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2008 BCS Bowl Projections
Fanblogs.com ^ | November 23, 2008 | Kevin Donahue

Posted on 11/23/2008 8:29:40 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative

First and foremost, I need to offer up a confession. The last time I spit out my bowl game predictions - they stunk. Those things reeked worse than LSU's and Texas Tech's defense combined. Bad. Awful. Sorry, even.

But... the past is the past. THIS time, I think I got it right. (And I don't have any teams playing in more than one bowl!)

So... without further ado... my updated bowl game projections for games played through November 22, 2008.

Click here for the complete 2008-2009 College Football Bowl Game Schedule

BCS National Championship Game - Florida vs Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl - Texas vs USC Rose Bowl - Oregon State vs Penn State Sugar Bowl - Alabama vs Utah Orange Bowl - Boston College vs Cincinnati

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: 2008bcs; bcs; bowlgames; collegefootball; florida; ncaa; oklahoma
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1 posted on 11/23/2008 8:29:40 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Sorry if the above is difficult to read. Does Freep have an “edit” function? I need to insert some breaks in between the bowl predictions.


2 posted on 11/23/2008 8:31:45 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Well, Roll Tide, Roll.

Florida may be in for a little surprise.

Or maybe not.


3 posted on 11/23/2008 8:37:41 AM PST by chesley (A pox on both their houses. I've voted for my last RINO.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
<br> drops down one line (new sentence)

<p> drops down two lines (paragraph)

4 posted on 11/23/2008 8:38:29 AM PST by tomkat ( handcrafted handmirrors)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

OU is the best team in the country—last night, anyway.


5 posted on 11/23/2008 8:39:49 AM PST by lonestar
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To: tomkat

Yeah, I know HTML, but is there a way to edit a post after you’ve posted it?


6 posted on 11/23/2008 8:39:58 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative

That Dude is way wrong about Missouri.
Big 12 champ receives automatic bid to the Fiesta bowl. Can’t be Texas. Could be Ok, but that assumes Ok Beats Missouri in the Big 12 Championship. But we don’t even know who the Big 12 South champ is yet.

A win By Missouri puts them in the top 10 easily.


7 posted on 11/23/2008 8:40:14 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (Since when is paying more, but getting less, considered Patriotic?)
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To: chesley

I pray you are right!!!!
Roll Tide Roll from Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


8 posted on 11/23/2008 8:41:00 AM PST by sugarbabe
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To: lonestar
OU is the best team in the country—last night, anyway.

We scored five more points than they did. (so it was against The Citadel)

9 posted on 11/23/2008 8:42:11 AM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: tomkat
IOW:

<u>BCS National Championship Game</u> - Florida vs Oklahoma<p>

Fiesta Bowl - Texas vs USC<br>
Rose Bowl - Oregon State vs Penn State<br>
Sugar Bowl - Alabama vs Utah<br>
Orange Bowl - Boston College vs Cincinnati

10 posted on 11/23/2008 8:42:53 AM PST by tomkat ( handcrafted handmirrors)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

I think FSU will win the ACC (somebody has to).


11 posted on 11/23/2008 8:43:38 AM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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I don’t understand, I thought Boise State gets an at-large bid in the BCS by virtue of being ranked in the top 12 (unless he’s assuming they’ll lose to Fresno State)? In any case, at least 2 very good big-six conference teams will be left out in the cold. The ultimate BCS-buster: Florida loses to FSU then beats Alabama; Oklahoma loses to OSU and Missouri beats Texas. Will it end the BCS system though? No, because corporate sponsorship trumps all.


12 posted on 11/23/2008 8:44:39 AM PST by scottinoc ( Algore Lied--People Freeze-Dried)
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To: lonestar
They were the best team on the field, anyway.

I photographed Oklahoma this year, and their O-Line is HUGE.


13 posted on 11/23/2008 8:44:59 AM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
nope - it's here for posterity


14 posted on 11/23/2008 8:44:59 AM PST by tomkat ( handcrafted handmirrors)
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To: scottinoc

Utah’s win over BYU basically ended Boise St.’s chances I think.


15 posted on 11/23/2008 8:51:06 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: scottinoc
I don’t understand, I thought Boise State gets an at-large bid in the BCS by virtue of being ranked in the top 12

The way I understand it only one at large team will get a BSC bid and that will be Utah because they are ranked ahead of Boise because of a slightly stronger strength of schedule.

16 posted on 11/23/2008 8:51:36 AM PST by TruthWillWin
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To: St. Louis Conservative

I take it that my dad’s Golden Gophers are shut out again this year. They were pretty good when he went there (in the 1930’s).


17 posted on 11/23/2008 8:52:38 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.)
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To: o_zarkman44

Missouri is still in the hunt, but like you said, they will have to win out and win the the Big 12 championship against (probably) Oklahoma. That won’t be easy. If they don’t win the Big 12 championship, they won’t get in because Texas, Texas Tech, or Oklahoma will get the at-large bid (depending on who of that group wins the Big 12 title game).

I’ve seen Missouri projected for the Holiday Bowl elsewhere. The Tigers definitely still have a shot though.


18 posted on 11/23/2008 8:54:08 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: Richard Kimball
WOW - they sure grow 'em big down there!

Are the little guys Boston University?

19 posted on 11/23/2008 9:00:09 AM PST by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
"Boston College vs Cincinnati"

Cincinnati?? Eh...

If conference mediocrity or "undefeated teams" = Bowl Invites, let's pit the truly mediocre (but streaking) Rutgers vs. Ball St. or Troy for an interesting game.

20 posted on 11/23/2008 9:01:50 AM PST by AC-130 Gunship (ZERO-Hussein 0sama: Ushering in a new Reich of hell of thru "diversity" and Marxism.)
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