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College Football Week 14 - Conference Championship Games and Pseudo Championships

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Isn't the Cotton Bowl normally for SEC West teams?
Yeah they are suppose to get first pick of west and Outback get first pick of east after capital one. But there are exceptions and they can get around it with permission from the SEC and not taking the team the other was going to pick.
 
hadn't even thought that it might break out that way. Always see it as "SEC #3 or SEC #4", for the various bowls.

Last time an East team went was 2005, with Tennessee.
 
Talk was that DeLoss wanted nothing to do with an A&M/Texas Cotton Bowl. Guess he got the Capital One guys to help him out

Can't believe I'm going to watch the MACtion tonight and root for NIU. I'd normally love for a little school to get a BCS birth, but since OU would be the ones to get chopped should they beat TCU, what are you gonna do?
 
Could be, it's just that every projection I've seen has Texas in there. Seems like if Alabama loses tomorrow, it'll be Texas/Alabama. If Georgia loses, it'll be Texas/LSU, with Georgia going to the Chicscrew it PEACH BOWL, to face Clemson. Peach Bowl seems to be ACC #2, and that'll be Clemson unless GT does someting crazy.

I wonder if they'd try to do UGA/Clemson in the Peach Bowl since we play each other the first game of next season anyway. Not sure that many people will want to travel to see that game on NYE.
 
I've seen some discussion that "certain" power brokers from the Big XII aren't keen on playing A&M in a bowl game.

I have seen that stuff too but I don't think the cotton bowl would care if they could get that matchup.... its their dream matchup and every tv set in the state would be tuned in along with all the out of state ones tuning in for the bowl.
 
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I hate thursday games. Real conferences don't play on Thursday

(THU) Louisville @ Rutgers by X
(FRI) Northern Illinois vs. Kent State by 8
(FRI) UCLA @ Stanford by 10
Oklahoma @ TCU by 10
Oklahoma State @ Baylor by 4
UCF @ Tulsa by X
Kansas @ West Virginia by 8
Middle Tennessee @ Arkansas State by 4
Boise State @ Nevada by 8
Cincinnati @ Connecticut by 4
Alabama vs. Georgia by 8
Pittsburgh @ South Florida by 4
Texas @ Kansas State by 10
Florida State vs. Georgia Tech by 7
Nebraska vs. Wisconsin by 4
 
They still have it in NC? Cruddy conference alignment when 2 Florida Schools have to both travel hundreds of miles north to win the conference.

Course, as the SEC has gone West pretty far, even Atlanta is pretty out of the way for fans to travel (though Atlanta has the airport hub positive)

Miami has never even been in the ACCCG, besides, their attendance at home is pretty bad, I wouldn't expect them to travel well regardless of location.
 
(FRI) Northern Illinois vs. Kent State by 4
(FRI) UCLA @ Stanford by 10
Oklahoma @ TCU by 4
Oklahoma State @ Baylor by 4
UCF @ Tulsa by 4
Kansas @ West Virginia by 14
Middle Tennessee @ Arkansas State by 7
Boise State @ Nevada by 4
Cincinnati @ Connecticut by 4
Alabama vs. Georgia by 7
Pittsburgh @ South Florida by 4
Texas @ Kansas State by 10
Florida State vs. Georgia Tech by 17
Nebraska vs. Wisconsin by 4
 
Talk was that DeLoss wanted nothing to do with an A&M/Texas Cotton Bowl. Guess he got the Capital One guys to help him out

Not exactly surprised Texas is trying to dodge A&M when they're actually good. Why renew the rivalry when it'll end with UT being embarrassed terribly?
 

The new gold helmets are hot and you know it. Beats the shit out of the brownish-tan gold that we had (and most people still have today).

On an actual discussion level, I hate the idea that having done something in the past has any bearing on how you will do in the present (especially in sports). It doesn't take much to go from being shitty to good and back again. Just ask Notre Dame.

I forgot to mention: Georgia's last National Title happened even longer ago than Notre Dame's yet they are some kind of perennial powerhouse?
 
I forgot to mention: Georgia's last National Title happened even longer ago than Notre Dame's yet they are some kind of perennial powerhouse?

No one but a Georgia fan thinks they're a perennial powerhouse. The fact that they're part of a major conference means they've been more relevant to the sport in recent memory.
 
Hey, one positive to look forward to if Alabama loses, perhaps that'll piss of the current juniors enough that they'll be back for revenge next year. To get Milliner, Mosley and Lacy back, would be something.
 
(FRI) Northern Illinois vs. Kent State by 4
(FRI) UCLA @ Stanford by 15
Oklahoma @ TCU by 10
Oklahoma State @ Baylor by 8
UCF @ Tulsa by 6
Kansas @ West Virginia by 20
Middle Tennessee @ Arkansas State by 6
Boise State @ Nevada by 8
Cincinnati @ Connecticut by 6
Alabama vs. Georgia by 8
Pittsburgh @ South Florida by 4
Texas @ Kansas State by 8
Florida State vs. Georgia Tech by 16
Nebraska vs. Wisconsin by 14
 
crap i thought tonights game kicked at 8

this has been a great week to be a louisville fan, especially after last week where we lost to UCONN and Teddy broke his wrist and messed up his leg, and in basketball Dieng broke his wrist and is out possible 2 months and we lost to Duke. Invite to the ACC, Strong not only denying rumors of the Auburn job but getting angry that they started in the first place, oh and I'm going to the basketball game tomorrow and watching from a luxury box
 
Oh crapple cup. Have those games already started?

Kent St by 4
UCLA by 4
Honestly don't know. Just got this feeling I should get them in. Probably wont start watching anything till 8. I'm assuming something will be on by then unless the west coast game is really late.
 
You have new magical powers. You can edit it to make them have come in before the games started. Mods have never had an issue with that before.

Why is Pac-12 on Friday? Seems weird.

I wonder if people cheering for Kent State understand it will cost them millions to go to the game. Connecticut took a bath on the Fiesta Bowl
 
crap i thought tonights game kicked at 8

this has been a great week to be a louisville fan, especially after last week where we lost to UCONN and Teddy broke his wrist and messed up his leg, and in basketball Dieng broke his wrist and is out possible 2 months and we lost to Duke. Invite to the ACC, Strong not only denying rumors of the Auburn job but getting angry that they started in the first place, oh and I'm going to the basketball game tomorrow and watching from a luxury box

Just a heads up, but our backup QB decided to tweet that Louisville was welcome to an ACC ass whipping. Either he was talking about our basketball team or maybe when Clemson plays L'ville, not likely us.

I'm assuming Boone will be be getting a nice talking to from Coach Cut. He's one of the nicest guys on the team so I don't know what he was thinking. He probably won't even be playing when we play Louisville anyway.
 
I'm so bitter right naw. The conference championship game was a ton of fun last year and we are allowed to keep our season ticket seats. Instead I'm stuck at work. God dammit, Ducks...
 
I wonder if people cheering for Kent State understand it will cost them millions to go to the game. Connecticut took a bath on the Fiesta Bowl

I'm sure they can probably sell a lot of their ticket allotment to their opposition. The problem is that their opposition has to sell tickets to a game against Kent State.
 
So what happens to the remnants of the ACC when all this realignment is done? There's no doubt that FSU and Clemson can't wait to leave the ACC. That would make the Big XII top to bottom a nasty, nasty SEC-like conference. I mean, would there be any easy wins there? As a Texan, I would absolutely love that conference.

I'm curious to see what happens with UNC and Duke but I'm sure they'd be looking to leave as well. I suspect the remnants of the Big East and ACC will join forces... the funny thing is that the conference will probably just look like the old Big East.
 
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