Bowl Championship Series

@gamerman01:

@ABWorsham:

This college football season will end with some teams going undeated without a face off. That’s sad.

That’s a good point.

And that is why college football sucks.

I agree with Frimmel and while I would prefer a playoff of the conference champions, I will readily admit that the BCS is a vast improvement over the way things used to be done. IF you are not old enough to remember how the top bowls and college football used to be count yourself lucky. Considerations for bowl appearances used to be based on “who travels well”, “whose helmets are the prettiest”, and “tradition”.

As far as college football and who is the National Champion the thing is not to sweat over it. Just hope the bowls put some good teams together that match up well and try to enjoy some quality football games.

The Boise’s and TCU’s complained that they weren’t invited to the parties at all, and now they want to pick which party they attend?  :roll:

@frimmel:

The Boise’s and TCU’s complained that they weren’t invited to the parties at all, and now they want to pick which party they attend?  :roll:

Yeah, good point.
Expectations rachet up quickly, with good ol’ human nature.  :lol:

Frimmel I can see where they would be unhappy in that they played each other last year and they do not get a shot at one of the automatic qualifiers. But I still have to side with you that they should be happy they got the invites instead of being snubbed for some of the 2 loss teams from the “big” conferences.

See I don’t think it is Boise and TCU or their fans (for the most part) who are unhappy. The folks who are unhappy are the ones who want to see the Sooners or Tide get beat by the ‘little guys’. Of course they forget the pasting UGA put on Hawaii which doesn’t seem to come up much in the TCU/Boise got a raw deal conversation.

A lot of folks behave has though they deserve a shot at the ‘Big boys’ to ‘prove’ their ranking is legit. Of course I find that line of logic says the rankings aren’t legit. If undefeated no. 4 and undefeated no. 6 isn’t an interesting game between opponents worthy of each other that sort of says they don’t play that great of football doesn’t it?

Or maybe that the more interesting thing is to see the mighty brought low.

It’s good that each year is a bit different.

We had the UGA butt-whooping of Hawaii.  (It was difficult for voters to get an accurate vote on Hawaii because they played nobody all year)
That was a highly entertaining game, though.  Especially, looking at the Hawaii fans, band, players, etc.  And also, seeing their “awesome” football team exposed, playing a solid one.  I don’t watch many games not involving my team, but that was one I did not want to miss.

Some years the best team from a “minor” conference gets paired with a “big boy”.  This year, they get paired against each other.

Have any of you watched the Youtube vidoes with Hitler talking about the Dallas Cowboys. It’s awesome.

Here is the schedule, everything except the toilet bowl:

2009-10 College Football Bowl Schedule

New Mexico
Fresno State vs. Wyoming
Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium
Dec. 19
4:30 p.m. ESPN

St. Petersburg pres. by Beef ‘O’ Brady’s
UCF vs. Rutgers
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field
Dec. 19
8 p.m. ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss vs. Middle Tennessee
New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome
Dec. 20
8:30 p.m. ESPN

MAACO Las Vegas
Oregon State vs. BYU
Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium
Dec. 22
8 p.m. ESPN

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah vs. Cal
San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium
Dec. 23
8 p.m. ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada vs. SMU
Honolulu
Aloha Stadium
Dec. 24
8 p.m. ESPN

Little Caesars
Marshall vs. Ohio
Detroit
Ford Field
Dec. 26
1 p.m. ESPN

Meineke Car Care
Pitt vs. North Carolina
Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium
Dec. 26
4:30 p.m. ESPN

Emerald
Boston College vs. USC
San Francisco
AT&T Park
Dec. 26
8 p.m. ESPN

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Kentucky vs. Clemson
Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field
Dec. 27
8:30 p.m. ESPN

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Texas A&M vs. Georgia
Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium
Dec. 28
5 p.m. ESPN2

EagleBank
UCLA vs. Temple
Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium
Dec. 29
4:30 p.m. ESPN

Champs Sports
Miami vs. Wisconsin
Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl
Dec. 29
8 p.m. ESPN

Roady’s Humanitarian
Bowling Green vs. Idaho
Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium
Dec. 30
4:30 p.m. ESPN

Pacific Life Holiday
Arizona vs. Nebraska
San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium
Dec. 30
8 p.m. ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston vs. Air Force
Fort Worth, Texas
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Dec. 31
Noon ESPN

Brut Sun
Oklahoma vs. Stanford
El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl
Dec. 31
2 p.m. CBS

Texas
Navy vs. Missouri
Houston
Reliant Stadium
Dec. 31
3:30 p.m. ESPN

Insight
Minnesota vs. Iowa State
Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium
Dec. 31
6 p.m. NFL Network

Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
Atlanta
Georgia Dome
Dec. 31
7:30 p.m. ESPN

Outback
Northwestern vs. Auburn
Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium
Jan. 1
11 a.m. ESPN

Capital One
Penn State vs. LSU
Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl
Jan. 1
1 p.m. ABC

Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia vs. Florida State
Jacksonville, Fla.
Municipal Stadium
Jan. 1
1 p.m. CBS

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State vs. Oregon
Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl
Jan. 1
4:30 p.m. ABC

Allstate Sugar
Florida vs. Cincinnati
New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome
Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. FOX

International
South Florida vs. Northern Illinois
Toronto, Canada
Rogers Centre
Jan. 2
Noon ESPN2

Papajohns.com
South Carolina vs. UConn
Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field
Jan. 2
2 p.m. ESPN

AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss
Arlington, Texas
Cowboys Stadium
Jan. 2
2 p.m. FOX

AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas vs. East Carolina
Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl  
Jan. 2
5:30 p.m. ESPN

Valero Alamo
Michigan State vs. Texas Tech
San Antonio
Alamodome
Jan. 2
9 p.m. ESPN

Tostitos Fiesta
Boise State vs. TCU
Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium
Jan. 4
8 p.m. FOX

FedEx Orange
Iowa vs. Georgia Tech
Miami
Land Shark Stadium
Jan. 5
8 p.m. FOX

GMAC
Central Michigan vs. Troy
Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Jan. 6
7 p.m. ESPN

Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas vs. Alabama
Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl
Jan. 7
8 p.m. ABC

Finally, the BCS is here.

@RogertheShrubber:

Finally, the BCS is here.

What are you saying? That the other 20 bowls were meaningless? :-D

Not meaningless, just not as interesting  :wink:

Okay. How interesting are the remaining 14 bowl games?

Its all in the “eye of the beholder” and in which game your own preferrred football team is playing in.  I was a football manager at Iowa when I was in school and I will go see any bowl game that they play in.  But as far as my excitement was concerned, I was more excited when we played in the Orange Bowl in 2002 then I was when we played in the Alamo Bowl in 2006.  Don’t get me wrong I enjoy all the bowl games, but I would rather see my team play in one of the “Big 5” in January then play in December, thats all.

The Big 5 being the Rose,Cotton,Sugar,Orange Bowls and of course the BCS National Championship Game?

@Brain:

The Big 5 being the Rose,Cotton,Sugar,Orange Bowls and of course the BCS National Championship Game?

Rose, Orange, Fiesta, Sugar, and of course the BCS Champioship.

Although I have always felt that the Cotton bowl should be part of the BCS since it was part of the original line of bowls games.

Okay no Cotton, add in Fiesta. I wasn’t sure about that. I am not a big college football fan for 2 reasons. They are not as talented as the pros and the play-off system sucks.

It is still good competition though.

I would say out of all colllegiate sports that transition to pro, the NFL has the biggest talent gap and transition from college to pro.  It amazes me how some of the most talented athletes in college never develop or become good enough to make it in the NFL.  NBA, NHL, and MLB have kids playing at age 18-20! Alot of that is based on NCAA sanctions that won’t allow football players enter till after their sophomore season, but I find it hard to believe that there is any kid 18-20 that can really step onto an NFL field and be successful without a proper college career.  I agree with you Brain, the NFL takes a special individual and the compititon is noticeably higher then in college.

Okay so out of the 34 bowl games, only 5 are worth watching, unless your particular team is playing in one of the other ones.