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BCS & Bowl game match-ups

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6 months ago

Of course they have already announced Bama vs. Notre Dame for the National Championship.
What is funny, although only 2 teams from a conference can go to a BCS Bowl, the SEC dominates the Top 10 rankings. Can't wait until we are back in the mix!
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Orange Bowl: Florida State vs. Northern Illinois
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6 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

NIU getting picked over teams like LSU, aTm, USCe, and UGA for a bcs game is ridiculous.
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NIU getting picked over teams like LSU, aTm, USCe, and UGA for a bcs game is ridiculous.
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govols011 said...
NIU getting picked over teams like LSU, aTm, USCe, and UGA for a bcs game is ridiculous.

Agreed.
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6 months ago

Wow, Herbstreit is really laying into the BCS system for allowing NIU in over the SEC teams and Oklahoma, Etc. He is being brutal!
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6 months ago

Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. LOUISVILLE!
Fiesta: Oregon vs. Kansas State
Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Stanford

This post was edited by volviking on 12/2/2012 at 7:47 PM
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NIU getting picked over teams like LSU, aTm, USCe, and UGA for a bcs game is ridiculous.

Who r they playing? What BCS bowl?
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Who r they playing? What BCS bowl?

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volviking said...
Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. LOUISVILLE!
Fiesta: Oregon vs. Kansas State
Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Stanford

Well atleast 3 of the 5 will be worth watching lol..
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volviking said...
Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. LOUISVILLE!
Fiesta: Oregon vs. Kansas State
Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Stanford

Double post...sorry

This post was edited by UTOsby on 12/2/2012 at 7:54 PM
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6 months ago

Florida is opening as a 16.5 favorite over Louisville.
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Florida is opening as a 16.5 favorite over Louisville.

Well since they won't have their coach any longer...
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Not saying Louisville will win, it'll be a much closer game than that though.
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If I'm a betting man and the FSU line opens up big I'm betting my mortgage on NIU.. FSU will likely have an interim coach, NIU had EVERYTHING to play for and FSU has no reason to be excited about this game.. Not saying NIU wins but man it could be interesting
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If I'm a betting man and the FSU line opens up big I'm betting my mortgage on NIU.. FSU will likely have an interim coach, NIU had EVERYTHING to play for and FSU has no reason to be excited about this game.. Not saying NIU wins but man it could be interesting

Early line was Florida State -7
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Florida is opening as a 16.5 favorite over Louisville.

Florida will steamroll Louisville, I hate to say it but it want even be close I would take the 16.5
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bleedorange1899 said...
Not saying Louisville will win, it'll be a much closer game than that though.

Florida bigger and better on both sides of the ball a no contest
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6 months ago

Just want to say I have no problem with NIU getting into the game. This crappy system is in place, and they worked the system. Good for them. Wisconsin and Louisville did the same thing. ? would it make me a bad Vol fan to buy a NIU Orange Bowl T?
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Not really a huge deal, but a 7-5 Western Kentucky team received a bowl bid over an 8-4 MTSU team. Didn't MTSU also beat Western? Just found that interesting.
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6 months ago

Yeah, I thought the same thing. MTSU heading to C-USA is the best move they could have made. Will not be a problem anymore.
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Johngineer said...
Not really a huge deal, but a 7-5 Western Kentucky team received a bowl bid over an 8-4 MTSU team. Didn't MTSU also beat Western? Just found that interesting.

Think there might have been some politics involved there. A lot of people think MTSU was passed over because it's leaving for Conference USA. The Sun Belt took a vote among its member schools earlier today, and I guess WKU was recommended by the conference.
The Little Caesars Bowl people didn't have to take the Sun Belt's recommendation, but I'm assuming they did. Can't think of many other reasons to take WKU over an MTSU team that had a better record.

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6 months ago

Ryan, If that is the case. That is petty on the part of the sunbelt. The Sunbelt which had a rather good year in my eyes. It is too bad really.
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