Orange: WVU vs Clemson

BBVA: Pitt vs SMU

Liberty: Cincy vs Vandy

Belk: UofL vs NC State

Champs: ND vs FSU

Pinstripe: Iowa State vs Rutgers

Beef-O: FIU vs Marshall (Big East couldn't fill its slot)

Also

TicketCity - Houston vs Penn State
Maaco Las Vegas - Boise State vs Arizona State
Military Bowl - Toledo vs Air Force
New Orleans - San Diego State vs Louisiana-Lafayette

nc st...lol we beat them like 44-10 or something close give me a break

Another trip to Birmingham for the Panthers. Congrats!

(12-04-2011 09:24 PM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Another trip to Birmingham for the Panthers. Congrats!

I'm totally thinking about heading to that game.

Memphis on New Year's Eve, Bitchez! Hell yeah!

Pitt & SMU will be an interesting game. SMU may be missing their best QB (Padron). And they'll be without the #1 RB in C-USA (Zach Line). If I had to set the odds, I'd say Pitt by 7-9 points. It would be Pitt by 3 if Padron & Line were playing.

These teams played in the 1983 Cotton Bowl, a defensive slugfest won by SMU (7-3). Playing in the game were Eric Dickerson, Craig James, and Dan Marino.

(12-04-2011 09:58 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  These teams played in the 1983 Cotton Bowl, a defensive slugfest won by SMU (7-3). Playing in the game were Eric Dickerson, Craig James, and Dan Marino.

I remember watching that game on TV. Wow, have times changed. Back then, Pitt and SMU were college football titans.

(12-04-2011 10:05 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 09:58 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  These teams played in the 1983 Cotton Bowl, a defensive slugfest won by SMU (7-3). Playing in the game were Eric Dickerson, Craig James, and Dan Marino.

I remember watching that game on TV. Wow, have times changed. Back then, Pitt and SMU were college football titans.

Me, too. I remember thinking it was crazy that the score was so low with all of that offensive talent. I also remember that SMU had the best uniforms & helmets in college football. Watching that game from my living room in Connecticut, I never thought I'd end up going to school at SMU.

(12-04-2011 09:03 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  Orange: WVU vs Clemson

BBVA: Pitt vs SMU

Liberty: Cincy vs Vandy

Belk: UofL vs NC State

Champs: ND vs FSU

Pinstripe: Iowa State vs Rutgers

3 of 6 bowls vs. ACC opponents. I'd say look out Louisville. NCState has been horrendous this year but has played great each of the last 2 games. Making Clemson look like they didn't even belong on the same field with NCState. Vandy just stomped a good Wake Forest team but that doesn't mean they can compete with Cincy. I'll probably end up watching 5 of these 6 bowls eventhough I'm not a BE fan anymore.

(12-05-2011 12:20 AM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 10:05 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 09:58 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  These teams played in the 1983 Cotton Bowl, a defensive slugfest won by SMU (7-3). Playing in the game were Eric Dickerson, Craig James, and Dan Marino.

I remember watching that game on TV. Wow, have times changed. Back then, Pitt and SMU were college football titans.

Me, too. I remember thinking it was crazy that the score was so low with all of that offensive talent.

IIRC, the game was played on one of those wicked January days in Dallas where there's ice all over the astro-turf, bitter cold, windy, etc. Kind of like the ND-Houston Cotton Bowl in 1979.

(12-04-2011 09:24 PM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Another trip to Birmingham for the Panthers. Congrats!

You clearly hate Pitt, which as a WVU fan you should. BTW, my girlfriend lives in Fairfax so I'm completely jealous of you. Will be visiting there this week.

(12-05-2011 04:45 AM)ChrisLords Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 09:03 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  Orange: WVU vs Clemson

BBVA: Pitt vs SMU

Liberty: Cincy vs Vandy

Belk: UofL vs NC State

Champs: ND vs FSU

Pinstripe: Iowa State vs Rutgers

3 of 6 bowls vs. ACC opponents. I'd say look out Louisville. NCState has been horrendous this year but has played great each of the last 2 games. Making Clemson look like they didn't even belong on the same field with NCState. Vandy just stomped a good Wake Forest team but that doesn't mean they can compete with Cincy. I'll probably end up watching 5 of these 6 bowls eventhough I'm not a BE fan anymore.

I'll watch the Orange, Liberty, and Champs for sure. Not sure about the others.

(12-05-2011 09:08 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 09:24 PM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Another trip to Birmingham for the Panthers. Congrats!

You clearly hate Pitt, which as a WVU fan you should. BTW, my girlfriend lives in Fairfax so I'm completely jealous of you. Will be visiting there this week.

Nah, I'm being completely sincere! It warms my heart to see Pitt back in beautiful Birmingham for a 2nd straight year, playing in that gorgeous facility they have down there. It's a fate they richly deserve.

Fairfax is a great area if you can stand the cost of living and the traffic. I'm close to downtown, not far from GMU. Hoping to get to more GMU basketball games this year. The CAA has started down a bit so far this year but it's usually a great league.

(12-05-2011 09:16 AM)wvucrazed Wrote:  

(12-05-2011 09:08 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 09:24 PM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Another trip to Birmingham for the Panthers. Congrats!

You clearly hate Pitt, which as a WVU fan you should. BTW, my girlfriend lives in Fairfax so I'm completely jealous of you. Will be visiting there this week.

Nah, I'm being completely sincere! It warms my heart to see Pitt back in beautiful Birmingham for a 2nd straight year, playing in that gorgeous facility they have down there. It's a fate they richly deserve.

Fairfax is a great area if you can stand the cost of living and the traffic. I'm close to downtown, not far from GMU. Hoping to get to more GMU basketball games this year. The CAA has started down a bit so far this year but it's usually a great league.

Falls Church > Fairfax

(12-05-2011 09:16 AM)wvucrazed Wrote:  

(12-05-2011 09:08 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 09:24 PM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Another trip to Birmingham for the Panthers. Congrats!

You clearly hate Pitt, which as a WVU fan you should. BTW, my girlfriend lives in Fairfax so I'm completely jealous of you. Will be visiting there this week.

Nah, I'm being completely sincere! It warms my heart to see Pitt back in beautiful Birmingham for a 2nd straight year, playing in that gorgeous facility they have down there. It's a fate they richly deserve.

Fairfax is a great area if you can stand the cost of living and the traffic. I'm close to downtown, not far from GMU. Hoping to get to more GMU basketball games this year. The CAA has started down a bit so far this year but it's usually a great league.

Which neither she nor i can stand, so we're probably moving to New Mexico (seriously!). I'll be staying at her place, which is near the corner of Fair Lakes Parkway and Ox Road, wherever that is, LOL (never been before).

(12-05-2011 09:19 AM)CD11 Wrote:  

(12-05-2011 09:16 AM)wvucrazed Wrote:  

(12-05-2011 09:08 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 09:24 PM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Another trip to Birmingham for the Panthers. Congrats!

You clearly hate Pitt, which as a WVU fan you should. BTW, my girlfriend lives in Fairfax so I'm completely jealous of you. Will be visiting there this week.

Nah, I'm being completely sincere! It warms my heart to see Pitt back in beautiful Birmingham for a 2nd straight year, playing in that gorgeous facility they have down there. It's a fate they richly deserve.

Fairfax is a great area if you can stand the cost of living and the traffic. I'm close to downtown, not far from GMU. Hoping to get to more GMU basketball games this year. The CAA has started down a bit so far this year but it's usually a great league.

Falls Church > Fairfax

pffft.

(12-05-2011 09:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-05-2011 09:16 AM)wvucrazed Wrote:  

(12-05-2011 09:08 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-04-2011 09:24 PM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Another trip to Birmingham for the Panthers. Congrats!

You clearly hate Pitt, which as a WVU fan you should. BTW, my girlfriend lives in Fairfax so I'm completely jealous of you. Will be visiting there this week.

Nah, I'm being completely sincere! It warms my heart to see Pitt back in beautiful Birmingham for a 2nd straight year, playing in that gorgeous facility they have down there. It's a fate they richly deserve.

Fairfax is a great area if you can stand the cost of living and the traffic. I'm close to downtown, not far from GMU. Hoping to get to more GMU basketball games this year. The CAA has started down a bit so far this year but it's usually a great league.

Which neither she nor i can stand, so we're probably moving to New Mexico (seriously!). I'll be staying at her place, which is near the corner of Fair Lakes Parkway and Ox Road, wherever that is, LOL (never been before).

A nice suburban area, near the Fair Oaks Mall and Fair Lakes Shopping Center. Both of which I avoid this time of year, heh. Folks get crazy around the holidays.

We have three interesting and timely match ups in these bowls:

1) BBVA: Pitt vs SMU compares the loss of Pitt to the replacement, SMU. Will it prove if Pitt is a big loss to the Big East are not?

2) Belk: UofL vs NC State could prove how Louisville could fit in the ACC, for the 15th or 16th member.

3) Pinstripe: Iowa State vs Rutgers how does Rutgers stack up as B12 expansion candid?

(12-05-2011 09:53 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  We have three interesting and timely match ups in these bowls:

1) BBVA: Pitt vs SMU compares the loss of Pitt to the replacement, SMU. Will it prove if Pitt is a big loss to the Big East are not?

2) Belk: UofL vs NC State could prove how Louisville could fit in the ACC, for the 15th or 16th member.

3) Pinstripe: Iowa State vs Rutgers how does Rutgers stack up as B12 expansion candid?

I see what you're getting at, but IMO a single bowl game provides virtually zero information about any of these issues.