2015 Bowl Season

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Mavric

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Saturday, Dec. 19
Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl: Alcorn State vs. North Carolina A&T
Cure Bowl: San Jose State vs. Georgia State
New Mexico Bowl: Arizona vs. New Mexico
Las Vegas Bowl: BYU vs. Utah
Camellia Bowl: Ohio vs. Appalachian State
New Orleans Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Louisiana Tech

Monday, Dec. 21
Miami Beach Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. South Florida

Tuesday, Dec. 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Akron vs. Utah State
Boca Raton Bowl: Toledo vs. Temple

Wednesday, Dec. 23
Poinsettia Bowl: Boise State vs. Northern Illinois
GoDaddy Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. Bowling Green

Thursday, Dec. 24
Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan
Hawaii Bowl: San Diego State vs. Cincinnati

Saturday, Dec. 26
St. Petersburg Bowl: Connecticut vs. Marshall
Sun Bowl: Miami (FL) vs. Washington State
Heart of Dallas Bowl: Washington vs. Southern Miss
New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Indiana vs. Duke
Independence Bowl: Tulsa vs. Virginia Tech
Foster Farms Bowl: UCLA vs. Nebraska

Monday, Dec. 28
Military Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Navy
Quick Lane Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Minnesota

Tuesday, Dec. 29
Armed Forces Bowl: California vs. Air Force
Russell Athletic Bowl: North Carolina vs. Baylor
Arizona Bowl: Nevada vs. Colorado State
Texas Bowl: Texas Tech vs. LSU

Wednesday, Dec. 30
Birmingham Bowl: Memphis vs. Auburn
Belk Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Mississippi State
Music City Bowl: Louisville vs. Texas A&M
Holiday Bowl: USC vs. Wisconsin

Thursday, Dec. 31
Peach Bowl: Houston vs. Florida State
Orange Bowl (playoff semifinal): No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 1 Clemson
Cotton Bowl (playoff semifinal): No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 2 Alabama

Friday, Jan. 1
Outback Bowl: Northwestern vs. Tennessee
Citrus Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida
Fiesta Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State
Rose Bowl: Stanford vs. Iowa
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss

Saturday, Jan. 2
TaxSlayer Bowl: Penn State vs. Georgia
Liberty Bowl: Kansas State vs. Arkansas
Alamo Bowl: Oregon vs. TCU
Cactus Bowl: West Virginia vs. Arizona State

Monday, Jan. 11
College Football Playoff National Championship: Clemson-Oklahoma winner vs. Alabama-Michigan State winner

 
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Congratulations to San Jose State on becoming perhaps the single worst team to ever make a bowl game. 5-7 record overall, one of those wins over an FCS school, and the four FBS wins coming against teams with records of 7-5, 3-9, 3-9, and 3-10. FBS football either needs an extra conference's worth of teams or at least five less bowl games.

 
mrandyk said:
Congratulations to San Jose State on becoming perhaps the single worst team to ever make a bowl game. 5-7 record overall, one of those wins over an FCS school, and the four FBS wins coming against teams with records of 7-5, 3-9, 3-9, and 3-10. FBS football either needs an extra conference's worth of teams or at least five less bowl games.
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The original rule for 5-7 teams said

Teams can only count one such win [bCS wins] toward the six needed for eligibility. They cannot be eligible under the provision that allows teams that finish 5-7 to play in bowls.

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http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jerry-palm/25353577/bowling-2015-bowl-eligibility-tracker

But that was the rule that said you had to be in the top 5 APR. No 5-7 teams were in the top 5 so they had to go back and modify the rule, and I guess they forgot or ignored the "no BCS wins" rules.

 
Once again I wonder what the old Jan 1st could be . . .

Rose: Stanford vs Mich St.

Orange: Okla vs Clemson. Big8 champ gets the Orange Bowl and they invite the nearest and highest ranked free team.

Cotton: UH vs Ole Miss. UH wins a theoretical SWC assuming their games played like Oklahoma's. There is no easy way to figure out the #2 teams but I think the Cotton favored southerners.

Sugar: Bama vs ND. We pick the toughest opponent we can get and this is it.

Fiesta. anOSU vs TCU. Strictly business decisions. TCU is a good grab as they are a day's drive away.

Peach: Iowa vs FSU. I believe they had an ACC tie in at some point.

This is the first year that I would say without hesitation that the old bowl system was better. This is because I had to fictionalize so much. For example it's basically fan fic to say that UH has the same record in the SWC if TCU/TTech/Baylor play as they do today. Still it might be about equal to what we will actually have.

 
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