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College Football Playoff and Bowl Projections
CBS Sports ^ | 12/7/2014

Posted on 12/07/2014 3:31:39 PM PST by iowamark

College Football Playoff

Bowl Date Location Matchup Prediction

Championship Bowl Jan. 12 Arlington, Texas Semifinal winners TBD

Sugar Bowl Jan. 1 New Orleans, La. Semifinal Alabama* vs. Ohio State*

Rose Bowl Jan. 1 Pasadena, Calif. Semifinal Oregon* vs. Florida State*

Selection Committee Bowl Games
Bowl Date Location Matchup Prediction
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1 Arlington, Tex. At-Large vs. At-Large Baylor* vs. Michigan State*
Orange Bowl Dec. 31 Miami, Fla. ACC vs SEC/Big Ten/Notre Dame Georgia Tech* vs. Miss. State*
Fiesta Bowl Dec. 31 Glendale, Ariz. At-Large vs At-Large Arizona* vs. Boise State*
Peach Bowl Dec. 31 Atlanta, Ga. At-Large vs. At-Large TCU* vs. Ole Miss*

Other Bowl Games
Bowl Date Location Matchup Prediction
GoDaddy.com Bowl Jan. 4 Mobile, Ala. MAC vs. Sun Belt Toledo* vs. Ark. State*
Birmingham Bowl Jan. 3 Birmingham, Ala. American vs. SEC East Carolina* vs. Florida*
Cactus Bowl Jan. 2 Tempe, Ariz. Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Okla. State* vs. Washington*
Alamo Bowl Jan. 2 San Antonio, Tex. Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Kansas State* vs. UCLA*
TaxSlayer Bowl Jan. 2 Jacksonville, Fla. ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC Iowa* vs. Tennessee*
Armed Forces Bowl Jan. 2 Fort Worth, Tex. American vs. Army Houston* vs. Pittsburgh*+
Outback Bowl Jan. 1 Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC Wisconsin* vs. Auburn*
Citrus Bowl Jan. 1 Orlando, Fla. ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC Minnesota* vs. Missouri*
Foster Farms Bowl Dec. 30 Santa Clara, Calif. Big Ten vs. Pac-12 Maryland* vs. Stanford*
Belk Bowl Dec. 30 Charlotte, N.C. ACC vs. SEC Louisville* vs. Georgia*
Music City Bowl Dec. 30 Nashville, Tenn. ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC Notre Dame* vs. LSU*
Texas Bowl Dec. 29 Houston, Tex. Big 12 vs. SEC Texas* vs. Arkansas*
Russell Athletic Bowl Dec. 29 Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big 12 Clemson* vs. Oklahoma*
Liberty Bowl Dec. 29 Memphis, Tenn. Big 12 vs. SEC West Virginia* vs. Texas A&M*
Holiday Bowl Dec. 27 San Diego, Calif. Big Ten vs. Pac-12 Nebraska* vs. USC*
Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 27 New York, N.Y. ACC vs. Big Ten Boston College* vs. Penn State*
Independence Bowl Dec. 27 Shreveport, La. SEC vs. ACC South Carolina* vs. Miami (FL)*
Sun Bowl Dec. 27 El Paso, Tex. ACC vs. Pac-12 Duke* vs. Arizona State*
Military Bowl Dec. 27 Annapolis, Md. ACC vs. American Virginia Tech* vs. Cincinnati*
Bitcoin Bowl Dec. 26 St. Petersburg, Fla. ACC vs. American N.C. State* vs. UCF*
Quick Lane Bowl Dec. 26 Detroit, Mich. ACC vs. Big Ten North Carolina* vs. Rutgers*
Heart of Dallas Bowl Dec. 26 Dallas, Tex. Big Ten/Big 12 vs. C-USA Illinois* vs. Louisiana Tech*
Hawaii Bowl Dec. 24 Honolulu, Hawaii Mountain West vs. C-USA Fresno State* vs. Rice*
Bahamas Bowl Dec. 24 Nassau, Bahamas C-USA vs. MAC W. Kentucky* vs. C. Michigan*
Poinsettia Bowl Dec. 23 San Diego, Calif. Mountain West vs. Navy San Diego State* vs. Navy*
Boca Raton Bowl Dec. 23 Boca Raton, Fla. C-USA vs. MAC Marshall* vs. N. Illinois*
Miami Beach Bowl Dec. 22 Miami, Fla. American vs. BYU Memphis* vs. BYU*
Camellia Bowl Dec. 20 Montgomery, Ala. MAC vs. Sun Belt Bowling Green* vs. South Alabama*
Idaho Potato Bowl Dec. 20 Boise, Idaho MAC vs. Mountain West W. Michigan* vs. Air Force*
Royal Purple Bowl Dec. 20 Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain West vs. Pac-12 Colorado State* vs. Utah*
New Mexico Bowl Dec. 20 Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West vs. C-USA Utah State* vs. Texas-El Paso*
New Orleans Bowl Dec. 20 New Orleans, La. Sun Belt vs. Mountain West UL Lafayette* vs. Nevada*

+ - Replacement team. * - Teams have accepted bid. One member of the Group of Five (American Athletic Conference, MAC, Mountain West, Conference-USA and Sun Belt) will be selected to play in the Cotton, Fiesta or Peach Bowl. If Army is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Armed Forces Bowl. If Navy is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Poinsettia Bowl. If BYU is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Miami Beach Bowl.



TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: bowlgames; bowls; collegefootball; ncaa; top10
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To: FamiliarFace

Thanks, I knew I had read that somewhere.

Maybe the “Big 12” thought they could fool them by calling themselves that.


61 posted on 12/07/2014 7:42:46 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: iowamark

Here is one problem with the playoff system. It has essentially turned bowl games into the college football version of the NIT. Who cares?


62 posted on 12/07/2014 7:43:46 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: iowamark

Since TCU or Baylor did not make the pick, I will hold my nose and root for Oregon!


63 posted on 12/07/2014 7:45:10 PM PST by longhorn too
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To: Delta Dawn

Gotham Bowl 1962 - http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=132


64 posted on 12/07/2014 7:50:00 PM PST by Western Phil
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To: yarddog

It’s funny, they used to have 14 teams, but lost 4 (A&M, Missouri, Colorado, and Nebraska) to other conferences once the realignment started in 2011-2012. I have no idea why they didn’t pull in two other teams at that point in the transition, other than stubbornness. Some say that it’s UT’s fault for not wanting to admit that they aren’t the powerhouse team they think they are.


65 posted on 12/07/2014 7:53:27 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: FamiliarFace
Some say that it’s UT’s fault for not wanting to admit that they aren’t the powerhouse team they think they are.

I spent about two years of my life negotiating licenses to use the logos of, as I recall, 98 different colleges.

Only two weren't satisfied by our standard contract and insisted on a.) a higher royalty rate and b.) greater control over usage. Their position was derived from a sense of inflated importance (i.e. arrogance).

Those two universities were Notre Dame and Texas.

They finally settled for our standard deal once I'd convinced them we'd just have to sell more Texas A&M mugs to make up the difference (or Indiana, Purdue, Michigan and Michigan State, etc.).

Real assholes to deal with...

66 posted on 12/07/2014 8:08:01 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: okie01

I know of one school, which shall remain unnamed, who has had their logo or one very similar used by numerous other schools.

They threatened them with a lawsuit but always agreed to let them use it if they paid a nominal fee, something like $10. I guess they just wanted to maintain ownership of it.


67 posted on 12/07/2014 8:18:30 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: okie01

Hmm...that’s an interesting story.


68 posted on 12/07/2014 8:39:22 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: yarddog
They threatened them with a lawsuit but always agreed to let them use it if they paid a nominal fee, something like $10. I guess they just wanted to maintain ownership of it.

Two stories. And I'll name names.

First, I was shocked by how unprofessional some universities were about licensing their logo (this was in the late seventies). For example, the licensing authority at Michigan State (Michigan State!) was a student who worked part-time in the Business Office. She had repro quality B&W art of the Spartan...but, for the green color, she gave me a paint chip (a paint chip! not an ink spec!). I got the impression, too, that she was the one who had selected that particular chip...

Second, the licensing officer at Oregon told me that their logo was not trademarked. And that, institutionally, they were very nervous about using it in any kind of prominent fashion. Seems that the then President of Oregon was a fishing buddy of Walt Disney. And on a particular fishing trip on the Rogue, the president noted that, though their team name was "Ducks", they had no logo to represent it.

Walt immediately sat down and, there in the tent, proceeded to sketch a "Donald Duck", passing it to the president. "You can use this", he said.

They never signed a licensing agreement with Walt, which would've allowed them to use the character without any risk. Now, if they used Donald, they were seriously concerned about the possibility of a lawsuit from Disney Corp. As a consequence, they paid us to do a logo for the project and allow them to use it on a limited basis. They evidently had several agreements along this line -- and they used a variety of logos at the time. We chose to work with the "Webfeet" nickname and did a pair of duck tracks for them.

Oregon may have rectified the problem since -- or worked their way around it.

69 posted on 12/07/2014 8:45:30 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: MHGinTN

It’s almost as if the committee is trying to Engineer a ‘bye’ for both Alabama and Oregon. Pathetic......


70 posted on 12/07/2014 8:47:01 PM PST by tatown ("So a Hispanic shoots a black and is acquitted by women, but it's still white men's fault.")
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To: iowamark; Bender2; dfwgator; Perdogg; GunRunner; re_nortex; djf

Well, here we have it. Baylor is #5, TCU is #6. Committee impressed with Ohio State’s rape of Wisconsin.


71 posted on 12/07/2014 10:07:32 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: tatown
Well, regardless of the Jameis squeakers this year, FSU is not a bye for any team. Other than Arkansas, which has the biggest offensive line in ALL OF FOOTBALL including the pros, FSU has a n offensive line of giants. No, FSU is not a bye ...

As for Alabama, the Ohio State game will be a challenge because of the passing game Ohio State has finally gelled together. Auburn exposed a weakness in Bama's secondary. Ohio State has the people to exploit that. I am waiting to see how OHio State's defense handles the blocking for Henry and company. Henry is bigger than the secondary of Ohio State, so if he gets past the front line, he will be a freight train on the loose.

Amari Cooper will remain the biggest threat to the State defensive backs, and that will make for an interesting day for #4 in the flat and through the line gaps Bama may be able to generate.

IF Bama and The Ducks make it to a final game, the match-up will be problematic for Bama's secondary. ... And that's enough prognosticating from the peanut gallery.

72 posted on 12/08/2014 5:06:04 AM PST by MHGinTN
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To: MHGinTN

Ohio St. was a 4 pt dog to the Badgers for a reason. This was QB #3’s first start. Nobody really knows why but Wisconsin did not show up (ie Arizona in the P-12 title game). I’m guessing that Alabama will show up and the pressure will result in QB #3, playing like a #3 QB. Bama will likely beat them by 10+.

FSU will get smoked by Oregon. The Ducks are better by 10+ as well IMO.


73 posted on 12/08/2014 6:47:36 AM PST by tatown ("So a Hispanic shoots a black and is acquitted by women, but it's still white men's fault.")
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To: Steve_Seattle

With the exception of, The Citadel, FSU’s opponents this year came from one of the Big 5 conferences...


74 posted on 12/08/2014 8:43:15 AM PST by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: iowamark

Bookmark


75 posted on 12/08/2014 10:24:02 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: tatown

FSU can only beat themselves. Oregon cannot stop the Noles offense. BUT, I doubt if FSU’s defense can handle the Duck’s wing attack.


76 posted on 12/08/2014 12:08:34 PM PST by MHGinTN
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To: MHGinTN

As an Oregon St. alum, I have the unfortunate curse of having to listen to their fans squawking every single year. There is no sport team that I despise more than them, however, I am more than willing to admit how good they are. Their defense is gelling and their offense (with Mariota) is the best in the country. In my opinion, they will blow FSU out of the building. The game will be over by halftime. The first time FSU doesn’t score they will be playing catch up, which is no way to beat them.

I hope I’m wrong but it would not surprise me to see Oregon and Bama win by 3 or 4 TD’s. TCU and Baylor would have been better suited to compete


77 posted on 12/08/2014 1:02:45 PM PST by tatown ("So a Hispanic shoots a black and is acquitted by women, but it's still white men's fault.")
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To: MHGinTN

Just checked and Vegas has Bama and Oregon as 10 pt favs. Thanks to the committee’s decision we will have two sh&t games.


78 posted on 12/08/2014 3:50:53 PM PST by tatown ("So a Hispanic shoots a black and is acquitted by women, but it's still white men's fault.")
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To: iowamark; ABG(anybody but Gore); aft_lizard; Archie Bunker on steroids; Auntbee; Bad~Rodeo; ...

ping


79 posted on 12/13/2014 11:31:33 AM PST by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Uh hem...that’s Florida STATE


80 posted on 12/13/2014 4:51:29 PM PST by subterfuge (Minnesota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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