bowl selections
does anyone else think that FOX is thee worst for sports coverage? i know you guys dont like mark may, or herbie, or holtz or museburger, but come on, who the hell is this guy? ryan secreast? i cant stand sports on FOX
with all that being said. its a sickening feeling watching bowl selections that michigan will not be a part of. i dont care what you all say, im blaming rich for this. he's the head coach, and no matter what, i think thats where the blame falls.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:18 PM ^
Cincy vs VT? That means Ohio State - Utah, ugh. I know they like to make it competitive, but the Battle for Ohio = awesome.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:30 PM ^
I would like to have seen OSU-Cincy as well, just for the chance that their worthless streak against in-state opponents might (emphasis on might) finally end.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:25 PM ^
Ohio State will get MURDERED. 55-21 Texas. Game will be over at halftime. Alabama will trounce Utah, and I think USC will win handily. Cincy will win (nobody will watch). I think every BCS game is a dud except the championship. That game will be fun.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:28 PM ^
Didn't OSU beat Texas not that long ago? Plus they own the Fiesta Bowl. The Big Ten needs a good bowl showing.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:39 PM ^
Have you seen that Texas offense? I'll be shocked if they can't get 50. Yeah, they beat Texas two years ago, not sure what relevance that has now.
Hell, this means MSU is going to be playing Georgia in the Cap One, doesn't it? The Big Ten is going to do awful. Penn State has a shot but not a good one. The media will bash like crazy, again.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:30 PM ^
these are some weird parings...how come bama is playing utah?? i would have really liked to see texas vs. bama.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:34 PM ^
Every game is a blowout except the MNC. Shaping up to be a not so good bowl season.
December 7th, 2008 at 10:10 PM ^
they schedule blow outs a lot...like msu vs boston college last year
December 7th, 2008 at 11:11 PM ^
That game wasn't a blow out - the ACC blows.
MSU finished 3-5 in the Big Ten in 2007, and still would have easily beaten BC if their QB didn't play terribly. He threw a ton of interceptions and they lost 24-21.
December 8th, 2008 at 12:04 AM ^
I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm as a counterpoint for the original post.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:43 PM ^
3 Michigan schools in bowls and we're not one of them. Ugh.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:04 PM ^
whatever, we've known for well over a month now that we wouldn't be bowling. PS, we beat Duke yesterday.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:11 PM ^
This will be a forgettable bowl year. Hopefully no one will remember that Michigan wasn't in it.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:14 PM ^
Michigan totally didn't lose a bowl in 2008.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:16 PM ^
You're a glass half full guy aren't you? :)
December 7th, 2008 at 9:12 PM ^
is an utter disaster. The best pairing is VT-Cincy but who really cares about this one?
The Big 10 is looking at a 0-7 or 1-6 record.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:22 PM ^
Does anyone know if Hawaii is any good this year? Notre Dame's playing them in their backyard and I'd hate to seem them snap their bowl game losing streak.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:28 PM ^
Watched their game last night against Cincy. They should have won. I wouldn't call them a particularly good team. However, it'll be in Hawai'i in the middle of winter. I can't imagine that ND will be particularly focused for the game. That and Hawai'i has been substantially better at home than on the road in recent years.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:36 PM ^
I wonder if Notre Dame was offered any other games and turned them down, like, say, the Motor City Bowl. Playing Hawaii in Oahu can be tough, but it's such a winable game for them.
As for the Motor City Bowl, Central Michigan v Florida Atlantic? Why bother without a Big Ten team? Go get another BCS conference team and make it interesting.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:23 PM ^
They turned down the Texas Bowl and the Liberty Bowl. The Hawaii Bowl has the major plus of being a cool place to visit, I'd take it too.
But then it's on Christmas Eve.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:38 PM ^
There's acutally several good games on the docket this year outside of the BCS.
Wake vs Navy
BYU vs Arizona
Boise vs TCU
Hawai'i vs ND
WVU vs UNC
Miami (U) @ CAL
OkState vs Oregon
Oregon St vs Pitt
Kansas vs Minnesota (some one will not over-acheive)
LSU vs GT
UGa vs MSU
BCS would have been more interesting if Utah and Texas would have swapped. While it would have been a lose/lose situation for OSU, the games appear to me as more competitive, plus you get the whole #3 vs #4.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:57 PM ^
the big ten is not going 0-7 or 1-6 this year they will win 3 or 4 of these games. i've been hearing this crap about the big ten in recent years and a combination of us being underrated and the big 12/sec being overrated usually leads to the big ten winning half of these. for example big ten was 3-3 against sec teams in bowl games the last two years (if i remember correctly)
teams like texas, oklahoma, t tech go 11-1 or so in years where the rest of the conference sucks and they have better than usual teams and people are quick to make the judgement that the big 12 is incredible, only to be disappointed during the bowl season. this always happens. prior to the 2006 bowl season when osu and michigan were undefeated/1-loss teams everyone was scared of the big ten.
yes the big 12 and sec are good conferences but once the games play out you'll see that the major conferences are all a lot closer than you think.
so don't be surprised if michigan state sneaks by georgia or penn state beats usc or osu beats texas or iowa blows out the cocks or wisconsin beats the florida state.
December 7th, 2008 at 10:04 PM ^
it is NOT rich rods fault
December 7th, 2008 at 10:57 PM ^
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December 7th, 2008 at 11:09 PM ^
......that Ball St did not win the mac title.....i believe their was a working agreement to match notre dame up with ball st in the motor city bowl.
Not sure if ND wanted any part of that kind of game unless the historic aspect of BSU coming in undefeated was in play.
Otherwise it was between the Houston Bowl against Rice and the Hawaii Bowl against Hawaii....they chose Hawaii because it is an easier foe than Rice and they have a Christmas Eve spotlight....its the only game that night.....while the Houston Bowl has another bowl that night and is on the NFL Network.
December 7th, 2008 at 11:55 PM ^
Which will make it even funnier if they lose. That was the first thing that I thought of when I read that Notre Dame was going to Hawai'i: they'll have the spotlight ALLLLLL to themselves.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:54 PM ^
does anyone wonder how the ACC has 10 teams in bowls? werent they the worst (or at the very best, second worst) confernce out of the big 6
and i still think these pairings are awful. im surpised there is no uproar that texas and bama werent playing. i think that would have been much better than ut osu and bama utah.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:25 PM ^
The bowl that loses its conference winner to the #1 spot gets first pick and the bowl that loses its conference winner to the #2 spot gets the second pick. Fiesta chose Texas, Sugar chose Alabama. Then, the last 3 spots get to be filled. There wasn't a chance for the Fiesta Bowl to grab Bama or for the Sugar Bowl to pick up Texas.
It's more of a draft than a committee decision.
December 8th, 2008 at 4:10 PM ^
OSU is playing in a bowl in the Phoenix area for the fifth time since 2002. Wonder how they'll travel.