And the College Football season begins!!!

[Crothian]

Which ACC team goes to the Gaotr bowl? Is that the number 2 team or 3 or something? Its hard to tell at this point

 

[The Shaman]

Which ACC team goes to the Gaotr bowl? Is that the number 2 team or 3 or something? Its hard to tell at this point

A quick check of CBS Sportsline says ACC No. 2 for the Gator Bowl, so unless something unexpected happens, it looks like they'll keep their bowl-bid.

Did anyone watch Oregon-Oregon State? it was so foggy they used the cameras on the field a number of times because you couldn't see anything from the positions in the stands. Much worse than Oregon State-USC last year.

 

[Crothian]

I flipped some to the Civil War but the angles were bad so I mostly watched other games

as for the Gator Bowl, if the ACC game is FSU VT, and FSU wins I imagine VT goes to the gator bowl, otherwise probably Miami

 

[Dimwhit]

What is it with USC and the second half? First 5 minutes and they have a 6-point lead. Reggie Bush is making another Heisman statement. 197 yards rushing early 3rd quarter.

 

[drothgery]

always a good day when Miami loses, but this can help OSU get the at large pick

Eh. There's still way too much uncertainty to guess at the at-large picks, because the guaranteed bids are too up in the air. Miami's probably out of the mix without an autobid, though; the Hurricanes don't travel well. After losing to Auburn, Alabama's probably out of the at-large picture.

I mean, currently you'd guess

ACC - VT
Big East - WVA
Big Ten - Penn State* (clinched)
Big 12 - Texas
SEC - LSU
Pac 10 - USC

... which leads to
Rose: USC vs. Texas
Fiesta: ? vs ? (probably Penn State or ND vs. Oregon; possibly ND vs. Ohio State)
Orange: VT vs ? (ND or Penn State, whichever one the Fiesta doesn't take)
Sugar: LSU vs. ? (almost certainly WVA)

But if FSU upsets VT, and WVA wins out, then Orange probably takes West Virginia as its anchor over a four-loss Florida State team, which sends FSU to the Sugar (they pick last). Just for a start. Toss out scenarios that involve USC or Texas losing, and it gets really complicated...

 

[Dimwhit]

The Gameday guys are actually picking Penn vs ND in the Fiesta. That would be a great game.

 

[Crothian]

that woulld be a good match up...so would VT verse OSU too

 

[Crothian]

Eh. There's still way too much uncertainty to guess at the at-large picks, because the guaranteed bids are too up in the air.

Ya, but its more fun this way

 

[Dimwhit]

that woulld be a good match up...so would VT verse OSU too

Yeah, that was their likely for the Orange Bowl. Unless the Orange Bowl decided they wanted Penn to play against VT, in which case they think the Fiesta might take Oregon, leaving OSU out of the BCS.

Fun to speculate, but who really knows...

 

[The Shaman]

Great catch by Fernandez - Pinegar really threaded the ball in there.

The Dawgs are hanging with the Trojans - those turnovers are the difference at this point.