Initial Thoughts On (all) Bowl Games Thread [schedule included]
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2013-14 College Football Bowl Schedule
Bowl | Location/Tickets | Date/Time | Network |
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Gildan New Mexico Washington State vs. Colorado State |
Albuquerque, N.M. University Stadium |
Dec. 21 2 p.m. |
ESPN |
Royal Purple Las Vegas Fresno State vs. USC |
Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium |
Dec. 21 3:30 p.m. |
ABC |
Famous Idaho Potato Buffalo vs. San Diego State |
Boise, Idaho Bronco Stadium |
Dec. 21 5:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
R+L Carriers New Orleans Tulane vs. Louisiana-Lafayette |
New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome |
Dec. 21 9 p.m. |
ESPN |
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg East Carolina vs. Ohio |
St. Petersburg, Fla. Tropicana Field |
Dec. 23 2 p.m. |
ESPN |
Sheraton Hawaii Boise State vs. Oregon State |
Honolulu Aloha Stadium |
Dec. 24 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
Little Caesars Pizza Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green |
Detroit Ford Field |
Dec. 26 6 p.m. |
ESPN |
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Utah State vs. Northern Illinois |
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium |
Dec. 26 9:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Marshall vs. Maryland |
Annapolis, Md. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
Dec. 27 2:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Texas Syracuse vs. Minnesota |
Houston Reliant Stadium |
Dec. 27 6 p.m. |
ESPN |
Fight Hunger BYU vs. Washington |
San Francisco AT&T Park |
Dec. 27 9:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
New Era Pinstripe Rutgers vs. Notre Dame |
Bronx, N.Y. Yankee Stadium |
Dec. 28 Noon |
ESPN |
Belk Cincinnati vs. North Carolina |
Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium |
Dec. 28 3:20 p.m. |
ESPN |
Russell Athletic Miami vs. Louisville |
Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl |
Dec. 28 6:45 p.m. |
ESPN |
Buffalo Wild Wings Michigan vs. Kansas State |
Tempe, Ariz. Sun Devil Stadium |
Dec. 28 10:15 p.m. |
ESPN |
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Middle Tennessee vs. Navy |
Fort Worth, Texas Amon G. Carter Stadium |
Dec. 30 11:45 a.m. |
ESPN |
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech |
Nashville, Tenn. LP Field |
Dec. 30 3:15 p.m. |
ESPN |
Valero Alamo Oregon vs. Texas |
San Antonio Alamodome |
Dec. 30 6:45 p.m. |
ESPN |
National University Holiday Arizona State vs. Texas Tech |
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium |
Dec. 30 10:15 p.m. |
ESPN |
AdvoCare V100 Arizona vs. Boston College |
Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium |
Dec. 31 12:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Hyundai Sun Virginia Tech vs. UCLA |
El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl |
Dec. 31 2 p.m. |
CBS |
AutoZone Liberty Rice vs. Mississippi State |
Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl |
Dec. 31 4 p.m. |
ESPN |
Chick-fil-A Duke vs. Texas A&M |
Atlanta Georgia Dome |
Dec. 31 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
TaxSlayer.com Gator Nebraska vs. Georgia |
Jacksonville, Fla. Everbank Field |
Jan. 1 Noon |
ESPN2 |
Heart of Dallas UNLV vs. North Texas |
Dallas Cotton Bowl |
Jan. 1 Noon |
ESPNU |
Capital One Wisconsin vs. South Carolina |
Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl |
Jan. 1 1 p.m. |
ABC |
Outback Iowa vs. LSU |
Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium |
Jan. 1 1 p.m. |
ESPN |
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO Stanford vs. Michigan State |
Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl |
Jan. 1 5 p.m. |
ESPN |
Tostitos Fiesta UCF vs. Baylor |
Glendale, Ariz. U. of Phoenix Stadium |
Jan. 1 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Allstate Sugar Oklahoma vs. Alabama |
New Orleans Louisiana Superdome |
Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Discover Orange Clemson vs. Ohio State |
Miami Sun Life Stadium |
Jan. 3 TBD |
ESPN |
AT&T Cotton Oklahoma State vs. Missouri |
Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium |
Jan. 3 7:30 p.m. |
FOX |
BBVA Compass Vanderbilt vs. Houston |
Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field |
Jan. 4 1 p.m. |
ESPN |
GoDaddy Arkansas State vs. Ball State |
Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium |
Jan. 5 9 p.m. |
ESPN |
VIZIO BCS National Championship No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Auburn |
Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl |
Jan. 6 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
December 8th, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
Texas vs Oregon.
He took some heat off his seat getting the Longhorns to 7-3, but they ended up being just an average team. Call it a career for Mack Brown.
December 8th, 2013 at 10:37 PM ^
Oklahoma and Texas are in for bad times.
December 8th, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 10:59 PM ^
Yes, COTTON bowl still has the name (but not the BCS prestige).
They lost a conference title, a BCS game, and a game against their Big Brother - all in the final minute at home.
Okie State does bring fans.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:03 PM ^
Mat Hatter is more dangerous when his team is the underdog and he's got something to be excited about.
Ferentz did the 3rd best job in the B1G, only behind Dicktonio and Kill/Assts.
MSU was 7-6 last year to 12-1 now. Iowa went from 4-8 to 8-4. Coaches do have a CRAP year once in a while, but good coaches don't sit around and use the "youth" excuse or panic and play 12 different O-line combinations, just to cover the O-Line's butt.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:16 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 12:21 AM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 1:21 AM ^
except for the sophomoric jabs. OSU was heavily favored in almost all of their games this year so if anything they slightly underperformed expectations outside of their record. I know we had hoped prior to the year that they would drop a few games based on the flawed 12-0 last year but they were a better team - at least on paper - going into 2013.
December 9th, 2013 at 8:49 AM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 11:04 PM ^
Saban schooling Urban again, maybe I would ordered Papa Johns pizza and borrowed by neighbor's golf cart to eat the pizza.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
All those wins, and Urban would've had absolutely nothing to show for it. Oh well, let's hope Clemson doesn't Clemson again.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:27 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 11:21 PM ^
Whatever people might think of Notre Dame, the prediction for Notre Dame and Rutgers could very well be pain, and if the stats are any indication, it is rather unlikely that Rutgers will be the team inflicting the pain. Indeed, Massey would give Rutgers all of a 7% predicted win probability in such a game. Of course, for some reason, such statements tend to be somewhat inaccurate in boel games.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:24 PM ^
playing a less than historic team in a less than historic bowl (USC, ND)
December 8th, 2013 at 11:39 PM ^
Frankly, we are one goal line stand against Akron away from being in the Pizza Bowl.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:48 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 11:28 AM ^
WE GET IT
December 8th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
anyone tell me some stuff about K-State? I watched them a couple times last year with Klein, but not at all this year. Are they any good? I hope not. I think a big win in this bowl could go a long way toward our team building for a solid year next season. Go Blue!!
December 9th, 2013 at 12:10 AM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 12:15 AM ^
I just give up. Seeing MSU and OSU in the BigTen championship game was apparently too much for me.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:29 AM ^
KState is kind of the Rodney Dangerfield of college football teams: nobody respects them. All they do, though, is put up winning season after winning season under coach Snyder. They're not nearly the team they were last year; obviously Klein had a lot to do with that, and Snyder seems to have to rebuild every year because he depends on so many JUCO players. They never rank very high in recruiting because of that, and the pre conference schedule is notoriously weak every year, but somehow Snyder makes a dangerous team out of them. They aren't world beaters, but they give just about everyone a good game. They played Baylor, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State, all pretty decent teams, close this year.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:17 AM ^
LSU without Mettenberger is a Win for Iowa. Mark it down. Many of you make the same mistakes year in and year out assuming all these games results by looking at the names and making haste predictions. Giving any team 3 weeks to prepare is incredible and can make for some good games. (We can only hope for a 2004 Citrus Bowl replay with a hail mary toss for the win with no time left). K-state started horribly but "turned it around" late in the season. I still think they suck but can only imagine an outcome where we get big headed (as a fan that is, it'll turn around and bite us).
Anywho, a Bowl win would be a nice touch to end the season and we have a very real chance at accomplishing that (although playing a wounded Georgia team and winning that in a sexier Bowl game would be even better). Snyder will have them prepared so a W isn't a given, obviously, but I think we're far too athletic to lose this game. It's great that they get all this extra practice time though; let's hope it gets put to good use i.e. not installing more Tackle Over sh*t.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:26 AM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 1:27 AM ^
I mean, I won't argue with that. It was a frustrating season, "tackle Over" being an easy target at one point (coming out of the bye week, it working for a game and then failing). Anywho, like everything else it wasn't executed. Using said scheme and executing it may have lead to a decent outcome. Stanford says so, anyway.
So yeah I was a bit hasteful myself, above. If they practice it and can operate it for success, why the hell not?! I guess maybe I'd rather they get better at more normal and base play blocking schemes first, before using the time (like earlier in the season, it seemed) on the constraint and "trickeration" of Tackle Over.
December 9th, 2013 at 7:02 AM ^
See, maybe, just maybe that's part of the problem. Instead of concentrating on something that will work over an extended period of time, Michigan concentrates on gimmicks that will work for a game (and a meaningless one at that).
December 9th, 2013 at 6:13 AM ^
Initial thoughts?
there are too many bowl games.
playoff system cannot get here fast enough.
December 9th, 2013 at 6:37 AM ^
does not lower the number of bowls, it will actually increase the number of crappy teams that make a bowl game.
December 9th, 2013 at 8:14 AM ^
a "Playoff system" that involves "bowls" is not a true playoff system
December 9th, 2013 at 9:08 AM ^
Nobody is forcing you to watch the bowl games that you think should not exist.
December 9th, 2013 at 8:04 AM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 8:24 AM ^
do give small teams extra practices and something to look forward to. The problem with the bowl system is that the school is forced to pay for an allotment of tickets no matter whether they are sold. They also are forced to stay in certain pricey hotels and are forced to use other services that jack up the cost as well. Talk about a bunch of crap. After paying for expenses and tickets many schools lose a ton of money in the process. If they want these bowls really bad, the bowl itself, the TV network and the corporate sponsor should pay for travel and lodging for the schools that compete. Then they should let the schools themselves determine how many tickets they want. This would fix the system, but also take millions out of the thieves' pockets who run them. It will be a gigantic money grab until someone finally takes charge of this mess.
December 9th, 2013 at 9:07 AM ^
I love me some Detroit, but I still can't imagine the Bowling Green kids are real happy going to the Pizza Bowl while the NIU team they beat gets a trip to San Diego.