Breaking Down Bowlin' Part Deux E-mail
Written by Big Head   
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 04:52

Maybe I'm just delaying the inevitable piece in the puzzle of Nebraska getting smoked by Texas Saturday. I mean, the spread is fairly large, and it seems like the only person I've talked to that believes Nebraska has a decent shot is Sammy Vegas.

Of course, if Nebraska loses, Mizzou is probably 95% going to the Insight Bowl against Minnesota, which isn't terrible for the Tigers. A bowl against a B10 opponent that likes to sneak into St. Louis homes and grab some recruits that Pinkel's had his eyes on . A beat down of epic proportions might keep Tim Brewster out of St. Louis for a few years. Or not.

These projections, as were yesterday's, are assuming that Nebraska rises up and beats Texas, putting two Big 12 teams into the BCS, hence, opening this thing wide open.

Cal (Sun Bowl)

If you're under the assumption that Oklahoma would move up to the Holiday Bowl behind Okie State in the Cotton and Tech in the Alamo Bowl, you might be right on. Oklahoma would go on to probably face USC if things work out for the Holiday. An Oklahoma-USC game would get ratings, which opens up the Sun Bowl for Mizzou against Cal. Cal has a good shot at wrapping up a 9-3 season, and to throw them up against an 8-4 Tiger team would be a solid game for the Sun people.

Oregon State (Sun Bowl)

Welcome back to 2006. Oregon State. Sun Bowl. A hell of a bowl. Mizzou lost the lead and Oregon State came storming back. The '09 Tigers have been compared to the '06 Tigers all season, so going back to an '06 bowl makes sense and the Sun Bowl officials could be all over this. The Pac-10 bowl delegations are similar to the Big 12...after the BCS there are none. The bowls get their choice.

Stanford (Sun Bowl)

Outside of Tebowner and Colt, the biggest name in college football of late is Toby Gerhart, Stanford's running back. Stanford is a team on the rise, and the Sun Bowl will have a shot at taking them. It would be a match up of the top underclassman QBs in the nation with Blaine Gabbert against Andrew Luck. Two teams on the rise? The Sun Bowl could do a hell of a lot worse than this.

This is how good the Pac-10 is (or how terrible their bowl tie-ins are): Assuming Oregon is going to the Rose (BCS qualifier) and USC heads to the Holiday, Cal, Oregon State, and Stanford will be battling for the Sun, Emerald, and MAACO/Las Vegas bowls. Gross.



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written by SammyVegas, December 01, 2009
You're going through a painful amount of work here for someone who thinks Nebraska has a 0% chance of beating Texas. And even if Nebraska does beat Texas, I still think you're in the Insight Bowl regardless vs. Minnesota. I think that's 99.9% going to happen.
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written by Big Head, December 01, 2009
You try killing time until conference basketball and bowl season.

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