2014-15 Bowl Projections

[jbcarol]

Jerry Palm of CBS

CFB Playoff: Bama v. Oklahoma

Orange: Auburn v. Clemson
Peach:  SC v. UC

Taxslayer (former Gator): Ole Miss v. Iowa
Outback:  UGa v. Michigan
CapOne: LSU v. MichSt
Birmingham: Vols v. Memphis
Liberty: Mizzou v. Tejas
Indy: UofL v. Western (not enough SEC teams to fill spot)
Music City: State v. UNC
Park Belk: Florida v. VaTech
Texas: A&M v. TTech

[jbcarol]

Palm: The CFP consists of six bowls. Three are "contract" bowls, which means they are contracted with conferences for participants. Those are the Rose (Big Ten champ vs Pac-12 champ), Sugar (SEC champ vs Big 12 champ) and Orange (ACC champ vs SEC/Big Ten/Notre Dame). The others (Cotton, Fiesta and Peach) are called "host" bowls and will have at-large teams, one of which will be the highest rated champion of one of the non-major conferences (Group of Five).

Those six bowls will rotate as semifinal bowls on a three year schedule. This year, the semifinals are the Rose and Sugar Bowls. In years that a bowl hosts a semifinal, its conference contracts are irrelevant. That means that, for example, if the Big Ten champion is a semifinalist this year, it won't be required to play in the Rose Bowl. Also, in semifinal years, the contract teams of the semifinal bowls will appear in one of the other CFP games if it is not selected for the playoff. So, if the Big Ten champion is not selected for the semifinals this year, it will play in one of the other four games.

The six CFP game matchups are created by the selection committee based on its rankings. The six conference champions that automatically participate, regardless of rankings, plus the next six highest rated teams, will be the pool of teams for the six bowls.

My preseason semifinal matchups are No. 1 Alabama vs No. 4 Oklahoma in a rematch of last year's Sugar Bowl and No. 2 Florida State vs No. 3 Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.

The playoff isn't the only change though. There are four new bowls, bringing the total up to 38 (not counting the title game, which isn't technically a bowl) and there are several changes to which conference will play where. I won't detail every change here, but the four new bowls are the Bahamas Bowl, Boca Raton Bowl, Camellia Bowl and the Miami Beach Bowl.

That means we now need 76 eligible teams to fill them all. Idaho, Penn State and UNLV are ineligible this year due to sanctions...

Next eligible is the 5-7 team with the highest APR.

[jbcarol]

National Football Post

The College Football Playoff
FSU v. OhioSt
Auburn v. Oregon

The CFP Selection Committee bowl games include
Peach: LSU v. Houston
Orange: Bama v. Clemson

The rest
CapOne: UGa v. Wisconsin
Outback: SC v. Iowa
TaxSlayer (former Gator): Florida v. Michigan
Texas: A&M v. KState
Park Belk: State v. VaTech
Music City: Ole Miss v. UNC
Indy: Vandy v. UofL
Liberty: Mizzou v. Tejas

[jbcarol]

ESPN's McMurphy and Schlabach

Bowl   Brett McMurphy            Mark Schlabach
Liberty   Oklahoma State vs. Tennessee   Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss
Texas           Texas Tech vs. A&M                   Oklahoma State vs. A&M
Park Belk   Virginia Tech vs. State                   Miami vs. Missouri
Capital One   Iowa vs. Florida                           LSU vs. Ohio State
Outback   Wisconsin vs. Ole Miss                   South Carolina vs. Nebraska
TaxSlayer   Notre Dame vs. LSU                   Michigan vs. Florida
Peach           Auburn vs. Marshall                   Georgia vs. Baylor
Orange   Florida State vs. South Carolina   Clemson vs. Auburn
Cotton   Baylor vs. Georgia                       N/A
Rose           Ohio State vs. Oregon                   Alabama vs. Oregon
Sugar           Alabama vs. Oklahoma                   Florida State vs. Michigan State

[jbcarol]

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/college-football-bowl-projections-2014

Projects Bama v FSU in College Playoff Final after beating Ohio St.

[jbcarol]

Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  Aug 8
Phil Steele predicts Tennessee will play Memphis in the Birmingham Bowl http://www.philsteele.com/bowls/14-15/bowlprojections.html ... #Vols

[jbcarol]

Jerry Palm @jppalmCBS  ·  3h

Welcome to the bowl projections, Penn St... http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions ...

No. 1 Bama v. No. 4 Oregon
No. 2 FSU  v.  No. 3 OU

Cotton Bowl    Texas A&M vs. USC
Orange Bowl    Clemson vs. Auburn
Fiesta Bowl    UCLA vs. Michigan State
Peach Bowl    Georgia vs. Cincinnati

[jbcarol]

ESPN SEC @ESPN_SEC  ·  Sep 7
SEC bowl projections: Week 2 http://es.pn/WC3kDO

[NaturalStateReb]

The only smart thing that Houston Nutt ever said was about bowl games:  "the more you win, the warmer it gets."

[jbcarol]

AL.com sports @aldotcomSports  ·  24h

Jerry Sandusky's victims still live with the horror, but no worries, Penn State can go bowling. http://ow.ly/Bir1r

[jbcarol]

Brett McMurphy @McMurphyESPN  ·  4h

Of all the online bowl projections, this is one of 'em: from @ESPN's @Mark_Schlabach & myself http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections/_/week/4 ...

Duck Commander Independence Bowl
(ACC vs. SEC)   Duke vs. California   Miami (FL) vs. Arkansas

[Artex501]

Not sure if it was posted but ESPN (Mark Schlabach) has picked  :razorback: vs The U, in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl... What a important and exciting game that would be... I know I know week 4 bla bla bla, but its still nice to see a bowl projection for the hogs. WPS!  :razorback:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections/_/week/4

[HF#1]

Would love to see us in the Music City Bowl vs Louisville...

[John Futrall]

Happy, happy, happy

[Hawghiggs]

 I would love to play the U.

[The Boar War]

I would be there.

[jmb1973]

Well, at least I wouldn't have far to drive.

[CallThemHawgs!]

Not sure if it was posted but ESPN (Mark Schlabach) has picked  :razorback: vs The U, in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl... What a important and exciting game that would be... I know I know week 4 bla bla bla, but its still nice to see a bowl projection for the hogs. WPS!  :razorback:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections/_/week/4

Would be huge, especially with the way we have been recruiting Florida.

[hogchic2001]

I would absolutely be there.....

[The Divine Swine]

Not sure if it was posted but ESPN (Mark Schlabach) has picked  :razorback: vs The U, in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl... What a important and exciting game that would be... I know I know week 4 bla bla bla, but its still nice to see a bowl projection for the hogs. WPS!  :razorback:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections/_/week/4

hey, look here jack. I would be all for that. where's my tea glass?

[PorkSoda]

 the duck commander bowl?

priceless.

[ShadowTheHedgehog]

It says ACC vs SEC and the other guy picked California.

[WBC Hog]

Where is the Independence bowl played?

[Ramtough]

We are 1/3 of the way there. I'll take any bowl we can get.

[Danimal]

Where is the Independence bowl played?

Shreveport.

[PigDaddyKane]

Where is the Independence bowl played?

Welcome to beautiful Shreveport Louisiana. Just make sure you know your way yo and from the stadium.

[Bacons Rebellion]

Break out the new Camo unis.

[three hog night]

I would rather be at Shreveport than Nashville for recruiting purposes.  We need exposure in North Louisiana badly.

[Hollywood_HOGan45]

Would love that.

[RockyMtnHog]

Just a few years ago anyone would thumb their nose at the Independence Bowl (Duck Dynasty Bowl).  My how times have changed.  Give us any bowl now and it would be great.

[3kgthog]

Casinos and an easy drive. Sure, why not.

[AugustaHog]

We would smoke Miami too.

[Jek Tono Porkins]

That just proves how brutal the SEC West is.

Let's just say we get 6 wins and get to a bowl.

For starters, that most likely means that every team in the SEC West goes to a bowl.

So we're at the bottom of the SEC West and we just totally crushed a middle-of-the-road Big XII team. It wasn't even a contest. What do you think we're going to do against Miami or someone similar, particularly at Shreveport or Memphis or Nashville or somewhere else where we'll have some good fan support?

[SpanHog]

been dreaming about the day we get to blow up and RUTS on Da "U".  scUM suckers

[ZERO]

We're due for some sweet revenge against Miami. Of course, the chances of this happening exactly this way are slim.

We're going to need to win two SEC games. As sad as it sounds, that's a pretty tall order for this year.

[popcornhog]

It says ACC vs SEC and the other guy picked California.

Which means that he predicts the ACC to not have enough bowl eligible teams and the PAC to have more than it's bowl allotment.

Lots of people expect both the PAC and SEC to have extra teams eligible.

[hogcard1964]

Would love to see us in the Music City Bowl vs Louisville...

Agreed

[Großer Kriegschwein]

I would be all over that if that happened.

Yup...All over it.

[East TN HAWG]

It  would be great for Cornelius and Ramirez to play in hometown. 

[Großer Kriegschwein]

It  would be great for Cornelius and Ramirez to play in hometown.

Not to mention good for me, I'm only an hour away in LA.

[Inhogswetrust]

I would rather be at Shreveport than Nashville for recruiting purposes.  We need exposure in North Louisiana badly.

Exposure. That will get you arrested.......................................

[Jackrabbit Hog]

I noticed yesterday that the SEC bloggers on espn.com (Low and Aschoff, I think) had us ahead of Tennessee in the power rankings, yet they had the Vols going to a bowl  and us not going to one in their projections.  They also had 4 West teams as the top 4 in their power rankings. 

Maybe we could petition God to move us geographically to the other side of Mississippi.

[hoglady]

Welcome to beautiful Shreveport Louisiana. Just make sure you know your way yo and from the stadium.

Stay in Bossier City.
Get a little gambling in at one of the casino's - The Bossier City Boardwalk is pretty nice.
The Independence Bowl folks would be doing backflips with that matchup. Lots of Arkansas fans in the area - plus short drive for many of us.

[WizardofhOgZ]

"The Randy Shannon Bowl" . . . I'd take it!

Then again, I'd take any Bowl this year.

[hoglady]

I live in Bossier City, across the river from Shreveport, and lots of people here would love for the Razorbacks to come play in the Independence Bowl. I know it's a lower tier bowl, but the experience here is great. Players and fans alike are treated very well here, and it's wonderful for the economy down here. A few years ago when the Hogs played Missouri here, I attended the pep rally and game. It was a blast! I'm sure they wouldn't turn the invitation down, like one of these North Louisiana schools did a couple of years ago.  Their AD held out thinking they would get a better invite.....he didn't, the Indy Bowl chose someone else, and I think the AD got fired. It was really embarrassing. Anyway, if this prediction happens, come visit me at Horseshoe Casino. I'm a blackjack dealer and would love to call those Hogs with y'all!

I grew up in Bossier City - so I would be there for sure.

[Kevin]

When rebuilding, you have to start somewhere.  Any bowl in the second year of the rebuild would be great

Haters are going to hate
Trolls are going to troll

[braxhog]

I would be all over that if that happened.

Amen. Short drive and plenty do do in town. Can't believe I just said that about Shreveport.

[Jackrabbit Hog]

Bowl game? Don't talk about a bowl game. You kidding me? Bowl game?!! i just hope we can win a conference game!

BTW, your son's team is vastly overrated.  Shoulda beat Texas by 3 touchdowns.

[Hoggish1]

I would rather be at Shreveport than Nashville for recruiting purposes.  We need exposure in North Louisiana badly.

Absolutely.  As far as I'm concerned we don't need to play in the Music City Bowl ever again.

[Tylerhog]

Had plenty fun in the independence bowl in the past! Easy drive for me to boot! I'd take it!


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