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847badgerfan

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Bowl selection discussion
« on: December 03, 2017, 10:43:38 AM »
Beyond the playoff sites, I think it might look like this:

Fiesta: Wisconsin vs. Southern California in a mini Rose Bowl
Cotton: Auburn vs. TCU in a blood bath
Peach: Miami vs. UCF in a shootout
Orange: Penn State vs. Alabama just like the old days


Not a bad slate if it turns out.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2017, 11:10:03 AM »
I like your lineup.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2017, 11:58:26 AM »
No Notre Dame? 
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2017, 12:25:21 PM »
Nope. They are not deserving of a spot.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2017, 12:45:25 PM »
Well, my lineup is screwed now. OSU is going to play USC, I'm sure.

I just hope UW doesn't get stuck in the Cotton, or having to play a G5 again. Either would be a huge slap in the face.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2017, 02:14:46 PM »
Few things to remember:
The committee does not set the Orange Bowl. It is ACC vs Big Ten/SEC/Notre Dame (generally highest ranked).  Also very relevant, but the Cotton will not have a G5 as they will have to be the bowl in a few years (when Peach and Fiesta host semi finals).  

With those in mind, my other guesses are:
Fiesta:USC vs Ohio State (wanted Rose Bowl more than in the semi finals and really wish it was not a semin this year)
Orange: Miami vs. Wisconsin
Peach: UCF vs. Auburn
Cotton:  Penn State vs.  TCU
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2017, 02:41:35 PM »
Not NY6, but Now rumors are Stanford-TCU in Alamo, which I guess puts Washington in Holiday.  Maybe to get Michigan to agree to play there, if the rumors are true that Harbaugh didn't want to play Stanford are true.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2017, 02:55:35 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 03, 2017, 02:41:35 PM
Not NY6, but Now rumors are Stanford-TCU in Alamo, which I guess puts Washington in Holiday.  Maybe to get Michigan to agree to play there, if the rumors are true that Harbaugh didn't want to play Stanford are true.
Immediately after that announcement Jerry Palm flipped his pick to UM to Holiday, MSU to Outback
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2017, 03:02:05 PM »
Sounds like UM to Outback, MSU to Holiday is official.

If you aren't a helmet, why bother sending your guys out there and risking injury once you hit 6 wins and can't get to Indy?

In the end it'll just be the helmets anyway.

The only Big Ten team playing on New Year's Day is the 6th place team.  Nice work Delany.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2017, 03:03:53 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 03, 2017, 02:55:35 PM
Immediately after that announcement Jerry Palm flipped his pick to UM to Holiday, MSU to Outback
McMurphy still saying Outback for Michigan. Hope that's true. An extra week around that 5* OT Petite-Ferre out of Tampa and him coming to the game on the Michigan sideline might push Michigan over the top in that one. He just visited and Michigan surged into his top 3 but it's an all-out war for him.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2017, 03:05:42 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 03, 2017, 03:02:05 PM
Sounds like UM to Outback, MSU to Holiday is official.

If you aren't a helmet, why bother sending your guys out there and risking injury once you hit 6 wins and can't get to Indy?

In the end it'll just be the helmets anyway.

The only Big Ten team playing on New Year's Day is the 6th place team.  Nice work Delany.
the bowls are literally all worthless. and there are way too many of them.
if you have expectations like MSU has built up and like Michigan is trying to get to, if you aren't playing in the B1G CG and a play-off spot or in the Rose (which THE bowl outside of the playoff) - who cares?
That's just my two cents.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2017, 03:09:49 PM »
The sport is working towards driving me away, as it has more and more every year.  Because they play the whole "every game matters" card to death, when really it's not even close.  In the end, if you have an army of non alum fans and attract eyeballs, they'll bend over backwards to make sure life is good for you and completely ignore results.  Really the only sport that literally doesn't give a shit about the results at all.
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2017, 03:15:53 PM »
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Re: NYD six bowls
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2017, 03:16:03 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 03, 2017, 03:09:49 PM
The sport is working towards driving me away, as it has more and more every year.  Because they play the whole "every game matters" card to death, when really it's not even close.  In the end, if you have an army of non alum fans and attract eyeballs, they'll bend over backwards to make sure life is good for you and completely ignore results.  Really the only sport that literally doesn't give a crap about the results at all.
hasn't it always been that way?
I think they have needed to clean the sport up a lot for a very long time.
Sounded like Saban was talking about P5 schools only playing P5 opponents from now on and also playing every team in their conference. He's a duplicitous weasel, but I can get down with that. For sure.

It's just so subjective, how do you pick the top 4 teams based on eye ball tests. Only way to do it is to make the schedules more equitable and to make some kind of guideline.

Maybe ban FCS opponents, do away with neutral site games and force more home and home OOC P5 games, and then go to a 6 team playoff where the P5 Conference champs are auto-bids and the 6th spot is like a wild-card spot- next man in.
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