Panthernation Bowl Pick' em

[95UNIGRAD]

Re: Panthernation Bowl Pick' em

really? you honestly think that Boise would go through the Big Ten or SEC with one loss? you are high.

i dont doubt that Boise could beat PSU, iowa, or michigan. thats not the point. the point is that no one cares and no one will watch it, while those other schools have huge alumni bases and fans that care.

a lot of teams could win a game vs. an elite school in a one game situation. the beauty of college football is that it is a grind that requires talent, depth, and luck to succeed. BSU needed virtually none of those things for 2/3 of their games.

I wasn't aware that you were a member of our message board, Mr. Gee. Welcome.

The beauty of college basketball, compared to college football, is that teams regularly get a shot to knock of the "big boys" or "superior" conferences, and they do it. A certain team from Cedar Falls proved that in March. The disgustingness (is that a word?) that is the BCS doesn't allow that to happen in football, because they know that would make them look stupid. That's why I love the tourney, baby. No dodging anyone there, and that's why people love it.

[jegbomb52]

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The do the same thing in Basketball, the only difference is eventually we get our chance. Who was Butler's first round game against last year? Who was our first round game against last year? More mid-majors. Eliminate us early so we can't expose the injustice of the selection and seeding process.

[Cannic88]

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The do the same thing in Basketball, the only difference is eventually we get our chance. Who was Butler's first round game against last year? Who was our first round game against last year? More mid-majors. Eliminate us early so we can't expose the injustice of the selection and seeding process.

agreed. we got a seed about 2 or 3 lower than what we deserved in order to play UNLV (which there arrogant fanbase says is not a mid-major). When we beat Kansas I remember thanking the selection committee for it to be possible.

On another note, so far there is nine people who have submitted picks to me including myself.

[Cannic88]

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Ok, thought it would be fun to have a Bowl Pick' em contest between everyone on Panthernation. It's free and winner gets bragging rights. Below are a list of all of the bowl games for this year. Just reply to this message with who you think will win each game. I will keep track of everyones picks and post updates of who is winning after so many games along with the final winners. First game is Dec. 18th.

1 point for non BCS games.
2 points for BCS games.
3 points for NC game.
tiebreaker is total number of points in NC game

New Mexico Bowl Dec. 18th
BYU vs. UTEP

uDrove Humanitarian Dec. 18th
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State

R+L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 18th
Ohio vs. Troy

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Dec. 21st
Southern Mississippi vs. Louisville

MAACO Las Vegas Dec. 22nd
Utah vs. Boise State

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23rd
Navy vs. San Diego State

Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24th
Hawaii vs. Tulsa

Little Caesars Dec. 26th
Florida International vs. Toledo

AdvoCare V100 Independence Dec. 27th
Air Force vs. Georgia Tech

Champs Sports Dec. 28th
West Virginia vs. NC State

Insight Dec. 28th
Missouri vs. Iowa

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Dec. 29th
East Carolina vs. Maryland

Texas Bowl Dec. 29th
Illinois vs. Baylor

Valero Alamo Dec. 29th
Oklahoma State vs. Arizona

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 30th
Army vs. SMU

New Era Pinstripe Dec. 30th
Kansas St. vs. Syracuse

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Dec. 30th
North Carolina vs. Tennessee

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Dec. 30th
Nebraska vs. Washington

Meineke Car Care Dec. 31st
South Florida vs. Clemson

Hyundai Sun Bowl Dec. 31st
Notre Dame vs. Miami

Autozone Liberty Bowl Dec. 31st
Georgia vs. UCF

Chick-fil-A Bowl Dec. 31st
South Carolina vs. Florida State

TicketCity Bowl Jan. 1st
Northwestern vs. Texas Tech

Outback Bowl Jan. 1st
Florida vs. Penn State

Capital One Bowl Jan. 1st
Alabama vs. Michigan State

Gator Bowl Jan. 1st
Mississippi State vs. Michigan

Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO Jan. 1st
Wisconsin vs. TCU pleeeeeeeasse

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 1st
Connecticut vs. Oklahoma

Discover Orange Bowl Jan. 3rd
Stanford vs. Virginia Tech

Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 4th
Ohio State vs. Arkansas

GoDaddy.com Jan. 6th
Middle Tennessee vs. Miami (Ohio)

AT&T Cotton Jan. 7th
LSU vs. Texas A&M

BBVA Compass Bowl Jan. 8th
Pittsburgh vs. Kentucky

Kraft Fight Hunger Jan. 8th
Nevada vs. Boston College

Tostitos BCS National Championship Game Jan. 10th
Auburn vs. Oregon

80

figured I better throw in my picks before the bowl play started

[TravelingPanther]

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New Mexico Bowl Dec. 18th
BYU vs. UTEP

uDrove Humanitarian Dec. 18th
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State

R+L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 18th
Ohio vs. Troy

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Dec. 21st
Southern Mississippi vs. Louisville

MAACO Las Vegas Dec. 22nd
Utah vs. Boise State

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23rd
Navy vs. San Diego State

Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24th
Hawaii vs. Tulsa

Little Caesars Dec. 26th
Florida International vs. Toledo

AdvoCare V100 Independence Dec. 27th
Air Force vs. Georgia Tech

Champs Sports Dec. 28th
West Virginia vs. NC State

Insight Dec. 28th
Missouri vs. Iowa

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Dec. 29th
East Carolina vs. Maryland

Texas Bowl Dec. 29th
Illinois vs. Baylor

Valero Alamo Dec. 29th
Oklahoma State vs. Arizona

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 30th
Army vs. SMU

New Era Pinstripe Dec. 30th
Kansas St. vs. Syracuse

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Dec. 30th
North Carolina vs. Tennessee

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Dec. 30th
Nebraska vs. Washington

Meineke Car Care Dec. 31st
South Florida vs. Clemson

Hyundai Sun Bowl Dec. 31st
Notre Dame vs. Miami

Autozone Liberty Bowl Dec. 31st
Georgia vs. UCF

Chick-fil-A Bowl Dec. 31st
South Carolina vs. Florida State

TicketCity Bowl Jan. 1st
Northwestern vs. Texas Tech

Outback Bowl Jan. 1st
Florida vs. Penn State

Capital One Bowl Jan. 1st
Alabama vs. Michigan State

Gator Bowl Jan. 1st
Mississippi State vs. Michigan

Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO Jan. 1st
Wisconsin vs. TCU

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 1st
Connecticut vs. Oklahoma

Discover Orange Bowl Jan. 3rd
Stanford vs. Virginia Tech

Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 4th
Ohio State vs. Arkansas

GoDaddy.com Jan. 6th
Middle Tennessee vs. Miami (Ohio)

AT&T Cotton Jan. 7th
LSU vs. Texas A&M

BBVA Compass Bowl Jan. 8th
Pittsburgh vs. Kentucky

Kraft Fight Hunger Jan. 8th
Nevada vs. Boston College

Tostitos BCS National Championship Game Jan. 10th
Auburn vs. Oregon
Total: 66

[FOTY]

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New Mexico Bowl Dec. 18th
BYU vs. UTEP

uDrove Humanitarian Dec. 18th
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State

R+L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 18th
Ohio vs. Troy

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Dec. 21st
Southern Mississippi vs. Louisville

MAACO Las Vegas Dec. 22nd
Utah vs. Boise State

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23rd
Navy vs. San Diego State

Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24th
Hawaii vs. Tulsa

Little Caesars Dec. 26th
Florida International vs. Toledo

AdvoCare V100 Independence Dec. 27th
Air Force vs. Georgia Tech

Champs Sports Dec. 28th
West Virginia vs. NC State

Insight Dec. 28th
Missouri vs. Iowa Jailbirds

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Dec. 29th
East Carolina vs. Maryland

Texas Bowl Dec. 29th
Illinois vs. Baylor

Valero Alamo Dec. 29th
Oklahoma State vs. Arizona

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 30th
Army vs. SMU

New Era Pinstripe Dec. 30th
Kansas St. vs. Syracuse

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Dec. 30th
North Carolina vs. Tennessee

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Dec. 30th
Nebraska vs. Washington

Meineke Car Care Dec. 31st
South Florida vs. Clemson

Hyundai Sun Bowl Dec. 31st
Notre Dame vs. Miami

Autozone Liberty Bowl Dec. 31st
Georgia vs. UCF

Chick-fil-A Bowl Dec. 31st
South Carolina vs. Florida State

TicketCity Bowl Jan. 1st
Northwestern vs. Texas Tech

Outback Bowl Jan. 1st
Florida vs. Penn State

Capital One Bowl Jan. 1st
Alabama vs. Michigan State

Gator Bowl Jan. 1st
Mississippi State vs. Michigan

Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO Jan. 1st
Wisconsin vs. TCU

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 1st
Connecticut vs. Oklahoma

Discover Orange Bowl Jan. 3rd
Stanford vs. Virginia Tech

Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 4th
Ohio State vs. Arkansas

GoDaddy.com Jan. 6th
Middle Tennessee vs. Miami (Ohio)

AT&T Cotton Jan. 7th
LSU vs. Texas A&M

BBVA Compass Bowl Jan. 8th
Pittsburgh vs. Kentucky

Kraft Fight Hunger Jan. 8th
Nevada vs. Boston College

Tostitos BCS National Championship Game Jan. 10th
Auburn vs. Oregon
Points: 87

[ubuntuCAT]

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Boise did not get screwed. they bring nothing to the table in terms of attractiveness to a bowl game, and they blew their chance (twice) to be locked into the BCS.

Didn't their game against Va Tech set an ESPN ratings record? I would say they bring something to the table.

It's a total shame that if a team like Boise loses a game they go from HUGE BCS payday to nothing of a bowl game.

the 5 loss Iowa hawkeyes are in a bowl with 3x the payout that Boise gets.

Keep the BCS, use BCS standings to determine ALL bowl matchups.

[Chitown Panther]

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then why are those teams undefeated despite playing a much tougher schedule?

if boise is so awesome, why were they not picked by a major bowl?

and what in the hell does Iowa have to do with anything?

9, i'm not directing this at you....but looks like BSU's SOS is just as good as about anyone in the Big 10.

Everyone from a power conf always $#!+$ on BSU's SOS.....its funny how they are wrong...

www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt10.htm

[Purrrrrfect]

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New Mexico Bowl Dec. 18th
BYU vs. UTEP

uDrove Humanitarian Dec. 18th
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State

R+L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 18th
Ohio vs. Troy

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Dec. 21st
Southern Mississippi vs. Louisville

MAACO Las Vegas Dec. 22nd
Utah vs. Boise State

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23rd
Navy vs. San Diego State

Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24th
Hawaii vs. Tulsa

Little Caesars Dec. 26th
Florida International vs. Toledo

AdvoCare V100 Independence Dec. 27th
Air Force vs. Georgia Tech

Champs Sports Dec. 28th
West Virginia vs. NC State

Insight Dec. 28th
Missouri vs. Iowa

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Dec. 29th
East Carolina vs. Maryland

Texas Bowl Dec. 29th
Illinois vs. Baylor

Valero Alamo Dec. 29th
Oklahoma State vs. Arizona

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 30th
Army vs. SMU

New Era Pinstripe Dec. 30th
Kansas St. vs. Syracuse

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Dec. 30th
North Carolina vs. Tennessee

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Dec. 30th
Nebraska vs. Washington

Meineke Car Care Dec. 31st
South Florida vs. Clemson

Hyundai Sun Bowl Dec. 31st
Notre Dame vs. Miami

Autozone Liberty Bowl Dec. 31st
Georgia vs. UCF

Chick-fil-A Bowl Dec. 31st
South Carolina vs. Florida State

TicketCity Bowl Jan. 1st
Northwestern vs. Texas Tech

Outback Bowl Jan. 1st
Florida vs. Penn State

Capital One Bowl Jan. 1st
Alabama vs. Michigan State

Gator Bowl Jan. 1st
Mississippi State vs. Michigan

Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO Jan. 1st
Wisconsin vs. TCU

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 1st
Connecticut vs. Oklahoma

Discover Orange Bowl Jan. 3rd
Stanford vs. Virginia Tech

Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 4th
Ohio State vs. Arkansas

GoDaddy.com Jan. 6th
Middle Tennessee vs. Miami (Ohio)

AT&T Cotton Jan. 7th
LSU vs. Texas A&M

BBVA Compass Bowl Jan. 8th
Pittsburgh vs. Kentucky

Kraft Fight Hunger Jan. 8th
Nevada vs. Boston College

Tostitos BCS National Championship Game Jan. 10th
Auburn vs. Oregon

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Go DUCKS!

[PantherHawk]

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9, i'm not directing this at you....but looks like BSU's SOS is just as good as about anyone in the Big 10.

Everyone from a power conf always $#!+$ on BSU's SOS.....its funny how they are wrong...

www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt10.htm

They had the option to join the pac 10, they didn't do it, so now they are gonna get what they deserve. Join a BCS conference and you don't have to worry about weather you will get in or not.

TCU is joining the big east why? Because they want that auto bid to the BCS. Boise should of jumped at the oppourtunity to join a BCS conference, but they didn't and they will have to live with their decision. Lose one game and go to the Las Vegas Bowl, go undefeated and hope you get in.

I enjoy watching them leave the WAC to go to the Mountain West where there is no competition anymore with Utah & TCU leaving. sucks to be them!

Its pretty easy to get up for one game as well, if they had to go through a normal Big 12, Big 10, SEC, or PAC 10 schedule they would not win 11 games. I am sorry but there is big difference from playing 4 quarters as opposed to just 2 with your starters. They beat everyone 45-3 and they pull their starters out after halftime. That is why they lost to Nevada, they were not ready to go a full 4 quarters.

Gonna enjoy watching them in the Las Vegas Bowl ( also that is their conference bowl tie-in, so they either got to go to the BCS or that bowl.) Go to a new conference with better bowl tie-ins!

[ubuntuCAT]

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They had the option to join the pac 10, they didn't do it, so now they are gonna get what they deserve. Join a BCS conference and you don't have to worry about weather you will get in or not.

TCU is joining the big east why? Because they want that auto bid to the BCS. Boise should of jumped at the oppourtunity to join a BCS conference, but they didn't and they will have to live with their decision. Lose one game and go to the Las Vegas Bowl, go undefeated and hope you get in.

I enjoy watching them leave the WAC to go to the Mountain West where there is no competition anymore with Utah & TCU leaving. sucks to be them!

Its pretty easy to get up for one game as well, if they had to go through a normal Big 12, Big 10, SEC, or PAC 10 schedule they would not win 11 games. I am sorry but there is big difference from playing 4 quarters as opposed to just 2 with your starters. They beat everyone 45-3 and they pull their starters out after halftime. That is why they lost to Nevada, they were not ready to go a full 4 quarters.

Gonna enjoy watching them in the Las Vegas Bowl ( also that is their conference bowl tie-in, so they either got to go to the BCS or that bowl.) Go to a new conference with better bowl tie-ins!

what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[FOTY]

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what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

I love it! One of my favorite lines ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0

[Chitown Panther]

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They had the option to join the pac 10, they didn't do it, so now they are gonna get what they deserve. Join a BCS conference and you don't have to worry about weather you will get in or not.

TCU is joining the big east why? Because they want that auto bid to the BCS. Boise should of jumped at the oppourtunity to join a BCS conference, but they didn't and they will have to live with their decision. Lose one game and go to the Las Vegas Bowl, go undefeated and hope you get in.

I enjoy watching them leave the WAC to go to the Mountain West where there is no competition anymore with Utah & TCU leaving. sucks to be them!

Its pretty easy to get up for one game as well, if they had to go through a normal Big 12, Big 10, SEC, or PAC 10 schedule they would not win 11 games. I am sorry but there is big difference from playing 4 quarters as opposed to just 2 with your starters. They beat everyone 45-3 and they pull their starters out after halftime. That is why they lost to Nevada, they were not ready to go a full 4 quarters.

Gonna enjoy watching them in the Las Vegas Bowl ( also that is their conference bowl tie-in, so they either got to go to the BCS or that bowl.) Go to a new conference with better bowl tie-ins!

Thanks for proving my point champ!!

Please click on the link and remove Big 10 from you post....

[Chitown Panther]

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The only defense the BSU haters have is that BSU has a crappy kicker. Its hard to be a national championship team with a choking kicker.....just ask UNI.

[PantherHawk]

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WTF are you guys talking about? Sensing a case of the "little brother" syndrome coming from panthernation. A lot of panther fans still bitter after losing last tuesday night?

So why isn't anyone sticking up for TCU? I know they get to go to a BCS bowl game, but shouldn't they be in the national title game? I mean everyone always backs boise cause they beat OU on a couple of trick plays 4 or 5 years ago and everyone thinks they should deserve all this attention and get everything they want. Well like i said in my earlier post, JOIN A BETTER CONFERENCE! Play a tougher schedule and you might be rewarded with your work. But when you play teams like Hawaii, Lousiana Tech, Idaho, and several other small schools. You do not deserve anything unless you are 12-0 with that schedule.

Iowa got the better bowl because the BIG 10 has those Tie-ins with the bowls. Its pretty simple, join a better conference and you get those types of Tie-ins. Even if TCU doesn't win the Big East, they will still go to a lesser bowl, but will make more $$.

why is that so hard for people to figure out?