2004 Bowl Matchups.....

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2005 BCS Bowl Pairings

December 5, 2004

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left> </TD><TD vAlign=top align=left>FedEx Orange Bowl

BCS National Championship Game
USC (12-0) vs. Oklahoma (12-0)
Jan. 4, 8 p.m., ABC
Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Fla.
Website: http://www.orangebowl.org </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><HR class=hr noShade SIZE=1></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left> </TD><TD vAlign=top align=left>Nokia Sugar Bowl

Auburn (12-0) vs. Virginia Tech (10-2)
Jan. 3, 8 p.m., ABC
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, La.
Website: http://www.nokiasugarbowl.org
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</TD><TD vAlign=top align=left>Rose Bowl Presented by Citi

Michigan (9-2) vs. Texas (10-1)
Jan. 1, 5 p.m., ABC
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
Website: http://www.rosebowl.com
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</TD><TD vAlign=top align=left>Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

Utah (11-0) vs. Pittsburgh (8-3)
Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m., ABC
Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Ariz.
Website: http://www.tostitosfiestabowl.com </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

* All Times Eastern

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Give me a few minutes I'm working on all the bowl games...

Whole thing a joke

Pitt, Michigan and V Tech had no biz in this

Louisville, Cali and Iowa should be in

spreads?

<TABLE id=inlinetable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width=430 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000" colSpan=5>2004-05 Bowl Schedule</TH><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=172>Bowl</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=151>Matchup</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=65>Date/Time</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=42>Network</TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Wyndham New Orleans
at New Orleans, La. </TD><TD width=151>North Texas vs.
Southern Miss
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 14
7:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Champs Sports
at Orlando, Fla </TD><TD width=151>Syracuse
vs. Georgia Tech
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 21
7:45 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>GMAC
at Mobile, Ala. </TD><TD width=151>Memphis vs.
Bowling Green
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 22
8 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>PlainsCapital Fort Worth
at Fort Worth, Texas </TD><TD width=151>Cincinnati vs.
Marshall
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 23
6:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Pioneer PureVision
Las Vegas
at Las Vegas </TD><TD width=151>UCLA vs. Wyoming
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 23
9:45 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Sheraton Hawaii
at Honolulu </TD><TD width=151>Hawaii vs. UAB
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 24
7 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>MPC Computers
at Boise, Idaho </TD><TD width=151>Fresno State
vs. Virginia
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 27
2 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Motor City
at Detroit </TD><TD width=151>Toledo vs. Connecticut
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 27
5:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Independence
at Shreveport, La. </TD><TD width=151>Iowa State
vs. Miami (Ohio)
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 28
6:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Insight
at Phoenix </TD><TD width=151>Oregon State
vs. Notre Dame
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 28
9:45 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>EV1.net Houston
at Houston, Texas </TD><TD width=151>Colorado vs. UTEP
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 29
4:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>MasterCard Alamo
at San Antonio, Texas </TD><TD width=151>Ohio State
vs.Oklahoma State
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 29
8 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Continental Tire
at Charlotte, N.C. </TD><TD width=151>Boston College
vs. North Carolina
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 30
1 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN2 </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Emerald Bowl
at San Francisco, Calif. </TD><TD width=151>Navy vs. New Mexico
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 30
4:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN2 </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Pacific Life Holiday
at San Diego, Calif. </TD><TD width=151>Texas Techvs. Cal
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 30
8 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Silicon Valley
at San Jose Calif. </TD><TD width=151>Northern Illinoisvs. Troy
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 30
11 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN2 </TD></TR>







<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Gaylords Hotels Music City
at Nashville, Tenn. </TD><TD width=151>Alabama vs. Minnesota
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 31
Noon </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Vitalis Sun
at El Paso, Texas </TD><TD width=151>Arizona State
vs. Purdue
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 31
2 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>CBS </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>AutoZone Liberty
at Memphis, Tenn. </TD><TD width=151>Louisville vs.
Boise State
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 31
3:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Chick-fil-A Peach
at Atlanta, Ga. </TD><TD width=151>Miami vs. Florida
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Dec. 31
7:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Outback
at Tampa, Fla. </TD><TD width=151>Georgia vs. Wisconsin
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Jan. 1
11 a.m. </TD><TD width=42>ESPN </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>SBC Cotton
at Dallas, Texas </TD><TD width=151>Texas A&M
vs. Tennessee
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Jan. 1
11 a.m. </TD><TD width=42>Fox </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Toyota Gator
at Jacksonville, Fla. </TD><TD width=151>West Virginia vs.
Florida State
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Jan. 1
12:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>NBC </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Capital One
at Orlando, Fla. </TD><TD width=151>Iowa vs. LSU
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Jan. 1
1 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ABC </TD></TR>



<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Rose
at Pasadena, Calif. </TD><TD width=151>Michigan vs. Texas
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Jan. 1
4:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ABC </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Tostitos Fiesta
at Tempe, Ariz. </TD><TD width=151>Utah vs. Pittsburgh
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ABC </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=172>Nokia Sugar
at New Orleans, La. </TD><TD width=151>Auburn vs. Virginia Tech
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Jan. 3
8 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ABC </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=172>FedEx Orange
at Miami, Fla. </TD><TD width=151>USC vs. Oklahoma
Get Tickets </TD><TD width=65>Jan. 4
8 p.m. </TD><TD width=42>ABC </TD></TR>

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Cal has to play Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl because they barely lost to number one. Unbelievable. My next article will cover my thoughts on this travesty, but it is definitely time for fans nationwide to express their outrage that a team like Pitt gets a chance to play in a major bowl.

Being a Colorado fan, I think little Carson might throw for 500 yards for UTEP vs the Buffs. I think Boise-Louisville might be the most fun to watch.

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Iowa is going to surprise some people when they beat LSU.

Hey can one of the linesmakers here put up the over/under I am sure everyone really wants to bet: attendance at the Silicon Valley Bowl between N Illinois and Troy? I am guessing 10,000, but that could be generous.

valdosta said:

Iowa is going to surprise some people when they beat LSU.

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Congrats to you Valdosta....too many games to keep track of today.

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Glaken said:

Congrats to you Valdosta....too many games to keep track of today.

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Thanks, I don't really bet football though (just boxing and MMA). My only bet might be USC over Chokelahoma. I was just happy my prediction was right being I am originally from Iowa :drink:

I think we're devided as a forum on the USC game..several on both sides. I'm not too surprised about the Iowa game; with Saban leaving for Miami tomorrow it may have been a trap game if there is such a thing in Bowl Season.

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both teams had some HORRIBLE clock management. LSU could have won that game but there clock management sucked. Also, how the hell do you let a guy get so open on the last play of the game? Oh well, I am happy it turned out that way

I saw OK and USC this year. With the line coming down so much I might bet USC because I think they are the more talented team. Regardless of what happened to California I think they win.