ESPN's First Bowl Projections of the Year

MidnightBlueSix said:
There's already been some confusion about this, but is it possible with the new rules for the Big Ten to have a team in the BCS Championship and also in the Rose Bowl?
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Yes, its possible as long as Boise and TCU are outside of the final Top 8...so given their predictions, I am guessing the must believe those teams will lose twice....not sure I buy that.

IMO, if you want to go to the Rose Bowl from the Big Ten, win the Big Ten, or root for OSU and Boise State to go undefeated, and you cannot lose more than two games.
 
what if Oregon and Ohio State are in the NC?

it is then possible that Iowa could play BSU in the Rose
 
Outside the top 8... OR, playing for the NC as one of them had Boise. I'm wondering how far Boise drops if they lose to a pretty good VT team.
 
JonDMiller said:
Yes, its possible as long as Boise and TCU are outside of the final Top 8...so given their predictions, I am guessing the must believe those teams will lose twice....not sure I buy that.

IMO, if you want to go to the Rose Bowl from the Big Ten, win the Big Ten, or root for OSU and Boise State to go undefeated, and you cannot lose more than two games.
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TCU or Boise St will not be in the top 8 even if they only lose 1 game.
 
H8IAST8 said:
TCU or Boise St will not be in the top 8 even if they only lose 1 game.
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I tend to agree with you but if Boise drops one early to VT and then runs the table, they'd only need a couple of top programs to stumble mid-season to get back into the top 8. College polls always share one rule to live by: if you're going to lose, lose early.
 
Schlabach's an idiot. These are different than earlier because the first attempt he had no Big East team in the BCS bowls, now he has Notre Dame! What a homer...
 
brach700 said:
Notre Dame in a BCS game.....BWHAHAHAHA
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They are in the top 2 or 3 teams in the nation regarding average recruit ratings for their current team. They also have gone to BCS bowls in the first season of their last two coaches' tenures. Kelly's track record is that he turns teams around instantly. And they have an easier schedule than usual.

Don't think it is so outlandish.
 
JonDMiller said:
Yes, its possible as long as Boise and TCU are outside of the final Top 8...so given their predictions, I am guessing the must believe those teams will lose twice....not sure I buy that.

IMO, if you want to go to the Rose Bowl from the Big Ten, win the Big Ten, or root for OSU and Boise State to go undefeated, and you cannot lose more than two games.
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It's ridiculous that BSU or TCU could be in the top 8 with 1 loss. They only play 2-teams from a BCS conference. It's like going .500 against real competition gets you to a BCS bowl game. If Iowa wins 1/2 of its games against BCS conference schools and wins all of non-BCS conference school games, they'd be 7-5. BSU and TCU would fit in better in the FCS championship than the FBS championship.
 
I really hope we only see this sort of wholesale folly for, say, 2 more years.

Replacing it with "Our Pick for the 8 Playoff Teams" (and the other bazillion minor bowls)
 
DaHawk56 said:
It's ridiculous that BSU or TCU could be in the top 8 with 1 loss. They only play 2-teams from a BCS conference. It's like going .500 against real competition gets you to a BCS bowl game. If Iowa wins 1/2 of its games against BCS conference schools and wins all of non-BCS conference school games, they'd be 7-5. BSU and TCU would fit in better in the FCS championship than the FBS championship.
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The voters will not let them in the BCS with one loss, no way.
 
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