I wish David Housel would have never canceled their series during the 2004 season.

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by CalallenWildcat
I don't even see Louisville in a bowl on that list. What a joke.
Louisville not in a bowl game? Are you talking about a BCS game or just any old bowl game?

They're loaded this year. The only player they'll miss from last year will be Elvis Dumervil, but with the strides that the offense will make the team as a whole should be just fine. They have quite possibly the best offensive backfield in the nation and play in a fairly weak conference (outside of WV).

By the way, did the Big East get dropped as a BCS conference when they redid the way the BCS was running? I see two Big Ten teams, two ACCs, and two Big XII's in all the outside BCS bowls, but noone from the Big East.

Either way, both WV and Louisville have the teams and the schedules to play their way into the championship.

[CalallenWildcat]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
Louisville not in a bowl game? Are you talking about a BCS game or just any old bowl game?

They're loaded this year. The only player they'll miss from last year will be Elvis Dumervil, but with the strides that the offense will make the team as a whole should be just fine. They have quite possibly the best offensive backfield in the nation and play in a fairly weak conference (outside of WV).

By the way, did the Big East get dropped as a BCS conference when they redid the way the BCS was running? I see two Big Ten teams, two ACCs, and two Big XII's in all the outside BCS bowls, but noone from the Big East.

Either way, both WV and Louisville have the teams and the schedules to play their way into the championship.


The Big East does not have an automatic tie-in with any BCS bowl.

And I just looked at them again, and no, Louisville is not included up there. West Virginia is in some second-rate bowl as well. CFN has no respect for the Big East.

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
Louisville not in a bowl game? Are you talking about a BCS game or just any old bowl game?

They're loaded this year. The only player they'll miss from last year will be Elvis Dumervil, but with the strides that the offense will make the team as a whole should be just fine. They have quite possibly the best offensive backfield in the nation and play in a fairly weak conference (outside of WV).

By the way, did the Big East get dropped as a BCS conference when they redid the way the BCS was running? I see two Big Ten teams, two ACCs, and two Big XII's in all the outside BCS bowls, but noone from the Big East.

Either way, both WV and Louisville have the teams and the schedules to play their way into the championship.

that sucks about the auto bid... but this year, one of htem will be in the Championship... been telling ya'll for weeks

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by CalallenWildcat
The Big East does not have an automatic tie-in with any BCS bowl.

And I just looked at them again, and no, Louisville is not included up there. West Virginia is in some second-rate bowl as well. CFN has no respect for the Big East.
Then they must have got dropped. There were six BCS conferences through last year... the Big XII, Pac 10, Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Big East. When The U and VT defected, the conference lost most of its luster. I guess the NCAA finally decided to pull the plug right before the best year the Big East has seen since the exodus to the ACC.

Oh well, I still somewhat agree with 303a. If I remember correctly (I'm too lazy to go look it up) Louisville plays Miami again this year. I see Louisville taking that game, and I see the winner of the WV/Louisville game winning the Big East and going to a BCS game as an at-large. They'll both be top-20 teams at the end of the year, the winner of that game will be top-10.

[CalallenWildcat]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
Then they must have got dropped. There were six BCS conferences through last year... the Big XII, Pac 10, Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Big East. When The U and VT defected, the conference lost most of its luster. I guess the NCAA finally decided to pull the plug right before the best year the Big East has seen since the exodus to the ACC.

Oh well, I still somewhat agree with 303a. If I remember correctly (I'm too lazy to go look it up) Louisville plays Miami again this year. I see Louisville taking that game, and I see the winner of the WV/Louisville game winning the Big East and going to a BCS game as an at-large. They'll both be top-20 teams at the end of the year, the winner of that game will be top-10.

Technically, the Big East is a BCS Conference, it just does not have a current tie-in with a BCS Bowl. If they fail to meet a certain performance standard this year, they could be forced to drop the title of "BCS Conference."

[wedo]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
ill say it again...

Notre Dame vs West Virginia/Louisville for the BCS Title

Norte Dame can't play D!!!!!

[wedo]

Originally posted by CalallenWildcat
Technically, the Big East is a BCS Conference, it just does not have a current tie-in with a BCS Bowl. If they fail to meet a certain performance standard this year, they could be forced to drop the title of "BCS Conference."

yeah they don't have a championship game!!! When VT,Miami left Louiville joined the Big "Least" East!!!

[wedo]

West Virgina play absolutely nobody either!! They couldn't Surive in the SEC Big 10 or Big 12!!!!

[Bull Butter]

I didn't see the Houston Bowl listed on the site. There was some doubt about the bowl's future, but the NFL Network acquired the rights to the game and it will be played on Dec. 28 at Reliant Stadium.

[KTJ]

Originally posted by CalallenWildcat
Technically, the Big East is a BCS Conference, it just does not have a current tie-in with a BCS Bowl. If they fail to meet a certain performance standard this year, they could be forced to drop the title of "BCS Conference."


Uhh, yes it does.

The Big East was never dropped from the BCS games. The Big East champion still gets an auto bid. CFN just screwed up.

[3afan]

http://www.bcsfootball.org/

Automatic Qualification

1. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings shall play in the National Championship Game.

2. The champions of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, and Southeastern conferences will have automatic berths in one of the participating bowls after the 2006 and 2007 regular seasons.

3. The Division I-A conferences have developed standards for annual automatic qualification for conference champions after the 2008 and 2009 regular seasons. (See "Standards for Conference Automatic Qualification, 2009 and 2010 bowl games.") The standards are based on performance during the 2004-2007 college football regular seasons. Such standards, however, will not prohibit the champion of any conference that has contracted with a Bowl to play in any particular game from playing in one of the participating BCS bowls. For example, the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions will, by contract, play in the Rose Bowl every year unless one or both of those teams qualifies for the National Championship Game.

The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to host selected games, unless those champions qualify for the BCS National Championship Game, as follows

Atlantic Coast Conference-Orange Bowl
Big Ten Conference-Rose Bowl
Big 12 Conference-Fiesta Bowl
Pac-10 Conference-Rose Bowl
Southeastern Conference-Sugar Bowl



4. The champion of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the Western Athletic Conference shall earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either:

1. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or,
2. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.

No more than one such team from Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, and the Western Athletic Conference shall earn an automatic berth in any year under the terms of this Paragraph 3. If two or more teams from such Conferences satisfy the provisions for an automatic berth in any particular year, then the team with the highest finish in the final BCS Standings shall receive the automatic berth, and the remaining team or teams shall be in the pool of teams eligible for selection by the bowls as at-large teams.


5. Notre Dame will have an automatic berth in one of the participating bowls if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings.

6. If any of the 10 slots remain open after application of provisions 1 through 5, and an at-large team from a conference with an annual automatic berth for its champion is ranked No. 3 in the final BCS Standings, that team shall become an automatic qualifier.

7. If any of the 10 slots remain open after application of provisions 1 through 6, and an at-large team from a conference with an annual automatic berth for its champion is ranked No. 4 in the final BCS Standings, that team shall become an automatic qualifier.

8. If any slots remain unfilled after the placement of all teams qualifying for an automatic berth, then the bowls shall choose their participants from the "pool of eligible teams"

[KTJ]

Big East Conference

Big East Conference
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Phone: 401-453-0660
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Internet Address: www.bigeast.org
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2006-07 Big East Bowl Tie-Ins (Listed in alphabetical order)

Champion: BCS

Birmingham, Houston, International, Meineke Car Care, Toyota Gator, Vitalis Sun.


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[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by 3afan

5. Notre Dame will have an automatic berth in one of the participating bowls if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings.



now that's a conspiracy

[sahen]

no baylor in the bowl projections?....hogwash!

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by CalallenWildcat
Technically, the Big East is a BCS Conference, it just does not have a current tie-in with a BCS Bowl. If they fail to meet a certain performance standard this year, they could be forced to drop the title of "BCS Conference."
If you're a BCS Conference, that means that you have the automatic tie in no matter what. If the NCAA drops you from that tie-in, then you're no longer a "BCS Conference." The term BCS Conference refers directly to that tie in.

EDIT: Nevermind, just read the rest of the thread.

[3afan]

CFN has corrected their oversite re the Big East ....... Louisville in the Sugar Bowl, Zero U out and "demoted" to the Cotton Bowl

Cotton Bowl
Dallas, TX
Cotton Bowl
January 1, 2007, Fox
Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC
Bowl Projection: Oklahoma vs. Arkansas
Nebraska could be an attractive option, but Oklahoma would sell out the Cotton Bowl. Arkansas would be a nod back to the old Southwest Conference days, but Alabama could easily be here.


BCS GAMES

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA
Rose Bowl
January 1, 2007, ABC
BCS vs. BCS (Big 10 vs. Pac 10 if available)
Bowl Projection: Iowa vs. Florida State
Because of the way the schedule breaks, the prediction here is an Iowa Big Ten title. With USC projected to play for the national title, the Rose Bowl loses its Pac 10 representative and would get its choice of whatever at large team it wants. It'll want Bobby Bowden.

Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, AZ
Glendale Stadium
January 1, 2007, Fox
BCS vs. BCS (Big 12 Champion to play here if available)
Bowl Projection: Texas vs. Utah
Don't be shocked if Nebraska slides its way in here. Assuming Ohio State and the Fiesta would want a mini-break from each other, a second trip to the Fiesta in three years for Utah wouldn't be bad to sell the place out. (Remember the new BCS rules. All a Conference USA, Mountain West, MAC, Sun Belt or WAC team has to do is be in the top 12 teams in the final standings or be in the top 16 and be ranked higher than the champion of a BCS conference.)

Orange Bowl
Miami, FL
Dolphins Stadium
January 2, 2007, Fox
BCS vs. BCS (ACC Champion to play here if available)
Bowl Projection: Miami vs. Ohio State
This could easily be Florida State here for Miami. Ohio State is a better fit for the Orange than the Sugar if it doesn't end up in Glendale on January 8th.

Sugar Bowl
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Superdome
January 3, 2007, Fox
BCS vs. BCS (SEC Champion to play here if available)
Bowl Projection: LSU vs. Louisville
With the projected SEC Champion playing for the national title, LSU playing in New Orleans would make for a good story. The Louisville-West Virginia winner will be here.

BCS Championship Game
Glendale, AZ
Glendale Stadium
January 8, 2007, Fox
BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
Bowl Projection: USC vs. Auburn
USC, who has to beat Nebraska, Cal and Notre Dame to get the national respect to get to Glendale, would just barely beat out Texas, the ACC Champion, and Louisville to take one spot. If things work out as projected, the Trojans will have played eight bowl bound teams. A blowout over Notre Dame, if it happens, would seal the invite.
Auburn is due. Like LSU, Texas and Ohio State over the past few years, Auburn has been knocking on the door long enough to finally get the right breaks to get a shot at the title. With many still feeling the Tigers got screwed over a few years ago, the voters would give the Tigers the nod if everything else is equal. The schedule works out well getting LSU, Florida and Georgia at home, but there can't be a loss to Alabama in the regular season finale.