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Nov 26, 2007

My 2007 Bowl Game Projections

So, I'm sick. Very sick. How sick? When your doctor calls in the nurse specifically so she can look through into your ear to get a sense of "what a really, really bad ear infection" looks like, you're in bad shape.

So instead of, you know, working at work today, I kept myself preoccupied from the screaming pain in my left ear (which I had attributed before to listening to Steve Lavin call the USC/Southern Illinois basketball game last night) by doing some projections for the upcoming bowl season. Not just the BCS bowls, but all of them.

This is all preliminary, and although I did some research to get a sense of what the rumor mill is saying about destinations, I also used some gut instincts. The big thing you'll notice is that I have Oklahoma upsetting Missouri and knocking them out of the BCS Title game this weekend. Which would be totally appropriate - instead of getting a really exciting match-up with lots of offense, we'd be stuck with Ohio State lumbering in to get taken to the woodshed again (this time by West Virginia). I'm also assuming that if Ohio State plays for the national title, the Rose Bowl would select Illinois to take its place - they are all gooey and nostalgic for the Big 10/Pac 10 match-ups.

Agree with them or disagree, here are my bowl projections:


GameMatch Up

Teams



BCS TitleBCS #1vs.BCS #2West Virginiavs.Ohio St.

Rose BowlPac-10 Champvs.Big 10 ChampUSCvs.Illinois

Fiesta BowlBig 12 Champvs.At-LargeOklahomavs.Georgia

Orange BowlACC Champvs.At-LargeVirginia Techvs.Missouri

Sugar BowlSEC Champvs.At-LargeLSUvs.Hawaii










Capital One BowlSEC #2vs.Big 10 #2Floridavs.Wisconsin

Gator BowlACC #3vs.Big 12 #4/Big East #2Virginiavs.Texas Tech

Cotton BowlBig 12 #2vs.SEC #3/4/5Kansasvs.Arkansas

Outback BowlSEC #3/4/5vs.Big Ten #3Tennesseevs.Michigan

International BowlMAC #3vs.Big EastBall St.vs.Rutgers

Liberty BowlC-USA #1vs.SEC #6/7UCFvs.Mississippi St.

Mieneke Car Care BowlACC #5vs.Big EastWake Forestvs.Connecticut

Chick-fil-A BowlACC #2vs.SEC #3/4/5Clemsonvs.Auburn

Independence BowlBig 12 #6vs.SEC #8Coloradovs.Alabama

Sun BowlPac-10 #3vs.Big 12 #5/Big EastOregon St.vs.South Florida

Music City BowlACC #5/6vs.SEC #6/7Florida St.vs.Kentucky

Holiday BowlPac-10 #2vs.Big 12 #3Arizona St.vs.Texas

Emerald BowlPac-10 #4/5vs.ACC #5/6/7Californiavs.Georgia Tech










Alamo BowlBig 12 #4/5vs.Big Ten #4Texas A&Mvs.Penn State

Texas BowlBig 12 #7vs.C-USA #3/4TCUvs.Houston

Humanitarian BowlWAC #1vs.ACC #8Boise St.vs.Maryland

Insight BowlBig 12 #5vs.Big Ten #6Oklahoma St.vs.Purdue

Champs Sports BowlBig Ten #5vs.ACC #4Indianavs.Boston College

Motor City BowlMAC #1/2vs.Big Ten #7Central Michiganvs.Michigan St.

Hawai'I BowlC-USAvs.WAC #2East Carolinavs.Fresno St.

Armed Forces BowlMWCvs.Pac-10Air Forcevs.UCLA

Las Vegas BowlPac-10 #4/5vs.MWC #1Oregonvs.BYU

Poinsettia BowlMWCvs.At-Large/NavyUtahvs.Navy

GMAC BowlMAC #1/2vs.C-USA #2Bowling Greenvs.Tulsa

New Orleans BowlSun Belt #1vs.C-USA #5Troyvs.Memphis

PapaJohns.com BowlC-USA #3/4vs.Big East/MACSouthern Missvs.Cincinnati

New Mexico BowlWAC #3vs.MWCNevada/Louisiana Techvs.New Mexico

A few interesting possible games here:

- I love the idea of Kansas playing Arkansas. Somehow it should be like a "loser leaves town" match from the old-time wrestling days. Maybe the loser should have to change their name to "Lesser Kansas" for the next year.
- USC vs. Illinois in the Rose Bowl would be fabulous, just because the pre-game hype would turn into a contest to see which coach gets the most "don't let the laid-back approach fool you" stories written about him. Plus, plenty of opportunities for Ron Zook to go water-skiing!
- Any battle between Troy and Memphis might turn into an actual historical war!
- Colorado vs. Alabama: Dan Hawkins vs. Nick Saban. Something has to give. I'm not sure what, but something...

Posted by The Duke of Everything

BallHype: hype it up!

4 comments:

BJ said...

That wrap up at the end is damn funny, and that Dan Hawkins sound bite is the best thing I've heard since, well, since hearing Colin Cowherd ranked USC number 1 this week.

Sara said...

There is a PapaJohns.com Bowl? Isn't there a law against bowl games with DotCom in their name?

The Duke of Everything said...

Yeah, I like that somehow, they need to promote the dot.com rather than the actual brick and mortar Papa John's.

And believe me, I didn't post the full names of the bowls with all of the corporate sponsorships, just the ones where the entire name of the bowl is a corporate sponsorship. My favorite is probably the Roady's Truck Stops Humanitarian Bowl. Because nothing brings me closer to humanity than a truck stop.

McLane said...

Mike Gundy has nothing on Dan Hawkins, I prefer his screaming far more.

His giant mop-head is a thing of beauty as well.