2004-05 College Bowl Schedule

[wayne1218]

Wyndham New Orleans
at New Orleans, La.
North Texas vs.
Southern Miss(-6) 53
Dec. 14
7:30 p.m. ESPN


Champs Sports
at Orlando, Fla
Syracuse
vs. Georgia Tech(-6) 44
Dec. 21
7:45 p.m. ESPN


GMAC
at Mobile, Ala.
Memphis vs.
Bowling Green(-5) 72
Dec. 22
8 p.m. ESPN


PlainsCapital Fort Worth
at Fort Worth, Texas
Cincinnati(-2) 56 vs.
Marshall
Dec. 23
6:30 p.m. ESPN


Pioneer PureVision
Las Vegas
at Las Vegas
UCLA(-12.5) 57.5 vs. Wyoming
Dec. 23
9:45 p.m. ESPN


Sheraton Hawaii
at Honolulu
Hawaii(-4) 76.5 vs. UAB
Dec. 24
7 p.m. ESPN


MPC Computers
at Boise, Idaho
Fresno State
vs. Virginia(-5.5) 51
Dec. 27
2 p.m. ESPN


Motor City
at Detroit
Toledo(-3) 66.5 vs. Connecticut
Dec. 27
5:30 p.m. ESPN


Independence
at Shreveport, La.
Iowa State
vs. Miami (Ohio))-3) 50.5
Dec. 28
6:30 p.m. ESPN


Insight
at Phoenix
Oregon State(-3.5) 51
vs. Notre Dame
Dec. 28
9:45 p.m. ESPN


EV1.net Houston
at Houston, Texas
Colorado(-3) 59 vs. UTEP
Dec. 29
4:30 p.m. ESPN


MasterCard Alamo
at San Antonio, Texas
Ohio State
vs.Oklahoma State(-2) 50
Dec. 29
8 p.m. ESPN


Continental Tire
at Charlotte, N.C.
Boston College
vs. North Carolina(-5) 51.5
Dec. 30
1 p.m. ESPN2


Emerald Bowl
at San Francisco, Calif.
Navy vs. New Mexico(-2.5) 40.5
Dec. 30
4:30 p.m. ESPN2


Pacific Life Holiday
at San Diego, Calif.
Texas Techvs. Cal(-13) 67.5
Dec. 30
8 p.m. ESPN


Silicon Valley
at San Jose Calif.
Northern Illinoisvs. Troy(Pk) 47
Dec. 30
11 p.m. ESPN2




Gaylords Hotels Music City
at Nashville, Tenn.
Alabama(-4) 48 vs. Minnesota
Dec. 31
Noon ESPN


Vitalis Sun
at El Paso, Texas
Arizona State
vs. Purdue(-7) 56
Dec. 31
2 p.m. CBS


AutoZone Liberty
at Memphis, Tenn.
Louisville(-13) 80.5 vs.
Boise State
Dec. 31
3:30 p.m. ESPN


Chick-fil-A Peach
at Atlanta, Ga.
Miami(-3) 52 vs. Florida
Dec. 31
7:30 p.m. ESPN


Outback
at Tampa, Fla.
Georgia(-7) 39 vs. Wisconsin
Jan. 1
11 a.m. ESPN


SBC Cotton
at Dallas, Texas
Texas A&M(-3) 55.5
vs. Tennessee
Jan. 1
11 a.m. Fox


Toyota Gator
at Jacksonville, Fla.
West Virginia vs.
Florida State(-8) 45.5
Jan. 1
12:30 p.m. NBC


Capital One
at Orlando, Fla.
Iowa vs. LSU(-7) 41.5
Jan. 1
1 p.m. ABC


Rose
at Pasadena, Calif.
Michigan vs. Texas(-5.5) 54.5
Jan. 1
4:30 p.m. ABC


Tostitos Fiesta
at Tempe, Ariz.
Utah(-16.5) 68 vs. Pittsburgh
Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. ABC


Nokia Sugar
at New Orleans, La.
Auburn(-7) 44 vs. Virginia Tech
Jan. 3
8 p.m. ABC


FedEx Orange
at Miami, Fla.
USC(-3) 54 vs. Oklahoma
Jan. 4
8 p.m. ABC

These are the opening lines from Pinnacle.

[wayne1218]

The Louisville/Boise St game should be fun to watch!

[Trotter]

At Olympic

Oklahoma 54.5
USC -3

[Homer]

:eek: :eek: The MAC got a lot of teams in there :D :D

I wish they would have put Utah against someone better then Pittsburgh.

I was hoping Michigan, V tech or Texas. Would have loved watching one of them three play them

[Southern Dandy]

Gig Em' Aggies!

Beat the hell outta Tennessee!

Whoop!

[wayne1218]

Originally posted by Homer
:eek: :eek: The MAC got a lot of teams in there :D :D

I wish they would have put Utah against someone better then Pittsburgh.

I was hoping Michigan, V tech or Texas. Would have loved watching one of them three play them

When Clemson and South Carolina backed out of a bowl game they almost didn't have enough teams to fill the spots. That's why all the MAC teams that qualified with enough wins got in.

[wayne1218]

I can't believe a 4th ranked Cal team isn't even playing on New Year's Day!

[ULikeApples]

All Bowl Game Odds?

Anyone know where I can find all the bowl game odds? They are not up at scoresandodds.com for some reason. Thanks!

[Art Vandelay]

Some folks think we have too many bowl games but here's an interesting fact. There are 28 bowl games this year and exactly 56 NCAA D-1 teams had "winning" records. Thanks to S. Car. and Clemson, things fit exactly for the NCAA. Too bad the BCS didn't work quite as well...

[StarDust Bum]

Cal got screwed out of a major bowl game.

[Mike F]

BCS = Total Hoax!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Bowl Conspiracy System f---s up another schedule.

Pittsburgh in a BCS bowl vs. Utah?
Texas in the Rose Bowl?
Cal isn't playin on New Years Day?

I'm not in favor of a playoff, but this system has inherent conflicts of interest. The second place Big 12 team played for the "national championship" twice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This year we've got Texas (the biggest fraud in college football) playing in the Rose Bowl and Cal playing in San Diego. The PAC-10 gets screwed time and time again, which is a huge shocker when you look at all the SEC and Big 12 members that make up the board.

Texas is BY FAR the most overrated team in the nation. Mack Brown is a decent guy and a good recruiter, but he isn't a good coach. Nobody does less with more.

Cal would've THROTTLED Michigan in the Rose Bowl. This team really reminds me of the 2001 Oregon team with Joey Harrington, 2 running backs, a tough defense, and Jeff Tedford at Offensive Coordinator... which played CU in the Fiesta Bowl while Nebraska (2nd place in their conference) was TOASTED by Miami in the Rose Bowl. If they can't play in the Rose Bowl, why can't they play Auburn? Or Utah? The PAC-10 needs to stand up for itself, bite the bullet, and enter this Bowl Conspiracy System. The conference gains nothing by standing on the outside looking in... hoping to play in the Rose Bowl.

The only saving grace in this entire mess is that Texas is an easy fade in big games.

I can't think of a bigger mismatch than Pitt vs. Utah. That line should be at least 20.

On the bright side, Boise State vs. Louisville will be a kick ass game.

Mike F

[STaylor36]

Big 12

The entire Big 12 is ripe for fading come bowl season, especially Texas. I'm going to bet against all of them. That conference is overrated every year. How does OU get into the Orange Bowl over Auburn when Auburn went undefeated in by far the best conference in America. And Texas.....give me a break..... they play one truly good team all season long, do it on a neutral field, and they still get SHUTOUT!! This team is going to the ROSE BOWL?!??!?!?! You have got to be kidding me. I dont know who the Big 12 Commissioner is but he is doing a masterful job of getting his overrated teams into the biggest of bowl games. Last year OU, Kansas State, and Texas (the Big 12 teams in the biggest bowl games) were all touchdown or more favorites in their bowl games and they all lost straight up. I'm expecting OU and Texas do to so again this year. Load up against the Big 12 and enjoy your holiday season.

[Southern Dandy]

That's funny, the Big 12 overrated. The only conference overrated is the Pac 10. USC shouldn't have played in the national championship game last year and they shouldn't this year either. The championship game should be Oklahoma and Auburn which come from, respectively, the two toughest conferences in college football. Bet against the Big 12 if you like, but Texas A&M will cover against Tennesee at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. We've got the fans and the Cotton Bowl has always been our game. I think A&M would get pumped up more for the Cotton Bowl than if they played in the national championship.

[Mike F]

Conference strength

Southern Dandy,

The PAC-10, overrated, are you f-ing kidding me?!?!?!??!?!? If they get so much "run", why isn't Cal playing in the Rose Bowl? This year the conference is a case of the HAVES and HAVE NOTS. USC & Cal are elite national programs. UCLA, ASU, OSU, etc. are not very tough. Cal was penalized for the poor quality of other 8 teams in the conference.

If USC shouldn't have played for the national championship last year, who should have? The 2nd place SEC team??????????? If you can recall, USC THRASHED Auburn in their season opener last year... and it took the Tigers about 5 weeks to mend their bruised egos.

Every year USC plays as tough a non-conference schedule as any team in the nation. This year it was VA Tech, Colorado St., & BYU. Auburn played Louisiana Monroe, The Citadel, & La Tech. If anything, Auburn is being penalized for weak non-conference games. USC started the season with a target on their backs, and finished in the top spot. They deserve to compete for the #1 spot.

Every year the SEC teams say, "Our Conference is SO TOUGH! Our conference is so TOUGH... we have to play Furman, Middle Tennessee St., and Georgia Southern in our non-conference games, just to stay competitive. OH, OK! Well then maybe we should crown the 1st place SEC team as national champs, and have everbody else can play for 2nd place.

Even though Auburn doesn't get to play for the national championship, they do get a fat check for the conference because they're in a BCS bowl. Those are some real alligator tears, buddy.

I look at 3 criteria in betting a college team... coaching, quarterback, & defense. Cal & USC are as good as any team in the nation in those three categories. Stoops & White are top notch, but OK's defense has holes in it. They're missing Mike Stoops BIG TIME, and USC will have a field day with that defense.

The Big 12 north was sure a juggernaut this year! I was really biting my nails to see if CU or Iowa State played for the Conference Championship!

Cal got robbed. The PAC-10 will lose approximately $5 million because of this Bowl Conspiracy System, AND the fans won't see how they stack up against a national powerhouse program. There's the injustice.

Mike F

[kbsooner21]

OU's defense has holes? 6 points given up their last 3 games TOTAL!!! 2nd to last in Big 12 south OSU beat the hell out of UCLA! Pac 10 it bad anyway you look at it. I will give them there 2 top teams can play with anybody in the nation but after that there is a huge drop off. Granted the Big 12 north stinks but that south division is the toughest in the nation by far!