**** Official Bowl Selection Thread ****

[Coach]

BCS Selection Show on FOX at 7:00 Central Time. This show is 30 mins.

Bowl Selection Special on ESPN at 7:00 Central Time. This show is 3 hours long.

Sugar: Hawaii v. Georgia

Fiesta: West Virginia v. Oklahoma

Orange: Virginia Tech v. Kansas

Rose: USC v. Illinois

BCS National Championship: Ohio St. v. LSU

Cotton: Missouri v. Arkansas

For the rest of the Bowl selection
http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/schedule

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I love the Beakers bitching in this thread when it's MU, the only team they played and consequently, the team who soundly defeated them, who is going to get fucked out of the bowl.

[DaKCMan AP]

how I see it:

MNC: LSU vs OSU

Automatic bids: OU to Fiesta, USC to Rose, VT to Orange

1st pick: Rose for replacement (likely Illinois)
2nd pick: Sugar for replacement (likely Georgia)
3rd pick: Orange for at-large (MU? KU?)
4th pick: Fiesta for at-large (KU if MU doesn't go Orange? ASU?)
5th pick: Sugar for at-large (likely Hawaii)

[chiefsfan987]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Dude, I read a lot of this stuff last night, and went over practically every scenario that could happen. The polls don't matter. Even our BCS ranking which could be below MU's won't matter. It is very unlikely that MU is going to a BCS bowl, mostly because the Fiesta Bowl reps won't want a repeat of the same matchup 3 times.

I'm not going to be suprised when neither KU nor MU get a BCS game. I'll be shocked if the Fiesta Bowl takes KU over Arizona State considering the game will be played right in their backyard.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I love the Beakers bitching in this thread when it's MU, the only team they played and consequently, the team who soundly defeated them, who is going to get fucked out of the bowl.

I don't see your point at all. Both of these teams deserve to be in one, and only one is going to get in.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by chiefsfan987

I'm not going to be suprised when neither KU nor MU get a BCS game. I'll be shocked if the Fiesta Bowl takes KU over Arizona State considering the game will be played right in their backyard.

I just heard that Arizona State accepted a bowl bid at the Holiday, so if that's true...well that scenario isn't going to happen.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Dude, I read a lot of this stuff last night, and went over practically every scenario that could happen. The polls don't matter. Even our BCS ranking which could be below MU's won't matter. It is very unlikely that MU is going to a BCS bowl, mostly because the Fiesta Bowl reps won't want a repeat of the same matchup 3 times.

It all depends whether the Orange Bowl wants MU or not. The Orange Bowl picks before Fiesta, so if they want MU they can get them. Otherwise, you are correct in that the Fiesta will not take MU.

Originally Posted by Bowser

Do they have enough shoes there so the whole team can bowl?

I sure hope so. That would be bad.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I don't see your point at all. Both of these teams deserve to be in one, and only one is going to get in.

I just find it a little telling that no MU fans are in here lamenting our chances, meanwhile KU fans are bitching up a storm. Don't worry, you will get your chance to celebrate when the Manginos get their bowl.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I just find it a little telling that no MU fans are in here lamenting our chances, meanwhile KU fans are bitching up a storm. Don't worry, you will get your chance to celebrate when the Manginos get their bowl.

Are you saying there isn't any point to be made here about how there really isn't much difference between Ohio State and Kansas?

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I just find it a little telling that no MU fans are in here lamenting our chances, meanwhile KU fans are bitching up a storm. Don't worry, you will get your chance to celebrate when the Manginos get their bowl.

My main complaint isn't if KU gets a BCS bowl or not, but how Ohio State gets to play in the National Title game for doing nothing all year, the same nothing Kansas did. If I was Hawaii, I'd be real pissed if they get a BCS and beat the hell out of Va Tech or something,...and get no Championship.

[Ultra Peanut]

Schedule strength:
Ohio State (#60)
Kansas (#68)

Interesting.

Other teams:
VPI, WVU, LSU, etc. (#20-40 range)
Oklahoma (#59)
Hawaii (#137)

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

Schedule strength:
Ohio State (#60)
Kansas (#68)

Interesting.

Other teams:
VPI, WVU, LSU, etc. (#20-40 range)
Oklahoma (#59)
Hawaii (#137)

Ohio State lost to Illinois.

Kansas lost to Missouri.

I think theres no question who had a better loss, or which conference is better here.

It's just amazing to me how OSU gets to be #1, while KU is #8 when they virtually did the same thing. I wouldn't have as much of a problem if OU or Virginia Tech was in there. Hell, didn't Va Tech beat 4 ranked teams?

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

Schedule strength:
Ohio State (#60)
Kansas (#68)

Interesting.

Other teams:
VPI, WVU, LSU, etc. (#20-40 range)
Oklahoma (#59)
Hawaii (#137)

Sagarin has the following:

OSU (60)
Kansas (88)
LSU (21)
MU (24)
OU (59)
VT (36)
Georgia (30)
Hawaii (137)

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by BWillie007

Ohio State lost to Illinois.

Kansas lost to Missouri.

I think theres no question who had a better loss, or which conference is better here.

It's just amazing to me how OSU gets to be #1, while KU is #8 when they virtually did the same thing. I wouldn't have as much of a problem if OU or Virginia Tech was in there. Hell, didn't Va Tech beat 4 ranked teams?

If you take Texas and Oklahoma out of the Big XII (since KU didn't play either) then I'd give the nod in schedule to OSU.

[Ultra Peanut]

But Kansas lost a week later than Ohio State! That makes them clearly less deserving!