We have enough chat about the BCS bowls.
While I think the bowl system is silly I also feel like I'm in the minority overall in that I actually am interested in some of the lesser bowls. Growing up watching the MAC will do that to you I suppose. But I really do love all the bowls and can't wait for what will likely be Utah vs. Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl on Dec 20.
Although the conference championship games count somewhat in the fun too.
So time for all you IU and Troy and Kentucky and UCF, etc etc fans to chat about your bowl excitement also.
Disclaimer that I really don't know what I'm talking about or how any of this stuff works so if I'm wrong on some of my opinions it wouldn't surprise me at all.
Anyway, a couple guys from ESPN have their projections but I don't know if they're that strong:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/s...lprojections13
Indiana fans can be happy that it appears they will be going somewhere.
If 2 PAC10 teams go to BCS bowls then the PAC-10 might not have enough teams to qualify and IU might take one of those spots such as the Las Vegas Bowl as one of the guys predicted.
If 2 Big10 teams go to BCS bowls then that effectively bumps everyone else up a notch. The other guy predicted both OSU and ILL going to BCS bowls and that 7th place Indiana would end up in the Champs Sports Bowl which is supposed to go to Big10 No. 4 or 5.
I also can't help but notice that both of these guys put Miami (Ohio) in a bowl game.
I don't think they see what is happening there.
Miami is 6-6. If they lose the MAC championship game then they are ineligible. They are underdogs to CMU.
I really don't think they are both predicting an upset here. I think they just automatically assume that the teams that go to the MAC championship get to go to bowl games too which is normally the case. But not when one of them ends up 6-7.
CMU is going somewhere whether they win or lose.
BG is the No. 3 team in the MAC I guess and they are almost definitely going somewhere also.
Miami goes if they win the championship...but if they lose then that opens the door for Ball State to go somewhere as best I can tell.
I think the bowl-projection guys at ESPN didn't see that.
Memphis is supposed to go to the New Orleans bowl again which is probably a good thing for that bowl. MEM travels fairly decently when they stay somewhat local like N.O. Bowl or GMAC Bowl.