2008 College Bowl Projections

dukdown · 11-23-2008, 11:42 PM

2008-2009
Bowl Invites

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
Dec. 23 / 8 p.m. ET San Diego, Calif. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Mountain West vs. Pac 10 (WAC if no Pac 10 team available)

EagleBank Bowl
Dec. 20 / 11 a.m.. ET Washington, D.C.
Tie-Ins: ACC vs. Army or Navy

New Mexico Bowl
Dec. 20/12:30 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Mountain West vs. WAC
vs. Fresno State

Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl
Dec. 20 / 8 p.m. ET Las Vegas, Nev. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Mountain West No. 1 vs. Pac-10 No. 4

St. Petersburg Bowl
Dec. 20 / 9 p.m. ET St. Petersburg, Fl.
Tie-Ins: Big East vs. Conference USA

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Dec. 21 / 8 p.m. ET New Orleans, La. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA
vs Southern Mississippi

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Dec. 24 / 8 p.m. ET Honolulu, Hawaii ESPN
Tie-Ins: Pac 10 vs. WAC

Motor City Bowl
Dec. 26 / 7:30 p.m. ET Detroit, Mich. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Big Ten No. 7 vs. MAC

Champs Sports Bowl
Dec. 27 / 4:30 p.m. ET Orlando, Fla. ESPN
Tie-Ins: ACC No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4 or No. 5

Emerald Bowl
Dec. 27 / 8:30 p.m. ET San Francisco, Calif. ESPN
Tie-Ins: ACC No. 7 vs. Pac-10 No. 5

Meineke Car Care Bowl
Dec. 27 / 1 p.m. ET Charlotte, N.C. ESPN
Tie-Ins: ACC No. 6 vs. Big East

Texas Bowl
Dec. 28 / 8 p.m. NFL Network
Tie-Ins: Houston, Texas
Big 12 vs. C-USA
vs Rice

PapaJohn’s.com Bowl
Dec. 29 / 3 p.m. ET Birmingham, Ala. ESPN2
Tie-Ins: Big East vs. SEC (or Sun Belt if no SEC team available)

PetroSun Independence Bowl
Dec. 28 / 8 p.m. ET Shreveport, La. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Big 12 No. 7 vs. SEC No. 8 (Or WAC & the third choice of Sun Belt teams if no Big 12 or SEC team available)

Alamo Bowl
Dec. 29 / 8 p.m. ET San Antonio, Texas ESPN
Tie-Ins: Big Ten No. 4 or No. 5 vs. Big 12 No. 4

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Dec. 30 / 8 p.m. ET San Diego, Calif. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-10 No. 2

Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl
Dec. 30/4:30 p.m. Boise, Idaho ESPN
Tie-Ins: ACC No. 8 vs. WAC

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Dec. 31 / 12 p.m. ET Fort Worth, Texas ESPN
Tie-Ins: Mountain West vs. Conference USA

Sun Bowl
Dec. 31 / 2 p.m. ET. El Paso, Texas CBS
Tie-Ins: Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame vs. Pac-10 No. 3

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Dec. 31 / 3:30 p.m. ET Nashville, Tenn. ESPN
Tie-Ins: ACC vs. SEC No. 5

Chick-fil-A Bowl
Dec. 31 / 7:30 p.m. ET Atlanta, Ga. ESPN
Tie-Ins: ACC No. 2 vs. SEC
vs Georgia Tech

Insight Bowl
Dec. 31 / 5:30 ET Tempe, Ariz. NFL Network
Tie-Ins: Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6

Outback Bowl
Jan. 1 / 11 a.m. ET Tampa, Fla. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl
Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. ET Jacksonville, Fla. CBS
Tie-Ins: ACC No. 3 vs. Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame
Clemson vs Nebraska

Capital One Bowl
Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ABC
Tie-Ins: Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Jan. 2 / 5:00 p.m. ET Memphis, Tenn. ESPN
Tie-Ins: C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC No. 6

AT&T Cotton Bowl
Jan. 2 / 2 p.m. ET Dallas, Texas FOX
Tie-Ins: Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC

International Bowl
Jan. 3 / 12 p.m. ET Toronto, Canada ESPN2
Tie-Ins: Big East vs. MAC No. 4 or 5

GMAC Bowl
Jan. 6 / 8 p.m. ET Mobile, Ala. ESPN
Tie-Ins: C-USA No. 2 vs. MAC/WAC

BCS GAMES
Rose Bowl presented by Citi
Jan. 1 / 5:10 p.m. ET Pasadena, Calif. ABC
*BCS vs. BCS (Big Ten Champion vs. Pac 10 Champion, if available)
USC vs. Penn State

Allstate Sugar Bowl
Jan. 2 / 8:30 p.m. ET New Orleans, La. FOX
*BCS vs. BCS (SEC Champion, if available)

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Jan. 5 / 8 p.m. Phoenix, Ariz. FOX
*BCS vs. BCS (Big 12 Champion, if available)

FedEx Orange Bowl
Jan. 1 / 8 p.m. Miami Gardens, Fla. FOX
*BCS vs. BCS (ACC Champion, if available)

FedEx BCS National Championship
Jan. 8 / 8 p.m. Miami Gardens, Fla. FOX
*BCS #1 vs. BCS #2

Da Bomb · 12-01-2008, 02:48 PM

will be interesting to see what happens if alabama wins. a simple substitution would make sense obviously, so that the sugar bowl would match up ohio state and florida then. i assume florida will still make the bcs over against boise state. but im not sure they'd do that matchup. not after that embarassment a few years ago. i think it might switch to ohio state / texas (that good rivalry from a few years back, except with the new vince young on the other squad) and then florida / utah (the urban meyere bowl).

also interesting to see what happens if oklahoma loses to missouri somehow. who knows what happens then? presumably texas heads to the title game, but i could see voters working usc in there instead. and im not sure if oklahoma keeps a bcs draw at all. at that point it might come down to oklahoma vs texas tech vs boise state for the last spot. boise could actually get a look if that was the case, instead of a team coming off a loss or a team that lost to said team by 3483.

it'll be a shame to see boise just play on the blue turf one more time to end the season. why not at least put them in one of the new years bowls like outback, cap one, or gator? the sec and big 12 are all lacking enough eligible teams anyway. or, just as good, how about finding a way to match up boise and ball state in a bowl? you dont think people would tune in to watch that?

gmrcharity · 12-01-2008, 04:49 PM

They have said they wanted to match up Boise and Ball St but Ball St has turned down the idea.

dukdown · 12-01-2008, 05:18 PM

Wouldn't make any sense for Ball State to risk their undefeated season playing on Boise's home field.

dukdown · 12-01-2008, 05:27 PM

I honestly haven't seen a much more impressive team than Boise this year. They can beat you in every facet of the game. Ball State has one of the more impressive offenses I've seen. TCU is still the most impressive defense I've watched. I personally think Utah is over-rated. If they had to have played that game at TCU, I think TCU would have beat them.

I'll say one thing, I would want no part of Mississippi right about now. They beat Florida, and lost by 4 to Alabama. They took a bit to put it all together, but there is no hotter team right now imo than the Rebels. If they did get matched up against Texas Tech, how entertaining would that game be?

Da Bomb · 12-01-2008, 10:13 PM

less entertaining now with crabtree banged up and harrell having a "shattered" hand...

dukdown · 12-01-2008, 10:15 PM

It would be a month from now. I'm sure they'll both be fine by then.

Da Bomb · 12-04-2008, 08:48 AM

it would also be wildly entertaining to watch clement and dillard tear up a school like notre dame to end their careers after being shunned by all the big time schools a few years ago...

Da Bomb · 12-04-2008, 12:26 PM

rumors of tcu vs boise state in the poinsettia bowl

Miller · 12-04-2008, 05:41 PM

I screwed the first post up so I went another direction, moved the Bowl Confirmations to a new thread and will update as Duk posts them.