Bowling 2012-13 (NCAA Bowls Thread)

[venture]

Here is how the bowls are looking so far. More announced throughout the evening. I'm going to try to keep this first post updated until the forum locks me out from editing anymore. If it isn't in bold, it isn't confirmed.

Big 12 schools are in Red.

BCS Games
BOWL	DATE	LOCATION	MATCHUP	TEAMS (Bold = Confirmed)
BCS NCG	Jan. 7	Miami, Fla.	BCS #1 vs BCS #2	Notre Dame vs. Alabama
Fiesta Bowl	Jan. 3	Glendale, Ariz.	Big 12 vs. At-Large	Kansas St. vs. Oregon
Sugar Bowl	Jan. 2	New Orleans, La.	SEC vs. At-Large	Louisville vs. Florida
Orange Bowl	Jan. 1	Miami, Fla.	ACC vs. At-Large	Florida St. vs. Northern Illinois
Rose Bowl	Jan. 1	Pasadena, Calif.	Big Ten vs. PAC 12	Wisconsin vs. Stanford

Non-BCS Games
BOWL	DATE	LOCATION	MATCHUP	TEAMS (Bold = Confirmed)
GoDaddy.com	Jan. 6	Mobile, Ala.	MAC vs. Sun Belt No. 2	Kent State vs. Arkansas State
BBVA Compass	Jan. 5	Birmingham, Ala.	SEC No. 8/9 vs. Big East No. 5/C-USA	Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh
Cotton	Jan. 4	Arlington, Tex.	Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC	Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M
Heart of Dallas	Jan. 1	Dallas, Tex.	Big Ten No. 7 vs. Big 12 No. 8	Purdue vs. Oklahoma State
Outback	Jan. 1	Tampa, Fla.	Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC	Michigan vs. South Carolina
Gator	Jan. 1	Jacksonville, Fla.	Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. SEC No. 6	Northwestern vs. Miss. State
Capital One	Jan. 1	Orlando, Fla.	Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2	Nebraska vs. Georgia
Sun	Dec. 31	El Paso, Tex.	ACC No. 4 vs. Pac-12 No. 4	Georgia Tech vs. USC
Music City	Dec. 31	Nashville, Tenn.	ACC No. 6 vs. SEC No. 7	N.C. State vs. Vanderbilt
Liberty	Dec. 31	Memphis, Tenn.	C-USA No. 1 vs. Big East/SEC No. 8/9	Tulsa vs. Iowa State*
Chick-fil-A	Dec. 31	Atlanta, Ga.	ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5	Clemson vs. LSU
Pinstripe	Dec. 29	New York, N.Y.	Big 12 No. 7 vs. Big East No. 4	West Virginia vs. Syracuse
Kraft Fight Hunger	Dec. 29	San Francisco, Calif.	Pac-12 No. 6 vs. Navy	Arizona State vs. Navy
Buffalo Wild Wings	Dec. 29	Phoenix, Ariz.	Big 12 No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5	TCU vs. Michigan State
Armed Forces	Dec. 29	Fort Worth, Tex.	MWC vs. C-USA	Air Force vs. Rice
Alamo	Dec. 29	San Antonio, Tex.	Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-12 No. 2	Texas vs. Oregon State
Russell Athletic	Dec. 28	Orlando, Fla.	Big East No. 2 vs. ACC No. 3	Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech
Meineke Car Care	Dec. 28	Houston, Tex.	Big 12 No. 6 vs. Big Ten No. 6	Texas Tech vs. Minnesota
Independence	Dec. 28	Shreveport, La.	SEC No. 10 vs. ACC No. 7	Ohio* vs. La.-Monroe*
Military	Dec. 27	Washington, D.C.	ACC No. 8 vs. Army	Bowling Green* vs. San Jose State*
Holiday	Dec. 27	San Diego, Calif.	Pac-12 No. 3 vs. Big 12 No. 5	UCLA vs. Baylor
Belk	Dec. 27	Charlotte, N.C.	Big East No. 3 vs. ACC No. 5	Cincinnati vs. Duke
Little Caesars	Dec. 26	Detroit, Mich.	MAC vs. Big Ten No. 8	C. Michigan vs. W. Kentucky*
Hawaii	Dec. 24	Honolulu, Hawaii	MWC/WAC vs. C-USA	Fresno State vs. SMU
New Orleans	Dec. 22	New Orleans, La.	Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA	La.-Lafayette vs. East Carolina
Las Vegas	Dec. 22	Las Vegas, Nev.	MWC No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No. 5	Boise State vs. Washington
Beef O'Brady's	Dec. 21	St. Petersburg, Fla.	Big East No. 6 vs. C-USA	Ball State* vs. UCF
Poinsettia	Dec. 20	San Diego, Calif.	MWC No. 2 vs. BYU	San Diego State vs. BYU
New Mexico	Dec. 15	Albuquerque, N.M.	MWC No. 4/5 vs. Pac-12 No. 7/WAC	Nevada vs. Arizona
Famous Idaho Potato	Dec. 15	Boise, Idaho	MAC No. 3 vs. WAC	Toledo vs. Utah State

[zookeeper]

So OU and OSU both take exciting bowl trips to Dallas. I bet a quarter or more of both teams are from the metroplex, how exciting.

[venture]

Baylor accepts Holiday Bowl invite vs. UCLA.

Louisiana Tech (9-3) apparently is turning down a bowl invite to avoid playing Louisiana Monroe.

[venture]

Reports surfacing that Iowa State is now going to the Liberty Bowl instead against Tulsa.

[venture]

Coming out it is now confirmed OSU will play in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against Purdue.

[Easy180]

Coming out it is now confirmed OSU will play in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against Purdue.

Yikes

[venture]

Updated with a lot of updates. Still waiting on a few more to finalize - including OU @ Cotton.

[venture]

Everything is confirmed now. OU vs. A&M in the Cotton Bowl.

[MonkeesFan]

Everything is confirmed now. OU vs. A&M in the Cotton Bowl.

Disappointing, I was really hoping the Sooners would play Florida State, it would be a great bowl game instead of boring Texas A&M....

[Easy180]

Disappointing, I was really hoping the Sooners would play Florida State, it would be a great bowl game instead of boring Texas A&M....

Yup. Out of all of the possibilities I saw out there this one sucked the most.

[dcsooner]

Disappointing, I was really hoping the Sooners would play Florida State, it would be a great bowl game instead of boring Texas A&M....

Disappointed, are you kidding me. OU barely and I mean barely avoided being 7-5. This team would get crushed again in a BCS bowl. Let's just he honest, OU has slipped in terms of its ability to compete against the "big boys" of college football and could very easily lose to TxAM

[Bostonfan]

College football is so silly. There is truly just one bowl game that matters. The rest of them are simply meaningless.

[SoonerDave]

Disappointed, are you kidding me. OU barely and I mean barely avoided being 7-5. This team would get crushed again in a BCS bowl. Let's just he honest, OU has slipped in terms of its ability to compete against the "big boys" of college football and could very easily lose to TxAM

Isn't the point, though, that they did, in fact, avoid being 7-5? This team could have folded its tents like last year, but didn't. Yeah, luck might win you one close game with a great bounce, but at some point the team has to be given the credit for three wins in close games. I think most coaches and players will say that's a matter of "learning/knowing how to win." Their two losses are against the Big 12's BCS rep and one of the teams in the national title game, and that even given that this is not a marquee Sooner defense.

Not trying to be disagreeable, dc, but this team overcame a lot in the last year, and despite the KSU loss, I think they have every right to be disappointed to be kicked out of a BCS bowl by an NIU team that lost to the worst team in the worst "power" conference in the country. Understand its the rules, that's the way it goes, shoulda beaten KSU, etc, etc, and all of that's 100% true, but we all know there's no way NIU makes it in on merit. OU was a major conference co-champ, and deserved that at-large bid. Realize there's nothing to be done about it, too.

[Richard at Remax]

I think this is the first year Texas A&M isn't boring. Johnny M is a fun player to watch, and will probably win the heisman. Mike Stoops is going to have to bring his A game.

[BoulderSooner]

Disappointed, are you kidding me. OU barely and I mean barely avoided being 7-5. This team would get crushed again in a BCS bowl. Let's just he honest, OU has slipped in terms of its ability to compete against the "big boys" of college football and could very easily lose to TxAM

yes playing florida would have been sooooo scary .... i mean they were losing to la lay with 146 left in the 4th Q ... how could we ever compete with them ...

[MonkeesFan]

Isn't the point, though, that they did, in fact, avoid being 7-5? This team could have folded its tents like last year, but didn't. Yeah, luck might win you one close game with a great bounce, but at some point the team has to be given the credit for three wins in close games. I think most coaches and players will say that's a matter of "learning/knowing how to win." Their two losses are against the Big 12's BCS rep and one of the teams in the national title game, and that even given that this is not a marquee Sooner defense.

Not trying to be disagreeable, dc, but this team overcame a lot in the last year, and despite the KSU loss, I think they have every right to be disappointed to be kicked out of a BCS bowl by an NIU team that lost to the worst team in the worst "power" conference in the country. Understand its the rules, that's the way it goes, shoulda beaten KSU, etc, etc, and all of that's 100% true, but we all know there's no way NIU makes it in on merit. OU was a major conference co-champ, and deserved that at-large bid. Realize there's nothing to be done about it, too.

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[venture]

yes playing florida would have been sooooo scary .... i mean they were losing to la lay with 146 left in the 4th Q ... how could we ever compete with them ...

I think most would rather have Florida than A&M at this point. A&M is going to be a tough team to beat, but at least we are use to them.

[MonkeesFan]

Texas A&M Aggies -5 vs. Oklahoma Sooners. Last time A&M was favored over OU? 1999. +3.5 at home & they smoked Texas A&M 51-6.