Final AP College Football Bowl projections

Wrigley · Dec 4, 2005

These should be the pairings will find out officially later today
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Final AP Bowl projections in todays startribune
December 4, 2005

BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Rose (national title game) Jan. 4 Pasadena, Calif. Southern California (BCS No. 1) vs. Texas (BCS No. 2)

Orange Jan. 3 Miami Penn State (Big Ten) vs. Florida State (ACC)

Fiesta Jan. 2 Tempe, Ariz. Notre Dame (at-large) vs. Ohio State (at-large)

Sugar Jan. 2 Atlanta Georgia (SEC) vs. West Virginia (Big East)

OTHER BIG TEN BOWL GAMES

Capital One Jan. 2 Orlando Wisconsin vs. Auburn (SEC No. 2)

Outback Jan. 2 Tampa, Fla. Michigan vs. Florida (SEC pick)

Alamo Dec. 28 San Antonio Iowa vs. Nebraska (Big 12 No. 4)

Sun Dec. 30 El Paso, Texas Northwestern vs. UCLA (Pac-10 No. 3)

Music City Dec. 30 Nashville Minnesota vs. Georgia Tech * (replaces SEC pick)

Motor City Dec. 26 Detroit Louisiana Tech * (replaces Big Ten team) vs. Akron (MAC pick)

OTHER BOWLS

Cotton Jan. 2 Dallas Texas Tech (Big 12 choice) vs. Alabama (SEC pick)

Gator Jan. 2 Jacksonville Miami, Fla. (ACC No. 2) vs. Louisville (Big East No. 2)

Liberty Dec. 31 Memphis Tulsa (Conf. USA No. 1) vs. Fresno State (at-large)

Houston Dec. 31 Houston Iowa State (Big 12 No. 5/6) vs. Texas Christian (Conf. USA)

Meineke Car Care Dec. 31 Charlotte, N.C. N.C. State (ACC pick) vs. South Florida (Big East pick)

Peach Dec. 30 Atlanta Virginia Tech (ACC No. 3) vs. LSU (SEC pick)

Independence Dec. 30 Shreveport, La. Missouri (Big 12 pick) vs. South Carolina (SEC pick)

Holiday Dec. 29 San Diego Oregon (Pac-10 No. 2) vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 No. 3)

Emerald Dec. 29 San Francisco Utah (Mountain West pick) vs. Virginia *

MPC Computers Dec. 28 Boise, Idaho Boise State (WAC pick) vs. Boston College (ACC No. 6)

Insight Dec. 27 Phoenix Arizona State (Pac-10 No. 4) vs. Rutgers (Big East pick)

Champs Sports Dec. 27 Orlando Clemson (ACC No. 4/5) vs. Colorado (Big 12 No. 7)

Hawaii Dec. 24 Honolulu Central Florida (Conf. USA No. 3) vs. Nevada (WAC pick)

Fort Worth Dec. 23 Fort Worth, Texas Houston (Conference USA No. 4) vs. Kansas (Big 12 No. 8)

Poinsettia Dec. 22 San Diego Colorado State (Mountain West pick) vs. Navy (at-large)

Las Vegas Dec. 22 Las Vegas Brigham Young (Mtn. West pick) vs. California (Pac-10 No. 5)

GMAC Dec. 21 Mobile, Ala. UTEP (Conference USA No. 2) vs. Toledo (MAC pick)

New Orleans Dec. 20 Lafayette, La. Arkansas State (Sun Belt No. 1) vs. Memphis (Conf. USA pick)

Teams that have accepted bids are in bold

Kornholio · Dec 4, 2005

It's a crock that Penn St. will be playing a crap Fl. St. team when they were 1 second away from possibly being in the title game. BCS blows. I still believe someday we will have a playoff.

Budworth22 · Dec 4, 2005

Kornholio...

if you think this Penn State team will just walk all oper FSU you will be in for s suprise.

Wrigley · Dec 4, 2005

Paterno vs Bowden maybe they can side bet their social security checks for the game.

Kornholio · Dec 4, 2005

Budworth22 said:
Kornholio...

if you think this Penn State team will just walk all oper FSU you will be in for s suprise.

Florida States offense is so bad they will not score on Penn St. 21-0.

wilheim · Dec 4, 2005

Alamo Dec. 28 San Antonio Iowa vs. Nebraska (Big 12 No. 4)

Easy win for The hawkeyes??/

wil.

Wrigley · Dec 4, 2005

wilheim said:
Easy win for The hawkeyes??/

wil.

Earlier they had them playing Oklahoma that would of been a better game

Budworth22 · Dec 4, 2005

Lol. Penn State has played 1 defense the caliber of FSU (Ohio State). They played them at HOME. You won 17-10.

In that game, you had ONE drive. The other TD scores by Penn State, was on a drive starting at Ohio States 2 yard line after an interception.

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bg2 vAlign=center align=right height=17><TD class=bg3 align=left>3-14-OHST14</TD><TD class=bg3 align=left>(9:31) Troy Smith was intercepted. Calvin Lowry returned the interception for 35 yards. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

But wait. Ohio State had scoring drives of 44, and 81 yards.

But the Orange bowl isnt in beaver stadium. FSU has more talent than PSU, I don't think that is even in question. The question is will the offensive line get back healthy, and who will come with the better game plan.

Kornholio · Dec 4, 2005

Florida States defense is not even close to the same class as OSU. And I am not a Penn State fan BTW. We shall see. If anything you are making me actually look forward to this game so thank you.

iahawk40 · Dec 4, 2005

Iowa vs whoever will be a rout; Hawkeyes playing great football after HC Ferentz read OC O'Keefe the riot act for the horrible play calling in the losses to Michigan and Northwestern.

Oklahoma vs Iowa would only be a better game because of the Hayden Fry connection--it would give the announcers someone to call on the phone late in the 4th quarter of the 38-3 blowout.......:lolBIG:

The FSU/Penn State game will be a fraud, too. Blow out for Penn State--who should be playing either one of the two lame-assed teams playing for the "national championship".........:money:

Kornholio · Dec 4, 2005

Another Hawkeye fan. I think the entire state of Iowa posts here now.

iahawk40 · Dec 4, 2005

does that ISU refer to that joke of a program over in Ames? Could you clowns PLEASE win a game that matters after September one of these years? I wouldn't have any problems at all rooting for ISU if they would just win something important.... other than the Iowa/Iowa State game, of course....:toast:

TTinCO · Dec 4, 2005

Kornholio said:
Another Hawkeye fan. I think the entire state of Iowa posts here now.

It's going to get ugly around here come Dec. 28th.

:greenguy: Iowa

Kornholio · Dec 4, 2005

iahawk40 said:
does that ISU refer to that joke of a program over in Ames? Could you clowns PLEASE win a game that matters after September one of these years? I wouldn't have any problems at all rooting for ISU if they would just win something important.... other than the Iowa/Iowa State game, of course....:toast:

ISU = Illinois State University. I live two blocks from the campus. The pants part is a long story. I am an Illini fan. Got no problems with you being an Iowa fan. I was just saying we have a TON of Iowa fans here :103631605

Wrigley · Dec 4, 2005

TTinCO said:
It's going to get ugly around here come Dec. 28th.

:greenguy: Iowa

Who really is the cornhuskers Nebraska or Iowa?

Did you Know?

Six states within the USA (Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio) account for 82% of corn production. Iowa leads the group with 22% (which is 8.5% of total world production, approximately the total production of Mexico, France and Argentina put together).

Budworth22 · Dec 4, 2005

Penn State isn't blowing out anybody with that offense. They might win, and they will be favored, but that offense doesn't blow people out.

iahawk40 · Dec 4, 2005

damn, I was hoping you were a Cy-Clown so I could try and hassle you a bit more...:lolBIG:

How is the hoops team this year? Missouri Valley is always a tough conference in college baskets, and one( along with the Big-10 and Horizon leagues) that I try and follow--and try and limit my wagering to only those conferences--with limited success, unfortunately....:sad3:

Cubsmac · Dec 4, 2005

Wrigley said:
Who really is the cornhuskers Nebraska or Iowa?

Did you Know?

Six states within the USA (Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio) account for 82% of corn production. Iowa leads the group with 22% (which is 8.5% of total world production, approximately the total production of Mexico, France and Argentina put together).

Many many years ago, Univ of Iowa was not nicknamed the Hawkeyes, they were the Cornhuskers. Iowa's AD, who named Iowa the Cornhuskers, then left the school for the AD job at Nebraska. At the time Nebraska was nicknamed the Bugeaters. The new AD decided to take his name with him, thus Nebraska became the Cornhuskers while the new AD at Iowa named them the Hawkeyes.

Kornholio · Dec 4, 2005

Iahawk -- ISU is gonna suck this year. I follow the MVC very closely and always do very well betting. Love the MVC and looking forward to the conference season. I get to see a lot of games.

iahawk40 · Dec 4, 2005

thanks, Korn, for the heads-up. Will be looking for your MVC plays--together we should be able to kick the Man right where it hurts....:toast:

Cubsmac--

I wasn't aware of that fact. How many years ago are we talking about? I have seen pictures of the early Iowa teams playing football--dating from before 1900, and I thought they were called the Hawkeyes then?