Tinker Town: " Could they mess up the post season Bowls picture any worse then this. My goodness look at how they chose the college football teams that they placed into the major bowls around this country.
Apparently after the first top five BCS football teams, the rest do not matter where they are ranked. The crazy fools just started placing the football teams according to the political will of what they thought would be the political right way of choosing the different college teams around the country. All they did was to screw up the Rose, Sugar, and Orange bowl into something that I really don't want to look at."
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Rock And Roll Reunion
Wake up the echoes. Roll Tide. When Notre Dame and Alabama are involved, turn up the volume. Ivan Maisel »Reilly: You had me fooled, ND »Potential for a classic »Irish vs. Tide »Schedule »ESPN.com Illustration
- BCS: Irish-Bama for title; N. Illinois busts in
- Ducks, K-State set for Fiesta Bowl matchup
- Stanford, Wisconsin set for 99th Rose Bowl
- Florida, L'ville will square off in Sugar Bowl
- Bowl slate: Georgia vs. Huskers in Capital One
- La. Tech, 9-3, won't play in bowl; Malone irked
- South Florida fires Holtz | Top QB decommits
- Virginia QB Rocco to transfer; 4 coaches fired
- Stoops: Kentucky is capable of winning SEC
- Cincy coach Jones makes trip to visit Purdue
- Haney: What should BCS title game line be?
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2012-13 bowl schedule
Originally Published: December 2, 2012
ESPN.com
All times Eastern
2012-13 College Football Bowl Schedule
| Bowl | Location/Tickets | Date/Time | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gildan New Mexico Nevada vs. Arizona |
Albuquerque, N.M. University Stadium |
Dec. 15 1 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Famous Idaho Potato Toledo vs. Utah State |
Boise, Idaho Bronco Stadium |
Dec. 15 4:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia BYU vs. San Diego State |
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium |
Dec. 20 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg UCF vs. Ball State |
St. Petersburg, Fla. Tropicana Field |
Dec. 21 7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette |
New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome |
Dec. 22 Noon |
ESPN |
| MAACO Las Vegas Washington vs. Boise State |
Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium |
Dec. 22 3:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Sheraton Hawaii Fresno State vs. SMU |
Honolulu Aloha Stadium |
Dec. 24 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Little Caesars Pizza Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan |
Detroit Ford Field |
Dec. 26 7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman San Jose State vs. Bowling Green |
Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium |
Dec. 27 3 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Belk Cincinnati vs. Duke |
Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium |
Dec. 27 6:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Bridgepoint Education Holiday Baylor vs. UCLA |
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium |
Dec. 27 9:45 p.m. |
ESPN |
| AdvoCare V100 Independence Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe |
Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium |
Dec. 28 2 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Russell Athletic Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech |
Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl |
Dec. 28 5:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Meineke Car Care of Texas Minnesota vs. Texas Tech |
Houston Reliant Stadium |
Dec. 28 9 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Rice vs. Air Force |
Fort Worth Amon G. Carter Stadium |
Dec. 29 11:45 a.m. |
ESPN |
| New Era Pinstripe West Virginia vs. Syracuse |
Bronx, N.Y. Yankee Stadium |
Dec. 29 3:15 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Kraft Fight Hunger Navy vs. Arizona State |
San Francisco AT&T Park |
Dec. 29 4 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
| Valero Alamo Texas vs. Oregon State |
San Antonio Alamodome |
Dec. 29 6:45 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Buffalo Wild Wings TCU vs. Michigan State |
Tempe, Ariz. Sun Devil Stadium |
Dec. 29 10:15 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City NC State vs. Vanderbilt |
Nashville, Tenn. LP Field |
Dec. 31 Noon |
ESPN |
| Hyundai Sun USC vs. Georgia Tech |
El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl |
Dec. 31 2 p.m. |
CBS |
| AutoZone Liberty Iowa State vs. Tulsa |
Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl |
Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Chick-fil-A LSU vs. Clemson |
Atlanta Georgia Dome |
Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| TaxSlayer.com Gator Mississippi State vs. Northwestern |
Jacksonville, Fla. Everbank Field |
Jan. 1 Noon |
ESPN2 |
| Heart of Dallas Purdue vs. Oklahoma State |
Dallas Cotton Bowl |
Jan. 1 Noon |
ESPNU |
| Outback South Carolina vs. Michigan |
Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium |
Jan. 1 1 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Capital One Georgia vs. Nebraska |
Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl |
Jan. 1 1 p.m. |
ABC |
| Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio Wisconsin vs. Stanford |
Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl |
Jan. 1 5 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Discover Orange Northern Illinois vs. Florida State |
Miami Sun Life Stadium |
Jan. 1 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Allstate Sugar Louisville vs. Florida |
New Orleans Louisiana Superdome |
Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Tostitos Fiesta Oregon vs. Kansas State |
Glendale, Ariz. U. of Phoenix Stadium |
Jan. 3 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| AT&T Cotton Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma |
Arlington, Texas Cowboys Stadium |
Jan. 4 8 p.m. |
FOX |
| BBVA Compass Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss |
Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field |
Jan. 5 1 p.m. |
ESPN |
| GoDaddy.com Kent State vs. Arkansas State |
Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium |
Jan. 6 9 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Discover BCS National Championship Notre Dame vs. Alabama |
Miami Sun Life Stadium |
Jan. 7 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
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College Football Nation Blog
3-point stance: Spreading the wealth
December, 3, 2012
By
Ivan Maisel | ESPN.com1. For those of you wondering how Northern Illinois and Wisconsin got in
the BCS while Georgia and Oklahoma did not: just remember, “deserving”
and “BCS bid” should never be used in the same sentence. The BCS rules
aren’t byzantine on purpose. They only allow two bids per conference to
spread the wealth. They allowed Northern Illinois to qualify to keep the
AQ conferences from being sued by the non-AQs. Did all those rules make
the BCS look stupid? Of course. How else would we have a playoff in two
years?
2. Notre Dame got to No. 1 not only because it’s undefeated but because of who the Irish beat. No other school beat the champion (Stanford) or co-champion of (Oklahoma) of two AQ conferences as Notre Dame did. In fact, only two other teams beat two first-place teams this season. Oregon defeated Arkansas State and Fresno State. Washington -- yes, 7-5 Washington -- defeated San Diego State and Stanford.
3. Louisiana Tech chose not to accept an Independence Bowl bid on Saturday thinking that a bid to the Liberty or Heart of Dallas would be available. If you blame Bulldog athletic director Bruce Van de Velde for anything, blame him for being a poor chess player. He didn’t think two moves ahead to what would happen if Northern Illinois moved into the top 16 and nudged Oklahoma back into the Big 12’s pool of bowl teams.
This isn't about College Football
It's about ESPN/DISNEY getting advertisement Dollars
CBS and FOX get a game a piece I know they are being controlled by ESPN.
What ESPN doesn't have is coaches in their pockets, that is why other College programs can beat the favorites and the bowl games actually have fan bases that will travel to those cities that have stadiums to host these bowl games.
College Football has been around much longer then these animated idiots that try and push the fans from enjoying games where underdogs can win.
Screw ESPN and Mickey Mouse and college football will be better less
It's about ESPN/DISNEY getting advertisement Dollars
CBS and FOX get a game a piece I know they are being controlled by ESPN.
What ESPN doesn't have is coaches in their pockets, that is why other College programs can beat the favorites and the bowl games actually have fan bases that will travel to those cities that have stadiums to host these bowl games.
College Football has been around much longer then these animated idiots that try and push the fans from enjoying games where underdogs can win.
Screw ESPN and Mickey Mouse and college football will be better less
there's
a funny joke to all of this though. the acc might actually get a bcs
win! two over two shouldn't have been there teams at that.
I
don't have a problem with NIU. They're at least ranked. I also don't
blame Wisconsin for winning the game their conference put them in. The
team I DO have a problem with is Nebraska for going into a conference
title game and getting utterly humiliated by the 3rd best team from the
other division.
Hey don't blame Wisconsin for getting into the Rose Bowl, blame Ohio State and Penn State for getting into trouble with NCAA.
100%
right. And we also shouldn't be upset w/ NIU. These are the rules in
place. The rules suck, but it's what we have. Blame the system; not
the teams.
So,
when we redistribute wealth for "fairness", it benefits those that do
deserve it. Interesting. I wonder if Washington, D.C. knows about
this?
The
original intent of the BSC is forgotten in times like these. The BCS
was created to match up the #1 and #2 teams and then make as much money
as possible for the 6 AQ conferences. That is all. It never pretended
to try to put together the top 10 teams in the country every year in
their 5 bowls. The 2 team per conference rule was set up to protect
each of the conferences and make sure one conference (SEC maybe?)
doesn't dominate and collect all the money. The one non-AQ rule was set
up so the AQ schools weren't dragged before
Congress. Granted it can put together some bad bowl game match-ups but
you think the Cotton Bowl, Capital One Bowl are that upset?less
1 fan likes this.
so
this year yet again 4 of the top ten teams are left out. kirk hit it
perfect last night. what moron came up with only 2 teams per conference
and why. n ill doesn't stand a chance in hell. 0. none. virginia tech
would've been a better pick and i hate vt.
also,
boise was a one loss last year with a win over georgia( who won sec
east) and boise was skipped over by mich,vt,and wvu(non of which were in
the top 10) to play in stupid las vegas.
"n ill doesn't stand a chance in hell. 0. none. "
I remember this argument being made about Boise State when they played Oklahoma. Still one of the best bowls I have seen in a long time.
I remember this argument being made about Boise State when they played Oklahoma. Still one of the best bowls I have seen in a long time.
KKGrizz
- "n ill doesn't stand a chance in hell. 0. none. " I remember this
argument being made about Boise State when they played Oklahoma. Still
one of the best bowls I have seen in a long time.
that's boise. this isn't.
that's boise. this isn't.
I
also remember people talking about Boise the entire year, and Boise
also being ranked in the top-10 and being undefeated. None of those
apply to NIU.
1 fan likes this.
There
never was a guarantee from the BCS that all top ten teams will be
playing in a BCS bowl. It is all about the money and conferences
protecting themselves (with the 2 team rule) not about getting the best
match-ups.
it's still garbage. and money? lets see...........big game bob and the sooners or illinois junior high
And if there's one person who knows what garbage looks like, it would be a Miami fan and an ACC apologist.
TulsaSooner1979 - And if there's one person who knows what garbage looks like, it would be a Miami fan and an ACC apologist.
fu. just calling it how most real people see it. crap and pity for undeserving. fsu isn't top ten they shouldn't be there either. i suppose you think nd shouldn't be in the title because they didn't win a conference
fu. just calling it how most real people see it. crap and pity for undeserving. fsu isn't top ten they shouldn't be there either. i suppose you think nd shouldn't be in the title because they didn't win a conference
Isn't
the highest ranked team from the Group of 5 (or non-AQ Schools + Big
East) still going to get an auto-bid to the top 6 bowl games under the
new system? Northern Illinois would be selected in 2014 as well,
Louisville would not (using the BCS poll). If they use the Coaches or
AP Poll then it would have been Boise St. with the auto bid. What
exactly is different in 2014?
Wisconsin is the Big 10 winner, so under 2014 rules they would still be in the Rose Bowl. Or they would automatically be...more
Wisconsin is the Big 10 winner, so under 2014 rules they would still be in the Rose Bowl. Or they would automatically be...more
The acoustics sound of " share the wealth" desire, right?
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LSU to face Clemson in Chick-fil-A Bowl
© 2012 Tiger Rag
Tigers square off New Year’s Eve
By Tiger Rag News ServicesATLANTA (Dec. 2, 2012) – The Chick-fil-A Bowl has selected the #7 LSU Tigers to represent the SEC against a top-ranked opponent from the ACC in its 45th annual game Dec. 31 in Atlanta.
“We’re about as excited as you can be to have a 10-win team ranked #7 in the nation in the LSU Tigers,” said Gary Stokan, Chick-fil-A Bowl president and CEO. “Coach Miles has led this team to the pinnacle of elite programs in the country and they will, without doubt, give us one of the best bowl match-ups in the nation.”
LSU (10-2, 6-2 SEC) comes into the Bowl winners of five of their last six games with an opportunity to win an 11th game for the seventh time in its history. LSU’s stingy defensive squad only gave up 16.9 points per game, ranking them 11th nationally. The Tigers defeated three top-ranked teams playing in the toughest division in football (#3 South Carolina, #18 Texas A&M, #21 Miss. State) and their only losses came against two top-10 teams in the SEC (#10 Florida and #1 Alabama).
“Atlanta is a great city and the Georgia Dome is a tremendous venue,” said Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva. “We are anticipating a quality opponent from the ACC that will make this a great bowl game matchup.”
“We look forward to a great matchup and a competitive game in the Chick-fil-A Bowl against a very talented team from the ACC,” said LSU Head Coach Les Miles. “We enjoy playing in Atlanta. It’s a great city that has been very good to LSU. I’m sure that we’ll travel extremely well. The Georgia Dome is an outstanding venue and we are excited about the opportunity to play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.”
LSU is undefeated in five previous Chick-fil-A Bowl appearances. The Tigers most recent trip to Atlanta was a 38-3 win over Georgia Tech in 2008. LSU played in the inaugural Peach Bowl in 1968 against Florida State. LSU also played in the 2010 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game and earned a victory over North Carolina.
Teams from the ACC and SEC are tied at 10 wins each since the two conferences began meeting for regional bragging rights in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The Chick-fil-A Bowl will be played at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 31 in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome and will be nationally televised by ESPN, running unopposed in its prime time slot.
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Lafayette, LA
Member since Jun 2009
5658 posts
In the past 10 or so years, have you ever been this disappointed in a bowl game? (Posted on 12/2/12 at 11:45 p.m.)
I started really following LSU fball in 2001, when I was a freshman...
2001- sugar vs Illinois ( I was super stoked)
2002- cotton vs Texas (pretty excited... Game was disappointing though)
2003- BCSNG vs OU ( duh)
2004- Capone vs Iowa (was excited, first Capone invite)
2005- chicfila vs Miami (after getting drubbed by UGA, I wasn't looking forward to playing Miami, but was very happily surprised)
2006- sugar vs ND (stoked)
2007- BCSNG vs OSU (you tell me)
2008- chicfila vs GT (down year, but was cool with the matchup)
2009- Capone vs penn st (excited till I saw the feild)
2010- cotton vs ATM (very excited)
2011- I won't mention but I was excited.
2012- for the first time, I'm really disappointed about LSUs bowl. Looking back, LSU has played some great schools in their bowl matchups, and this years really sucks. I guess I'm lucky though, that this is the first time, but damn this season has been disappointing. I'd put it up there as most disappointing above all previous years- all things considered.
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LSU
Rabalais: LSU Tigers get no respect in bowl process
By Scott rabalais
Advocate sportswriter
December 03, 2012
Advocate sportswriter
December 03, 2012
Your Chick-fil-A Bowl tickets will be at the Georgia Dome Will Call on New Year’s Eve.
Tell ’em Mike sent you.
Another bowl season is upon us, and once again the LSU Tigers are teeing it up in the No Respect Bowl.
Last year, the winter venue of the Tigers’ discontent was a BCS national championship game in New Orleans against Team Do Over, the Alabama team LSU beat in Tuscaloosa in November.
This year it’s the Chick-fil-A in Atlanta against Clemson.
This is not to disrespect the Chick-fil-A Bowl itself. It’s a fine bowl run by fine people, played in an NFL stadium in a great city, though as with any big city, people’s impressions of Atlanta vary widely. And the Dec. 31 matchup between LSU and Clemson (No. 8 and No. 14 in the final BCS standings) is one of the best of the entire bowl season.
It’s certainly better than the Orange Bowl between Florida State and Northern Illinois, and light years more compelling than Stanford and five-loss Wisconsin in the Rose.
Those bowls are Exhibit A and B for an archaic and needlessly accommodating bowl system that seeks to mollify champions of underweight conferences at the expense of power conferences that are legislated out of deserved seats at the BCS table.
The domino theory began with Northern Illinois’ robust 15th-place finish in the final BCS standings. That got the Huskies into the Orange Bowl, knocked Oklahoma from the Sugar Bowl to the Cotton and knocked LSU out of the Cotton in favor of Texas A&M.
The Cotton wasn’t going to pair A&M with Texas, which was set for the Cotton before Oklahoma got knocked down by NIU. That game had major fan and TV appeal but was politically radioactive.
But Sooners-Aggies? No political baggage there.
The Cotton wanted LSU, but not as much as it wanted Texas A&M. Take a step back, Tigers, but we’ll be glad to say “Howdy!” in August when you come to play TCU in the Cowboys Classic. Read more...http://theadvocate.com/
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Dabo Swinney travels long road to restore Clemson to prominence
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 7:40 PM EDT
Dabo Swinney has guided the Tigers to a top-10 ranking this season. (AP)He
thinks of the little Alabama girl stricken with polio at 18 months old,
her body so mangled her head touched the side of her foot. He thinks of
the iron lung she needed to breathe. He thinks of her being sent to the
Birmingham Crippled Children's Hospital for the next 11 years of her
life, growing up isolated from her own mother, who could only visit when
she had money for the train in on weekends, and her father, who bailed
on the family for most of her life. He thinks of the neck-to-knee body cast she endured for 14 months, and how she was able to wave only her arms. He thinks of the battler, just 5-foot, 100 pounds, who never gave up her dream of normalcy, and who eventually grew healthy, attended a regular high school and even became a pretty majorette.
"That's how tough she was," Dabo says of his mom, still healthy and living near Birmingham.
And he thinks about the days and nights and years when it was just he and she, the rest of their immediate family seemingly lost. His dad was an alcoholic whose business failed. His older brothers found themselves in occasional trouble, too, seemingly following the path of their father.
[Video: Have Matt Barkley's Heisman hopes been dashed?]
He thinks about how they wound up essentially homeless his senior year at Pelham (Ala.) High School. Dad was out. Money was scarce. The house in the suburbs was gone. First, they hit up cheap motels. Then they set up in a townhouse only to be evicted within three months. Mostly, they slept on the floor of a family friend until the stretch of time Dabo lived in his grandmother's government-subsidized apartment, smaller, he notes, than his current office at Clemson.
"I was humiliated," he said of the time. "I was prideful. I didn't want people to know we weren't this perfect family. But you reach a point where you just don't care anymore."Read more...http://sports.yahoo.
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