2011-2012 College Bowl Season Thread

[SkinsHokieFan]

Hate to start a new thread, but the 2011 college football thread is getting all sorts of errors and having issues now (redirect loops, etc)

Here is a link to the old 2011 thread


Continue discussing in this thread the rest of the CFB season until the BCS title game on January 9th

Bowl schedule


Bowl Location Date/Time Network

Gildan New Mexico

MWC vs. Pac-12 Albuquerque, N.M. University Stadium

Dec. 17 2 p.m. ESPN

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Ohio vs. Utah State Boise, Idaho Bronco Stadium

Dec. 17 5:30 p.m. ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans C-USA vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Dec. 17 9 p.m. ESPN

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Florida International vs. C-USA St. Petersburg, Fla.

Tropicana Field

Dec. 20 8 p.m. ESPN

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia MWC vs. Louisiana Tech San Diego

Qualcomm Stadium

Dec. 21 8 p.m. ESPN

MAACO Las Vegas MWC vs. Pac-12 Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium

Dec. 22 8 p.m. ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii Nevada vs. Southern Miss Honolulu

Aloha Stadium

Dec. 24 8 p.m. ESPN

AdvoCare V100 Independence ACC vs. Missouri Shreveport, La.

Independence Stadium

Dec. 26 5 p.m. ESPN2

Little Caesars Western Michigan vs. Big Ten Detroit Ford Field

Dec. 27 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Belk ACC vs. Big East Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium

Dec. 27 8 p.m. ESPN

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman ACC vs. Navy Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium

Dec. 28 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Big 12 vs. Pac-12 San Diego Qualcomm Stadium

Dec. 28 8 p.m. ESPN

Champs Sports ACC vs. Big East Orlando, Fla.

Florida Citrus Bowl

Dec. 29 5:30 p.m. ESPN

Valero Alamo Big 12 vs. Pac-12 San Antonio Alamodome

Dec. 29 9 p.m. ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces BYU vs. Tulsa Dallas Gerald J. Ford Stadium

Dec. 30 Noon ESPN

New Era Pinstripe Iowa State vs. Rutgers Bronx, N.Y. Yankee Stadium

Dec. 30 3:20 p.m. ESPN

Franklin American Mortgage Music City ACC vs. SEC Nashville, Tenn. LP Field

Dec. 30 6:40 p.m. ESPN

Insight Big Ten vs. Big 12 Tempe, Ariz. Sun Devil Stadium

Dec. 30 10 p.m. ESPN

Meineke Car Care of Texas Texas A&M vs. Northwestern Houston Reliant Stadium

Dec. 31 Noon ESPN

Hyundai Sun ACC vs. Pac-12 El Paso, Texas

Sun Bowl

Dec. 31 2 p.m. CBS

AutoZone Liberty C-USA vs. SEC Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl

Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ABC

Kraft Fight Hunger Army vs. Pac-12 San Francisco AT&T Park

Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ESPN

Chick-fil-A ACC vs. SEC Atlanta Georgia Dome

Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. ESPN

TicketCity Houston vs. Penn State Dallas Cotton Bowl

Jan. 2 Noon ESPNU

Outback Big Ten vs. SEC Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium

Jan. 2 1 p.m. ABC

Capital One Big Ten vs. SEC Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl

Jan. 2 1 p.m. ESPN

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl Ohio State vs. Florida Jacksonville, Fla. EverBank Field

Jan. 2 1 p.m. ESPN2

Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio BCS vs. BCS Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl

Jan. 2 5 p.m. ESPN

Tostitos Fiesta BCS vs. BCS Glendale, Ariz. U. of Phoenix Stadium

Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. ESPN

Allstate Sugar BCS vs. BCS New Orleans Louisiana Superdome

Jan. 3 8:30 p.m. ESPN

Discover Orange BCS vs. BCS Miami Sun Life Stadium

Jan. 4 8:30 p.m. ESPN

AT&T Cotton Big 12 vs. SEC Arlington, Texas Cowboys Stadium

Jan. 6 8 p.m. FOX

BBVA Compass Bowl SMU vs. Pittsburgh Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field

Jan. 7 1 p.m. ESPN

GoDaddy.com Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium

Jan. 8 9 p.m. ESPN

Allstate BCS National Championship Game BCS vs. BCS New Orleans Louisiana Superdome

Jan. 9 8:30 p.m. ES

[ACW]

Ah, the crappy part of college football. 34 exhibitions (actually 35 this time). Non BCS bowl, Houston-PSU could be intriguing, and I wanna see Kellen's last game.

EDIT: Apparently the BCS is so crappy this year that it's actually infected the other thread

[big#44]

I know the BCS is chaotic but I've never seen it literally make a thread crash.

[DCranon21]

Damn, we're making the thread crash now. What's next The thread really crashing when Tyrann Mathaieu wins the Heisman.

[ACW]

I know the BCS is chaotic but I've never seen it literally make a thread crash.

Such is the sucktitude

[China]

Anyone else think it's strange and unusual that there are NO New Years Day games?

[ACW]

Anyone else think it's strange and unusual that there are NO New Years Day games?

NFL
Now, why no New Years EVE games...

Heisman Finalists:
-Colts' next QB
-Our next QB
-Ball
-Richardson
-Mathieu

[thebluefood]

Anyone else think it's strange and unusual that there are NO New Years Day games?

Probably because the TV networks didn't want college football going head to head against the NFL.

[LeesburgSkinFan]

Maybe next year we should do a weekly college football thread instead of one long ass one.

[ixcuincle]

We did that last year

Just consolidate all discussion into one thread

[BayouBrave86]

LSU by more than 3.

[Toe Jam]

A few predictions:

SUGAR BOWL: Michigan 31, VT 24
ORANGE BOWL: Clemson 41, WVU 35
FIESTA BOWL: Oklahoma State 49, Stanford 28
ROSE BOWL: Oregon 28, Wisconsin 24
BCS CHAMPIONSHIP: Alabama 17, LSU 10

[Bubble Screen]

A few predictions:

SUGAR BOWL: Michigan 31, VT 24
ORANGE BOWL: Clemson 41, WVU 35
FIESTA BOWL: Oklahoma State 49, Stanford 28
ROSE BOWL: Oregon 28, Wisconsin 24
BCS CHAMPIONSHIP: Alabama 17, LSU 10

Those look like pretty solid predictions. Can't really disagree too much with any of them. However, I do think Oregon's speed could end up making that one a laugher. Much like the Oregon-Stanford game earlier. But, we'll see.

[The Tris]

I know the BCS is chaotic but I've never seen it literally make a thread crash.

This was my immediate thought as well.

Spencer with a great read as always:

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-footbal...llege-football

[DCranon21]

This was my immediate thought as well.

Spencer with a great read as always:

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-footbal...llege-football

8. Allstate Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs. Virginia Tech. I can't be mad at Virginia Tech. They're just exploiting a system that says, "Hey, why don't you take that pillowy-soft schedule, relax for a week in New Orleans, and then have a bunch of hand grenades and gumbo on us." I can't be mad at Michigan, either, since they get to go to a real bowl game for the first time since returning from relegation to D-2 football. (Again, welcome back, Michigan.) Is it going to be watchable? Begrudgingly, yes, since any game with Denard Robinson is by definition watchable, and because VT's Logan Thomas running downfield is like watching a hippo trash a Gymboree, with racks flying everywhere and children screaming. It's not the matchup either team deserved, but it doesn't mean this won't be interesting to watch.

YOUR STUPID NON-COLLEGE-FOOTBALL-WATCHING RELATIVE SAYS: "Why is Mike Golic coaching Michigan? Is it like a guest thing? I think you should read The Secret. It really helped me work through my sugar issues and my divorce and stuff."

You think that's Sugar

Tris good read. I have to go through it all.