By Jason Kirk
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Dec 4, 2011 - Coming into Saturday, the LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide meeting again in the BCS National Championship Game seemed like a sure thing. If the Georgia Bulldogs could score an upset against LSU, and if the Oklahoma St. Cowboys looked dominant in Bedlam, then maybe there'd be an outside shot the voters could slip the Pokes into New Orleans.
But what was supposed to happen if OSU looked that dominant? 44-10?
I still think Alabama is better, and I think LSU-Georgia analyst Gary Danielson's State of the BCS Address soothed rematch angst in certain pockets of the country, but the fact that SEC powers are lobbying for Bama -- Nick Saban, thanks for stopping by College GameDay! -- does show THE REMATCH OF THE CENTURY is not being taken for granted in Birmingham.
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With that in mind, here are two sets of 2011-12 bowl projections. Clean and unclean. The first will fly just fine in SEC country, but sneak past that one for what could happen around the nation if the humans in charge decide they don't want to see a repeat.
Both piles of bowl projections, with locked-in teams bolded:
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Bowl |
Team |
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12/17/2011 |
Gildan New Mexico |
San Diego State (8-4) |
Western Michigan (7-5) |
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12/17/2011 |
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl |
Toledo (8-4) |
Utah State (7-5) |
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12/17/2011 |
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl |
Marshall (6-6) |
UL-Lafayette (8-4) |
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12/20/2011 |
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl |
Iowa State (6-6) |
Florida International (8-4) |
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12/21/2011 |
SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl |
Wyoming (8-4) |
Louisiana Tech (8-4) |
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12/22/2011 |
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas |
Boise State (11-1) |
Arizona State (6-6) |
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12/24/2011 |
Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl |
Nevada (7-5) |
SMU (7-5) |
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12/26/2011 |
Advocare Independence Bowl |
Air Force (7-5) |
N.C. State (7-5) |
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12/27/2011 |
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl |
Northwestern (6-6) |
Ohio (9-4) |
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12/27/2011 |
Belk Bowl |
North Carolina (7-5) |
Louisville (7-5) |
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12/28/2011 |
Military Bowl |
Wake Forest (6-6) |
Temple (8-4) |
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12/28/2011 |
Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl |
Texas (7-5) |
California (7-5) |
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12/29/2011 |
Champs Sports Bowl |
Florida State (8-4) |
Notre Dame (8-4) |
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12/29/2011 |
Valero Alamo Bowl |
Kansas State (10-2) |
Washington (7-5) |
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12/30/2011 |
Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl |
Tulsa (8-4) |
BYU (9-3) |
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12/30/2011 |
New Era Pinstripe Bowl |
Missouri (7-5) |
Rutgers (8-4) |
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12/30/2011 |
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl |
Virginia (8-4) |
Mississippi State (6-6) |
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12/30/2011 |
Insight Bowl |
Baylor (9-3) |
Penn State (9-3) |
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12/31/2011 |
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas |
Texas A&M (6-6) |
Iowa (7-5) |
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12/31/2011 |
Hyundai Sun Bowl |
Georgia Tech (8-4) |
Utah (7-5) |
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12/31/2011 |
AutoZone Liberty Bowl |
Cincinnati (9-3) |
Vanderbilt (6-6) |
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12/31/2011 |
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl |
UCLA (6-7) |
Illinois (6-6) |
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12/31/2011 |
Chick-fil-A Bowl |
Auburn (7-5) |
Virginia Tech (11-2) |
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1/2/2011 |
TicketCity Bowl |
Purdue (6-6) |
Houston (12-1) |
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1/2/2011 |
Outback Bowl |
Nebraska (9-3) |
South Carolina (10-2) |
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1/2/2011 |
Capital One Bowl |
Michigan State (10-3) |
Georgia (10-3) |
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1/2/2011 |
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl |
Ohio State (6-6) |
Florida (6-6) |
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1/6/2011 |
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic |
Oklahoma (9-3) |
Arkansas (10-2) |
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1/7/2011 |
BBVA Compass Bowl |
Pitt (6-6) |
Southern Miss (11-2) |
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1/8/2011 |
GoDaddy.com Bowl |
Northern Illinois (10-3) |
Arkansas State (10-2) |
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1/2/2011 |
Rose Bowl |
Wisconsin (11-2) |
Oregon (11-2) |
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1/2/2011 |
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl |
Oklahoma State (11-1) |
Stanford (11-1) |
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1/3/2011 |
Allstate Sugar Bowl |
Michigan (10-2) |
TCU (10-2) |
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1/4/2011 |
Discover Orange Bowl |
Clemson (10-3) |
West Virginia (9-3) |
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1/9/2011 |
Allstate BCS National Championship Game |
Alabama (11-1) |
LSU (13-0) |
And your rematch-proof projections:
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Date |
Bowl |
Team |
Team |
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12/17/2011 |
Gildan New Mexico |
San Diego State (8-4) |
Western Michigan (7-5) |
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12/17/2011 |
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl |
Toledo (8-4) |
Utah State (7-5) |
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12/17/2011 |
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl |
Marshall (6-6) |
UL-Lafayette (8-4) |
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12/20/2011 |
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl |
Wyoming (8-4) |
Florida International (8-4) |
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12/21/2011 |
SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl |
Boise State (11-1) |
Louisiana Tech (8-4) |
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12/22/2011 |
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas |
TCU (10-2) |
Arizona State (6-6) |
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12/24/2011 |
Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl |
Nevada (7-5) |
SMU (7-5) |
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12/26/2011 |
Advocare Independence Bowl |
Air Force (7-5) |
N.C. State (7-5) |
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12/27/2011 |
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl |
Northwestern (6-6) |
Ohio (9-4) |
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12/27/2011 |
Belk Bowl |
North Carolina (7-5) |
Louisville (7-5) |
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12/28/2011 |
Military Bowl |
Wake Forest (6-6) |
Temple (8-4) |
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12/28/2011 |
Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl |
Missouri (7-5) |
California (7-5) |
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12/29/2011 |
Champs Sports Bowl |
Florida State (8-4) |
Notre Dame (8-4) |
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12/29/2011 |
Valero Alamo Bowl |
Baylor (9-3) |
Washington (7-5) |
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12/30/2011 |
Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl |
Tulsa (8-4) |
BYU (9-3) |
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12/30/2011 |
New Era Pinstripe Bowl |
Iowa State (6-6) |
Rutgers (8-4) |
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12/30/2011 |
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl |
Virginia (8-4) |
Mississippi State (6-6) |
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12/30/2011 |
Insight Bowl |
Texas (7-5) |
Penn State (9-3) |
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12/31/2011 |
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas |
Texas A&M (6-6) |
Iowa (7-5) |
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12/31/2011 |
Hyundai Sun Bowl |
Georgia Tech (8-4) |
Utah (7-5) |
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12/31/2011 |
AutoZone Liberty Bowl |
Cincinnati (9-3) |
Vanderbilt (6-6) |
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12/31/2011 |
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl |
UCLA (6-7) |
Illinois (6-6) |
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12/31/2011 |
Chick-fil-A Bowl |
Auburn (7-5) |
Virginia Tech (11-2) |
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1/2/2011 |
TicketCity Bowl |
Purdue (6-6) |
Houston (12-1) |
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1/2/2011 |
Outback Bowl |
Nebraska (9-3) |
South Carolina (10-2) |
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1/2/2011 |
Capital One Bowl |
Michigan State (10-3) |
Georgia (10-3) |
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1/2/2011 |
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl |
Ohio State (6-6) |
Florida (6-6) |
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1/6/2011 |
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic |
Oklahoma (9-3) |
Arkansas (10-2) |
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1/7/2011 |
BBVA Compass Bowl |
Pitt (6-6) |
Southern Miss (11-2) |
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1/8/2011 |
GoDaddy.com Bowl |
Northern Illinois (10-3) |
Arkansas State (10-2) |
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1/2/2011 |
Rose Bowl |
Wisconsin (11-2) |
Oregon (11-2) |
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1/2/2011 |
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl |
Kansas State (10-2) |
Michigan (10-2) |
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1/3/2011 |
Allstate Sugar Bowl |
Stanford (11-1) |
Alabama (11-1) |
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1/4/2011 |
Discover Orange Bowl |
Clemson (10-3) |
West Virginia (9-3) |
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1/9/2011 |
Allstate BCS National Championship Game |
Oklahoma State (11-1) |
LSU (13-0) |
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TCU
Why is TCU a BCS team in one set of predictions and not in the other? Aren’t they either automatically in or out regardless of whether Bama or OSU plays LSU?
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by Hopkins Horn on Dec 4, 2011 9:47 AM EST reply actions
They aren't guaranteed of anything no matter what happens in the title game.
TCU, Michigan, K-State and a couple others are on the BCS bubble, so to speak.
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by Jason Kirk on Dec 4, 2011 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
If...
…TCU finishes in the Top 16 and ahead of the Big East Champ and Southern Miss, they’re automatically in the BCS. If they’re not in the Top 16 or if they’re somehow behind Southern Miss or WVU, they’re automatically ineligible. Seems to me that they should be either in both projections or out of both projections, since the OSU/Bama debate won’t have a ripple effect that far down the BCS standings.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 4, 2011 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
My thinking there...
Voters are only going to want to meddle so much. They know where OSU, Michigan, TCU, and so forth need to wind up, and choosing to put OSU into the top two may feel like sufficient god-playing for one week’s ballot.
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by Jason Kirk on Dec 4, 2011 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Wake Forest...
We still cannot go to the Military Bowl because UNC has to be picked behind us. Wake isn’t gonna have any pull with any conference so we’re going to Shreveport unless Virginia Tech gets the at-large bid from the BCS, moving all ACC teams up a slot. This would remove the DC bowl from an ACC tie-in, slide UNC to Shreveport and send Wake to either Charlotte or Nashville (probably Nashville).
I don’t really know why it’s so hard for people to just read the different conference rules regarding who can jump who.
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by BJohnston on Dec 4, 2011 11:58 AM EST reply actions
ACC Bowl Lineup..
In the very likely circumstance that Virginia Tech does NOT get an at-large bid:
Orange Bowl: Clemson
Chickfila Bowl: Virginia Tech
Champ Sports: Florida State
Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech
Belk Bowl: N.C. State
Music City Bowl: Virginia
Independence Bowl: Wake Forest
Military Bowl: UNC
This is 99% the order if Virginia Tech doesn’t get an at-large BCS bid.
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by BJohnston on Dec 4, 2011 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
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