2012 Bowl Games (Updated as announced)

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This thread probably should be made sooner or later, so what the heck. As the matchups are announced, I'll edit this thread as needed.

New Mexico Bowl (Dec. 15): Nevada vs. Arizona
Idaho Potato Bowl (Dec. 15): Toledo vs. #22 Utah State
Poinsettia Bowl (Dec. 20): San Diego State vs. BYU
St. Petersburg Bowl (Dec. 21): UCF vs. Ball State
New Orleans Bowl (Dec. 22): East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Las Vegas Bowl (Dec. 22): #19 Boise State vs. Washington
Hawaii Bowl (Dec. 24): Fresno State vs. SMU
Little Caesars Bowl (Dec. 26): Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky
Military Bowl (Dec. 27): Bowling Green vs. #24 San Jose State
Belk Bowl (Dec. 27): Duke vs. Cincinnati
Holiday Bowl (Dec. 27): #17 UCLA vs. Baylor
Independence Bowl (Dec. 28): Louisiana-Monroe vs. Ohio
Russell Athletic Bowl (Dec. 28): Virginia Tech vs. Rutgers
Meineke Bowl (Dec. 28): Minnesota vs. Texas Tech
Armed Forces Bowl (Dec. 29): Rice vs. Air Force
Pinstripe Bowl (Dec. 29): Syracuse vs. West Virginia
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (Dec. 29): Navy vs. Arizona State
Alamo Bowl (Dec. 29): #23 Texas vs. #13 Oregon State
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Dec. 29): TCU vs. Michigan State
Music City Bowl (Dec. 31): NC State vs. Vanderbilt
Sun Bowl (Dec. 31): Georgia Tech vs. Southern Cal
Liberty Bowl (Dec. 31): Iowa State vs. Tulsa
Chick-Fil-A Bowl (Dec. 31): #14 Clemson vs. #8 LSU
Gator Bowl (Jan. 1): #20 Northwestern vs. Mississippi State
Heart of Dallas Bowl (Jan. 1): Purdue vs. Oklahoma State
Outback Bowl (Jan. 1): #18 Michigan vs. #10 South Carolina
Capital One Bowl (Jan. 1): #16 Nebraska vs. #7 Georgia
Rose Bowl (Jan. 1): #6 Stanford vs. Wisconsin
Orange Bowl (Jan. 1): #12 Florida State vs. #15 Northern Illinois
Sugar Bowl (Jan. 2): #3 Florida vs. #21 Louisville
Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 3): #5 Kansas State vs. #4 Oregon
Cotton Bowl (Jan. 4): #11 Oklahoma vs. #9 Texas A&M
BBVA Compass Bowl (Jan. 5): Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss
GoDaddy.com Bowl (Jan. 6): #25 Kent State vs. Arkansas State
BCS National Championship Game (Jan. 7): #1 Notre Dame vs. #2 Alabama
 
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HAHAHA Vandy after its best season ever goes to the Music City bowl. We are going to kick their tail next year.
 
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It'll be funny if NC State goes 0-2 against the state of Tennessee. Maybe just funny to me. Either way, not a bad matchup.
 
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**** Louisville and their sham BCS bid. Georgia, LSU, USCjr, and aTm would kick their tailfeathers.
 
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They did win a BCS conference. So there's that.

Washington plays Boise two games in a row.
 
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Ah, got it.

Also, updated with final matchups and BCS rankings. When I get some time later I'll put some thoughts on each game.

For now, a couple brief ones:

-Georgia is going to stomp the ish out of Nebraska. We're talking 2010 Bama-Michigan State possibilities here.
-Chick-Fil-A Bowl will be the hottest non-BCS ticket. How do they pull this off every year?
-Game that will have the best fourth-quarter not involving a BCS team: New Orleans Bowl. ECU and ULL both feature good offenses and bad defenses and this game was excellent last year when it was ULL vs. San Diego State.
 
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RoaminVol said:
HAHAHA Vandy after its best season ever goes to the Music City bowl. We are going to kick their tail next year.
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Their fans don't travel well and Vandy will kick their A$$. It's actually good for Vandy to stay home. I only hope we win next year.
 
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USC, from projected national contenders to the Sun Bowl. They should easily handle a lousy GA Tech team, but it's fun seeing Kiffin disappoint. And yes, I know I'm bitter, but it's like getting dumped and being left with herpes. I want to see him fail.
 
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Weezer said:
USC, from projected national contenders to the Sun Bowl. They should easily handle a lousy GA Tech team, but it's fun seeing Kiffin disappoint. And yes, I know I'm bitter, but it's like getting dumped and being left with herpes. I want to see him fail.
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If any team is going to break Tech's bowl loss streak it'll be 2012 USC.

Also, no love for the 2006 Insight Bowl rematch? One of the best comebacks ever: Texas Tech vs. Minnesota (Insight Bowl) - YouTube
 
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RoaminVol said:
HAHAHA Vandy after its best season ever goes to the Music City bowl. We are going to kick their tail next year.
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Yeah but it's also about the best they could get considering. I know they had hope for the CFL Bowl but no way they deserve it over LSU. So while it kinda sucks at the same time they didn't get screwed either. Just bad luck the SEC had so many better teams.

MTSU getting no bowl blows, especially when WKU got one and they finished higher and beat them head to head. I'm sure the Sun Belt didn't lobby for them though.
 
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govols120 said:
Ah, got it.

Also, updated with final matchups and BCS rankings. When I get some time later I'll put some thoughts on each game.

For now, a couple brief ones:

-Georgia is going to stomp the ish out of Nebraska. We're talking 2010 Bama-Michigan State possibilities here.
-Chick-Fil-A Bowl will be the hottest non-BCS ticket. How do they pull this off every year?
-Game that will have the best fourth-quarter not involving a BCS team: New Orleans Bowl. ECU and ULL both feature good offenses and bad defenses and this game was excellent last year when it was ULL vs. San Diego State.
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Lsu is my only hope that one of my hated teams goes down, all others have wins..well besides bama/nd, one has to lose.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Yeah but it's also about the best they could get considering. I know they had hope for the CFL Bowl but no way they deserve it over LSU. So while it kinda sucks at the same time they didn't get screwed either. Just bad luck the SEC had so many better teams.

MTSU getting no bowl blows, especially when WKU got one and they finished higher and beat them head to head. I'm sure the Sun Belt didn't lobby for them though.
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Almost positive that's what happened. Same would of happened if either of the other teams "leaving"
 
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Georgia Tech shouldn't've got their waver approved. Especially if it takes out teams that had seasons like LaTech and MTSU from going to a bowl.
 
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