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12/6/2009

BCS 2009 Bowl Games

Filed under: Sports — DRJ @ 5:30 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

Tostito’s Fiesta Bowl: BCS #4 TCU vs #6 Boise State. TCU is #3 in the AP & USA Today polls. These two teams played last year in the Poinsettia Bowl. IMO, this is the BCS’s pathetic attempt to protect its teams from being beaten by a non-BCS team. It’s “separate but equal” for college football.

Here’s a link to the BCS bowl game schedule so you can check your favorite teams. I’m through giving the BCS publicity this week.

— DRJ

26 Responses to “BCS 2009 Bowl Games”

  1. Well we knew that is what they would do. Oh and you are very correct, it’s total cop out from the BCS, an overt attempt to protect or prevent embarrassments like Bama suffered last year at the hands of the Utes.

    From A Few Good Men, “They can’t handle the truth”!! (ok not the real quote).

    TC (0b9ca4)

  2. My prediction is the BCS and media will use this as an excuse to move the winner of the Cincy-Florida game up to #2 or #3, jumping the TCU-Boise State winner.

    DRJ (dee47d)

  3. I see Texas Tech is going to the Alamo Bowl. I’ll be in San Antonio over the holidays, so I’m going to try to make it to the game.

    And DRJ, I think your BCS prediction is correct. I wish they’d throw that whole rotten BCS/BS system out and go with a championship playoff format like Division I-AA.

    Mike LaRoche (c49ddb)

  4. Go Yellow Jackets!

    Techie (482700)

  5. The BCS was the cowardly way out when it was chosen, it has remained the “safe” and cowardly option since, and proved it today. Making TCU and Boise play each other is a slap in the face of each program, and those fucking fucker what fucked them should be embarassed, but sadly, they are probably congratulating themselves on their most excellent choice. They wanted to avoid the Boise and Utah upsets against the big boys. Fuck them.

    [Found in filter. — DRJ]

    JD (e9e883)

  6. I am pretty sure that I got filtrated.

    JD (e9e883)

  7. The Sugar Bowl took the highest-ranked opponent for Florida. The Orange Bowl decided that Iowa was the most likely to bring more fans.

    I don’t trust the BCS any more than you, DRJ, but I don’t have a problem with the match-ups this year.

    Personally, I would have voted TCU at #2. But there is far too much data that supports the final rankings and the BCS match-ups as constituted.

    Ed from SFV (1333b1)

  8. If Florida is favored by a touchdown or more against Cincy I’d take the points. Maybe even less than a TD. I think Florida’s better but like Alabama last year their heart won’t be in it.

    Rose Bowl: Oregon vs OSU, I can’t see the Buckeyes stopping the Oregon offense. Their only hope is to be able to do what Alabama did to Florida and run all over the Oregon defense mixed with some key pass completions, but I don’t think they’ll be able to.

    How the heck do teams like Connecticut, Arkansas, and East Carolina get into post New Years bowls?

    Gerald A (a66d02)

  9. Iowa being in the BCS is a joke joke joke, and I am a Big 11 fan through and through.

    JD (3bccda)

  10. I’m disappointed, these pairings are every bit as cooked up as Global Whoring temperature data.

    ropelight (79cdd5)

  11. I agree with JD. The right thing to do would have been to match up either TCU or Boise State with undefeated Cincinnati and the other one with Florida, but the BCS people were obviously scared that either one would lay a whuppin’ on Cincy which would once again bring up the question of why the Big East champion gets an automatic BCS bid.

    Having said that, I will admit that I have been Bearish on Cincinnati (oh, what an outstanding pun!) all season and they have continually proven me wrong. I have a feeling Florida is going to stomp them, but maybe Cincy is better than I am giving them credit for.

    JVW (0fe413)

  12. Gilyard is a Sunday player.

    JD (3bccda)

  13. Remember all that the BCS is NOT set up to have certain match-ups in the bowls, but to match up ONLY Number 1 vs. Number 2. We got that.

    As for the TCU-BSU Fiesta matchup, seems like the Fiesta rewarded BSU for being a great team in their past bowls, and were stuck with TCU as their second choice.

    Remember, each bowl gets choices based upon certain factors, such as if you lose your first team (as the Sugar and Fiesta with Alabama and Texas) and that the Rose will ALWAYS match-up the LITTLE 10 and the PacLITTLE 10. Since that happened, it doesn’t leave many choices for any of the bowls.

    I actually respect the Fiesta for taking the chance that they have taken.

    With five undefeated teams, this was another bad year for the BCS….

    It could all have been worse….because even if Texas had lost to Texas A&M, and Alabama to Auburn, then both come back, we’d have had them in the BCS game anyway, and then you’d all really be pissed, wouldn’t you???

    reff (502473)

  14. in other news, the BCS declared the USA number 3 in WWII, behind Japan and Madagascar.

    jeff nolan (2790c9)

  15. Yes to #13, prior to the BCS many of the bowls, esp the Rose, were limited in choices because of commitments to conferences, so it was often the #1 and #2 teams would play someone else and you had people picking who was best without any face to face play.

    As said above, the BCS only accomplishes the fact that #1 and #2 will play each other.

    It seems to me it’s been a long time since there were this many undefeated teams at the end of the year.

    Since they decided to make another bowl game for the championship one week later, perhaps go back to the arrangements as before, and save the last game for the top two after the bowls.

    I didn’t follow each of the teams that closely from week to week, but I’m not sure Texas is the best pick for #2.

    It was also an interesting year with few “next best”. Other than the SEC with Florida, there are no other really good teams from major conferences with one loss to throw into the mix to get more “major conf” vs WAC, big east, etc.

    MD in Philly (227f9c)

  16. reff, the BCS was set up to create a #1 vs. #2 matchup, but they still wield a great deal of influence on the other major bowls (Rose, Orange, Sugar and Fiesta). The fact is that last year they freaked out when Utah, a team from a non-BCS conference, beat mighty Alabama of the vaunted SEC. Next thing they knew, they had Sen. Orrin Hatch poking around wondering if the exclusion of the smaller conferences didn’t fall under the antitrust laws. That showed them that they can’t afford to give a non-BCS conference school the opportunity to embarrass a BCS conference school, and that is why this year it is Cincinnati who gets a crack at Florida and not TCU or Boise State.

    I swear, I am the last remaining guy in the world who does not support a playoff system for major college football, but these sorts of shenanigans may yet change my mind.

    JVW (0fe413)

  17. Sumo wrestling rules, college football drools.

    Mikekoshi (14b16f)

  18. I really would have loved to see Florida play TCU.

    Is there some great reason why the two schools can’t agree to a game after the season is over? I’m sure it would make a little money.

    Dustin (44f8cb)

  19. I thought Barcky was going to fix the BCS and get us all a playoff system. Liar.

    JD (f9ce34)

  20. Is there some great reason why the two schools can’t agree to a game after the season is over? I’m sure it would make a little money.

    Make money for the schools and the TV networks, sure, but why in hell would any player (especially those with NFL aspirations) run the risk of injury to play a 15th game this season? This is one of the main reasons that I don’t think a playoff is likely to happen — the players should stand up and say “no way unless you start guaranteeing scholarships and purchasing insurance policies against career-ending injuries.”

    JVW (0fe413)

  21. Comment by JD — 12/6/2009 @ 6:25 pm

    Thanks, JD, for putting my thoughts into words I wouldn’t want to have attributed to me.

    reff, the BCS was set up to create a #1 vs. #2 matchup, but they still wield a great deal of influence on the other major bowls (Rose, Orange, Sugar and Fiesta). The fact is that last year they freaked out when Utah, a team from a non-BCS conference, beat mighty Alabama of the vaunted SEC. Next thing they knew, they had Sen. Orrin Hatch poking around wondering if the exclusion of the smaller conferences didn’t fall under the antitrust laws. That showed them that they can’t afford to give a non-BCS conference school the opportunity to embarrass a BCS conference school, and that is why this year it is Cincinnati who gets a crack at Florida and not TCU or Boise State.

    I swear, I am the last remaining guy in the world who does not support a playoff system for major college football, but these sorts of shenanigans may yet change my mind.

    Comment by JVW — 12/6/2009 @ 8:09 pm

    Keep your eyes open. You’ll come around.

    L.N. Smithee (262d1f)

  22. Get a damn playoff!

    JEA (9f9fc9)

  23. Making TCU and Boise play each other is a slap in the face of each program,

    TCU and Boise got hosed. Iowa is vastly overrated and would have been supper for either of those teams; Florida would have had their hands full even with St. Timothy of Gainesville playing his last college game; and the bowls and selection committee knew it. So they stuck the BCS-busters together to avoid the big boys getting embarassed. Heck, I’d even put TCU up against Texas or Alabama for the win.

    The lack of a playoff system probably has more to do with the money involved with the bowls and TV contracts in general. The teams nearly play an NFL-type schedule now with 13-14 games (remember when it was 11-12?), so a playoff would be awfully tough in that particular environment. The NCAA would probably have to break up the superconferences (SEC, Big 12, ACC) and mandate a 10 game regular season schedule to make a playoff a reasonable prospect.

    Another Chris (2d8013)

  24. Sumo wrestling rules

    This thread has nothing to do with NFL offensive linemen holding non-calls.

    political agnostic (c62385)

  25. The BCS is as useless as a Democrat campaign promise.

    ropelight (79cdd5)

  26. ANY TEAM IN THE PAC TEN, BIG TEN, BIG TWELVE, SEC, ACC, ETC , ETC – WOULD HATE TO PLAY BOISE ST. SCHEDULE FOR TWO YEARS. THEY WOULDN’T GET CLOSE TO NUMBER SIX IN THE BCS. COULD YOU SEE BOISE ST. PLAYING USC, ARIZ, ARIZ. ST., STANFORD AND CAL. ON CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS….NOT U.C. AT DAVIS OR UTAH ST., HAWAII, ETC……. WOULD LOVE TO SEE BOISE ST. PLAY OREGON AGAIN.

    EART (9d1bb3)


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