Running 2011 Bowl Season Thread- Match-ups on Page 1

Just the OOC schedules for the two Mississippi schools should make your basic SEC fanboi blush with embarrassment.

And the conference plays more FCS opponents than the Big Ten.

 

How long ago were those schedules done? In Ole Miss' case, you don't think BYU, Fresno State (at Fresno) and Louisiana Tech were reasonable matchups for that level of program?

To me, I see that every team is taking on one OOC opponent at its level. Just taking a look through the tops of the other conferences, I'm not sure I see that.


BIG 10
Wisconsin: UNLV, Oregon State, Northern Illinois, South Dakota
Ohio State: Akron, Toledo, Miami, Colorado
Michigan State: Youngstown State, Florida Atlantic, Notre Dame, Central Michigan

BIG 12
Oklahoma State: Louisiana, Arizona, Tulsa
Oklahoma: Tulsa, Florida State, Ball State
Kansas State: Eastern Kentucky, Kent State, Miami
Texas: Rice, BYU, UCLA

The SEC schools have four OOC games to schedule instead of three; if and when they go to three and eliminate the tough matchups instead of the FCS walkovers, then you'll have something to complain about. But SEC teams on the whole are willing to face tougher competition than other conferences.

 

It's the same argument we've had every year this place has been in existence. And I doubt anybody's mind has been changed.

 

Hey, that's Chuck South to you, pal. ;D

 

That became apparent a few months ago when someone was praising Oklahoma for playing . . . Florida State . . .

. . . while at the same time ragging Florida for playing . . . Florida State.

 

Texas and Cal know this isn't a cross country meet, right? Low score doesn't win.

 

Christmas comes early Friday. 4 bowl games in a row. Won't even have to change the channel.

Noon EST; Armed Forces Bowl; BYU vs. Tulsa
3:20 EST; Pinstripe Bowl; Rutgers vs. Iowa St.
6:40 EST; Music City Bowl; Miss St. vs. Wake Forest
10:00 EST; Insight Bowl; Iowa vs. Oklahoma

13 hours or so of drunkeness, football, and fried food.

I love me some me.

 

Along with 13 hours of endless ESPN promotion for the bowl games still to be played.

I really wish that they would focus more on game at hand.

 

I agree. But for me, it's evened out by the fact that nobody will expect me to get up and do anything. Just watch football.

Get right down to it, that's a rare moment in life.

 

Best story of the bowl season...

"Cause I'm an Eagle Scout."

Great video interview:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/12/oregon-mark-asper-choking-man-lawrys-beef-bowl.html

 

Apparently the new games with the Pac-12 will replace the proposed 9th conference game in the Big 10. So each Big 10 team will still have three skips, and three other OOC games in which it can load up on MAC and Gateway Conference opponents (or keep playing ND, like the Michifan schools and Purdue, and Iowa State, like Iowa. Maybe now with Paterno gone PSU will get Pitt back on the schedule).

Pac-12 has no plans to go back to 8 conference games. It will stay at 9, with only two skips.

 

They were signed for a home-and-home in 2016-17 before Paterno left.