Last year, the Boise St. Broncos saw another BCS run dashed by a missed field goal that sent them all the way to the Las Vegas Bowl. It looks to be a similar story this time around -- if the TCU Horned Frogs can hang on for the Mountain West title, they'll take the Vegas spot, putting Boise State in the Poinsettia. Instead of the Sugar or Fiesta bid the Broncos would've likely gotten by beating TCU. Ouch.
One thing we didn't do: presume Penn State won't be invited or will choose to decline an invitation. Remember, three days ago it looked like PSU might need to cancel games. After watching Saturday's game against Nebraska, dropping that game would've been a terrible idea. Who knows, but let's give it time.
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Bowl |
Date |
Matchup |
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BCS National Championship Game |
1/9/2011 |
LSU vs. Oklahoma State |
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Rose Bowl |
1/2/2011 |
Oregon vs. Wisconsin |
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Tostitos Fiesta Bowl |
1/2/2011 |
Oklahoma vs. Houston |
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Allstate Sugar Bowl |
1/3/2011 |
Alabama vs. Stanford |
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Discover Orange Bowl |
1/4/2011 |
Clemson vs. Cincinnati |
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GoDaddy.com |
1/8/2011 |
NIU vs. ULL |
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BBVA Compass |
1/7/2011 |
N.C. State vs. Louisville |
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Cotton |
1/6/2011 |
Kansas State vs. Arkansas |
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Outback |
1/2/2011 |
Penn State vs. South Carolina |
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Gator |
1/2/2011 |
Michigan vs. Auburn |
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Capital One |
1/2/2011 |
Michigan State vs. Georgia |
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TicketCity |
1/2/2011 |
Iowa vs. Air Force |
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Chick-fil-A |
12/31/2011 |
Virginia Tech vs. Florida |
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Liberty |
12/31/2011 |
Southern Miss vs. Mississippi State |
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Kraft Fight Hunger |
12/31/2011 |
California vs. Miami |
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Sun |
12/31/2011 |
Virginia vs. Arizona State |
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Meineke Car Care of Texas |
12/31/2011 |
Texas A&M vs. Ohio State |
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Insight |
12/30/2011 |
Baylor vs. Nebraska |
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Music City |
12/30/2011 |
Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt |
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Pinstripe |
12/30/2011 |
Texas Tech vs. Rutgers |
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Armed Forces |
12/30/2011 |
BYU vs. Tulsa |
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Alamo |
12/29/2011 |
Texas vs. UCLA |
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Champs Sports |
12/29/2011 |
Notre Dame vs. Florida State |
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Holiday |
12/28/2011 |
Washington vs. Missouri |
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Military |
12/28/2011 |
Wake Forest vs. Navy |
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Belk |
12/27/2011 |
West Virginia vs. North Carolina |
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Little Caesars |
12/27/2011 |
Ohio vs. Purdue |
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Independence |
12/26/2011 |
Wyoming vs. South Florida |
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Hawaii |
12/24/2011 |
Hawaii vs. SMU |
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Maaco |
12/22/2011 |
TCU vs. Utah |
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Poinsettia |
12/21/2011 |
Boise State vs. Nevada |
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Beef O'Brady's |
12/20/2011 |
Pittsburgh vs. ECU |
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New Orleans |
12/17/2011 |
Arkansas State vs. UTEP |
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Famous Idaho Potato |
12/17/2011 |
Temple vs. FIU |
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New Mexico |
12/17/2011 |
San Diego State vs. Louisiana Tech |
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