Champs sports bowl

[notredomer23]

Who will we be playing in it??

 

[buirish]

FSU and we better be ready to play!! No inside info just seems to make sense per the Acc standings and a great matchup for the Champs Bowl.

 

[phork]

Stop starting more threads on this, its been discussed ad nauseum.

 

[notredomer23]

Stop starting more threads on this, its been discussed ad nauseum.

Didn't see any on the front page. If a mod feels it fit to merge with another thread, go ahead.

 

[notredomer23]

Well who do we even play from the acc? Is it the acc #3? #4? If so I have a feeling it will be virginia

 

[mgriff]

Gotta get the bowl win now.

 

[phork]

Its the 3rd pick from the remaining ACC teams eligible. Not the 3rd place team.

 

[Irish4Life09]

Is it guaranteed we play in the Champs Sports Bowl?
I'm not very familiar with the bowl process.Is there a better bowl we can get into? Or is that the closest to BCS?
Also,any idea when it will be officially announced? And when would the practices start?
I cant wait to see how Hendrix progresses towards the bowl game...I have a feeling it's going to be a big win if our Oline can give him at least a little protection.

 

[NDPhilly]

If Clemson loses ACC championship game Va Tech goes BCS and Clemson will go to Champs because Auburn is in Chick Fil A and they already played. FSU to chick Fil a then.If Clemson wins we play FSU

 

[military_irish]

Is it guaranteed we play in the Champs Sports Bowl?
I'm not very familiar with the bowl process.Is there a better bowl we can get into? Or is that the closest to BCS?
Also,any idea when it will be officially announced? And when would the practices start?
I cant wait to see how Hendrix progresses towards the bowl game...I have a feeling it's going to be a big win if our Oline can give him at least a little protection.

It's not 100% but pretty close that Notre Dame will be headed to the Champs Sports Bowl. It is the closest ND can get to a BCS Bowl from what I have seen. Before the bowls realigned who qualifies to which bowl. ND would be headed to the Gator Bowl which sounds a lot better. But since the bowls realigned they will be headed to the Champs Bowl. If selected, which they probably will be.

I always thought the bowl selection was the Sunday after the conference championship games were played. So I would say Sunday but not a 100% sure.

 

[Irish4Life09]

Ok,thanks for the info. guys. My memory really sucks for a young person.

 

[NDinFL]

Stop starting more threads on this, its been discussed ad nauseum.

wait. this isn't a Rees vs Crist thread?

 

[phork]

If Clemson loses ACC championship game Va Tech goes BCS and Clemson will go to Champs because Auburn is in Chick Fil A and they already played. FSU to chick Fil a then.If Clemson wins we play FSU

How do you figure? Bowl selection is not based on conference placing.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

How do you figure? Bowl selection is not based on conference placing.

It is very likely that the Chick fil A Bowl will take Auburn because South Carolina and Georgia will get picked up by the Capital One Bowl and Outback Bowl, Arkansas will be in the Cotton Bowl, and LSU and Bama will be in the title game.

If Auburn is in the Chick Fil A Bowl they apparently do not want a rematch of a regualr season game that took place in September wit Clemson, so if Clemson loses the ACC title game they pick second and will pick FSU, leaving the Tigers for the Champs Sports Bowl.

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

How do you figure? Bowl selection is not based on conference placing.

I think he's just assuming which bowl would pick whom based on various factors. I actually think he's right, if Clemson loses, the Chick Fil A Bowl won't want a rematch and will choose FSU (Chick Fil a having the #2 pick of ACC teams). That would leave Champs to choose between Virginia and Clemson. You have to think they would take a 9-4 Clemson ACC Championship game participant with a little National pub this year, over an 8-4 Virginia team who really didn't make any noise on the National Level.

If Clemson wins the ACC title game, the Champs Bowl would love to take FSU. So I'm pretty sure its down to FSU or Clemson.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Also, the Virginia fan base is pretty terrible in going to away games in numbers. And actually, very few ACC teams are. VT is a big exception --- their fans come en masse.

 

[BobD]

Rivals.com College Football - Rivals.com 2011 bowl projections

Rivals thinks it's Clemson.

 

[BobD]

Rivals Bowl predictions

An ampersand denotes a team that already has accepted a bid.


BCS MATCHUPS
ROSE
Site: Pasadena, Calif.
Date: Jan. 2
Time/TV:: 5 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: BCS vs. BCS
Projection: Oregon vs. Wisconsin
SUGAR
Site: New Orleans
Date: Jan. 3
Time/TV:: 8:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: BCS vs. BCS
Projection: Michigan vs. Houston
ORANGE
Site: Miami
Date: Jan. 4
Time/TV:: 8 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: BCS vs. BCS
Projection: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
FIESTA
Site: Glendale, Ariz.
Date: Jan. 5
Time/TV:: 8:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: BCS vs. BCS
Projection: Oklahoma State vs. Stanford
BCS TITLE GAME
Site: New Orleans
Date: Jan. 9
Time/TV:: 8:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: BCS #1 vs. BCS #2
Projection: LSU vs. Alabama
OTHER BOWL GAMES
NEW MEXICO
Site: Albuquerque
Date: Dec. 17
Time/TV:: 2 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Mountain West vs. Pac-12 #7
Projection: Wyoming vs. Temple*
FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO
Site: Boise, Idaho
Date: Dec. 17
Time/TV:: 5:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: MAC #3 vs. WAC
Projection: Ohio U. vs. Utah State-&
NEW ORLEANS
Site: New Orleans
Date: Dec. 17
Time/TV:: 9 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: C-USA vs. Sun Belt
Projection: Ball State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette-&
BEEF 'O'BRADY'S
Site: St. Petersburg, Fla.
Date: Dec. 20
Time/TV:: 8 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Big East #6 vs. C-USA
Projection: Pittsburgh vs. Marshall
POINSETTIA
Site: San Diego
Date: Dec. 21
Time/TV:: 8 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Mountain West vs. WAC
Projection: TCU vs. Louisiana Tech-&
LAS VEGAS
Site: Las Vegas
Date: Dec. 22
Time/TV:: 8 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Mountain West vs. Pac-12 #5
Projection: Boise State vs. Arizona State
HAWAII
Site: Honolulu
Date: Dec. 24
Time/TV:: 8 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: C-USA vs. WAC
Projection: Illinois vs. Nevada
INDEPENDENCE
Site: Shreveport, La.
Date: Dec. 26
Time/TV:: 5 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: ACC #7 vs. Mtn. West #3
Projection: Wake Forest vs. Air Force
LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA
Site: Detroit
Date: Dec. 27
Time/TV:: 4:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Big Ten #8 vs. MAC #1
Projection: Northwestern vs. Toledo
BELK
Site: Charlotte
Date: Dec. 27
Time/TV:: 8 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: ACC #5 vs. Big East #3
Projection: N.C. State vs. Louisville
MILITARY
Site: Washington, D.C.
Date: Dec. 28
Time/TV:: 4:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: ACC #8 vs. Navy/open
Projection: North Carolina vs. Iowa State*
HOLIDAY
Site: San Diego
Date: Dec. 28
Time/TV:: 8 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Big 12 #5 vs. Pac-12 #3
Projection: Texas vs. California
CHAMPS SPORTS
Site: Orlando
Date: Dec. 29
Time/TV:: 5:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: ACC #3 vs. Big East #2/Notre Dame
Projection: clemson vs. Notre Dame
ALAMO
Site: San Antonio
Date: Dec. 29
Time/TV:: 9 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Big 12 #3 vs. Pac-12 #2
Projection: Baylor vs. Washington
ARMED FORCES
Site: Dallas
Date: Dec. 30
Time/TV:: Noon/ESPN
Matchup: C-USA vs. BYU/open
Projection: BYU-& at Tulsa
PINSTRIPE
Site: New York
Date: Dec. 30
Time/TV:: 3:20 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Big East #4 vs. Big 12 #7
Projection: Rutgers vs. Missouri
MUSIC CITY
Site: Nashville
Date: Dec. 30
Time/TV:: 6:40 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: ACC #6 vs. SEC #7
Projection: Virginia vs. Mississippi State
INSIGHT
Site: Tempe, Ariz.
Date: Dec. 30
Time/TV:: 10 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Big Ten #4 vs. Big 12 #4
Projection: Penn State vs. Oklahoma
TEXAS
Site: Houston
Date: Dec. 31
Time/TV:: Noon/ESPN
Matchup: Big Ten #6 vs. Big 12 #6
Projection: Iowa vs. Texas A&M
SUN
Site: El Paso, Texas
Date: Dec. 31
Time/TV:: 2 p.m./CBS
Matchup: ACC #4 vs. Pac-12 #4
Projection: Georgia Tech vs. Utah
LIBERTY
Site: Memphis
Date: Dec. 31
Time/TV:: 3:30 p.m./ABC
Matchup: C-USA #1 vs. SEC #8
Projection: Southern Miss vs. Vanderbilt
KRAFT FIGHT HUNGER
Site: San Francisco
Date: Dec. 31
Time/TV:: 3:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Pac-12 #6 vs. Army/open
Projection: UCLA vs. San Diego State*
CHICK-FIL-A
Site: Atlanta
Date: Dec. 31
Time/TV:: 7:30 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: ACC #2 vs. SEC #5
Projection: Florida State vs. Auburn
TICKETCITY
Site: Dallas
Date: Jan. 2
Time/TV:: Noon/ESPNU
Matchup: Big Ten #7 vs. C-USA
Projection: Purdue vs. SMU
CAPITAL ONE
Site: Orlando
Date: Jan. 2
Time/TV:: 1 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Big Ten #2 vs. SEC #2
Projection: Nebraska vs. South Carolina
GATOR
Site: Jacksonville
Date: Jan. 2
Time/TV:: 1 p.m./ESPN2
Matchup: Big Ten #5 vs. SEC #6
Projection: Ohio State vs. Florida
OUTBACK
Site: Tampa
Date: Jan. 2
Time/TV:: 1 p.m./ABC
Matchup: Big Ten #3 vs. SEC #3
Projection: Michigan State vs. Georgia
COTTON
Site: Arlington, Texas
Date: Jan. 6
Time/TV:: 8 p.m./Fox
Matchup: Big 12 #2 vs. SEC #4
Projection: Kansas State vs. Arkansas
BBVA COMPASS
Site: Birmingham, Ala.
Date: Jan. 7
Time/TV:: 1 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: Big East #5 vs. SEC #9
Projection: Cincinnati vs. Western Michigan*
GoDADDY.COM
Site: Mobile, Ala.
Date: Jan. 8
Time/TV:: 9 p.m./ESPN
Matchup: MAC #2 vs. Sun Belt
Projection: Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State

 

[woolybug25]

Michigan gets to play Houston in a BCS bowl.

perfect.

 

[mick2]

Michigan gets to play Houston in a BCS bowl.

perfect.

i know its total bs! we get the sugar bowl and face LSU, they get houston? come on man! although it would be funny to see them lose to houston.

gotta root for southern miss to beat houston this week, then maybe they will play a real team in the sugar bowl, like arkansas, maybe ok st. can jump bama in the polls if they beat oklahoma, and michigan could get bama in the sugar bowl.

 

[phork]

Houston is going to carve up that secondary like a turkey. Keenum will have a field day.

USAtodays projections are different:

BCS national championship: LSU vs. Alabama

Fiesta: Oklahoma State vs. Stanford
Rose: Oregon vs. Wisconsin
Orange: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
Sugar: Michigan vs. Houston

GoDaddy.com: Toledo vs. Arkansas State
BBVA Compass: Louisville vs. Florida International*
Cotton: Kansas State vs. Georgia
Capital One: Nebraska vs. Arkansas
Outback: Michigan State vs. South Carolina
Gator: Ohio State vs. Auburn
TicketCity: Illinois vs. Iowa State*
Chick-fil-A: Clemson vs. Florida
Kraft Fight Hunger: UCLA vs. Wyoming*
Liberty: Tulsa vs. Mississippi State
Sun: Georgia Tech vs. California
Meineke Car Care: Texas A&M vs. Iowa
Insight: Penn State vs. Baylor
Music City: Virginia vs. Vanderbilt
Pinstripe: Rutgers vs. Missouri
Armed Forces: SMU vs. BYU
Alamo: Oklahoma vs. Washington
Champs Sports: Florida State vs. Notre Dame
Holiday: Texas vs. Utah
Military: Wake Forest vs. Temple*
Belk: Cincinnati vs. North Carolina
Independence: North Carolina State vs. Air Force
Little Caesar's Pizza: Purdue vs. Northern Illinois
Hawaii: Southern Mississippi vs. Nevada
Maaco Las Vegas: TCU vs. Arizona State
Poinsettia: Boise State vs. Louisiana Tech
Beef 'O' Brady's: Pittsburgh vs. Marshall
New Orleans: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Western Michigan*
Famous Idaho Potato: Ohio vs. Utah State
New Mexico: San Diego State vs. Northwestern*

CBS is the same(ish):
College Football Bowls - CBSSports.com

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

gotta root for southern miss to beat houston this week, then maybe they will play a real team in the sugar bowl, like arkansas, maybe ok st. can jump bama in the polls if they beat oklahoma, and michigan could get bama in the sugar bowl.

OR, hope LSU loses the SEC title game. Georgia would take Michigans BCS spot, AND you'd have BCS title game featuring TWO teams who didn't win their conference (Bama/LSU). Wowza.

 

[PANDFAN]

i saw something on espn stating that Michigan can't go to a bcs because they are ranked 16th and needed to be 14 in order to get an at large bid for BCS kind of like us...since they didn't win their conference

 

[mick2]

i saw something on espn stating that Michigan can't go to a bcs because they are ranked 16th and needed to be 14 in order to get an at large bid for BCS kind of like us...since they didn't win their conference

they might sneak into top 14 territory if georgia loses. or anyone else who is ahead of them.

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

i saw something on espn stating that Michigan can't go to a bcs because they are ranked 16th and needed to be 14 in order to get an at large bid for BCS kind of like us...since they didn't win their conference

I think the thought is that Wisconsin will win the B1G title game, and MSU will drop in the ratings, and Michigan will move up enough to go to the BCS...

 

[The Polish Irishman]

BCS national championship: LSU vs. Alabama

Fiesta: Oklahoma State vs. Stanford
Rose: Oregon vs. Wisconsin
Orange: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
Sugar: Michigan vs. Houston

Not impressive games. Oregon is not a BCS team.

The Sugar and Orange are terrible games.

 

[mick2]

I think the thought is that Wisconsin will win the B1G title game, and MSU will drop in the ratings, and Michigan will move up enough to go to the BCS...

yep that too

 

[Sherm Sticky]

ND will get killed if we play Clemson or FSU. Please let it be UVA!

 

[Veer option]

Not impressive games. Oregon is not a BCS team.

The Sugar and Orange are terrible games.

How is Oregon not a BCS team? They went undefeated in their division and are three days away from winning their conference. The only teams Oregon would have trouble beating in those probable BCS matchups, would be LSU, Bama, and Whiskey.

 

[tko]

ND will get killed if we play Clemson or FSU. Please let it be UVA!

i would rather see us play FSU. UVA too well coached and Clemson has way too much speed, more than FSU.