TCU

• Little Danny

  

  This game cost Boise about $10M or more in bowl winnings. They'll go from getting $17M in a BCS bowl to playing in a game like the Poinsetta Bowl or something for $1M.
• Azubuike24

  

  If Stanford continues to get throttled by Oregon, we're almost assuredly looking at 3 possible outcomes for the BCSNG.
  
  LSU/Oklahoma State
  LSU/Alabama
  Alabama/Oregon State
  
  Oregon, Oklahoma and Arkansas are on the outside looking in. Stanford would also be in that group with a loss, but would be no better than 7th IMO.
• Azubuike24

  

  Does this propel Houston into the BCS conversation? Right now, they were 11th. You have to figure they crack the top 10 this week as Boise drops.
  
  5. Boise State is going to drop
  6. Oklahoma still plays at Oklahoma State
  7. Oregon still has to beat Stanford
  8. Arkansas plays at LSU
  9. Clemson plays South Carolina and Virginia Tech in the ACC Title game
  10. Virginia Tech plays Clemson in the ACC Title game
  
  Houston should go 13-0, and they might just get into that "top 6" non-BCS automatic bid.
• krambman

  

  Azubuike24;970034 wrote:If Stanford continues to get throttled by Oregon, we're almost assuredly looking at 3 possible outcomes for the BCSNG.
  
  LSU/Oklahoma State
  LSU/Alabama
  Alabama/Oregon State
  
  Oregon, Oklahoma and Arkansas are on the outside looking in. Stanford would also be in that group with a loss, but would be no better than 7th IMO.

  Holy crap! 2-8 Oregon State can still make the BCS championship game!?
• Jughead

  

  Everybody that loves college football should be rooting hard for the Cowboys. I couldn't stand to watch a rematch of a boring ass game as the National Championship Game...it reminded me of a pro game. :thumbdown:
• krambman

  

  Little Danny;970031 wrote:This game cost Boise about $10M or more in bowl winnings. They'll go from getting $17M in a BCS bowl to playing in a game like the Poinsetta Bowl or something for $1M.

  People who don't know what they are talking about should keep their mouths shut. BSU did not lose that much money by losing today. With merchandising from making a BCS bowl Boise lost probably about $4 million today.
• Azubuike24

  

  Haha yeah, I guess I threw an extra "State" onto the end of that topic...either way.
  
  Either way, Houston still at 11th. Don't see them getting much higher than that if they haven't passed a few teams by now.
• jordo212000

  

  Azubuike24;971863 wrote:Haha yeah, I guess I threw an extra "State" onto the end of that topic...either way.
  
  Either way, Houston still at 11th. Don't see them getting much higher than that if they haven't passed a few teams by now.

  Houston will probably sneak into the top 10 by the end of the year, but I don't see them getting much higher than that
• dazedconfused

  

  houston against alabama in the sugar bowl would certainly be interesting contrast in styles to say the least
• dwccrew

  

  dazedconfused;972015 wrote:houston against alabama in the sugar bowl would certainly be interesting contrast in styles to say the least

  It'd be a repeat of what Bama did to Michigan State last season.
• dazedconfused

  

  dwccrew;972124 wrote:It'd be a repeat of what Bama did to Michigan State last season.

  oh no doubt but there's really no way of avoiding it if tcu and the cougs win out
• jordo212000

  

  dwccrew;972124 wrote:It'd be a repeat of what Bama did to Michigan State last season.

  
  You don't think it could be a repeat of what Utah did to Alabama?
• Rotinaj

  

  jordo212000;972180 wrote:You don't think it could be a repeat of what Utah did to Alabama?

  Probably could, but highly doubtful.
• dlazz

  Rotinaj;972205 wrote:Probably could, but highly doubtful.

  I think it could catch Bama off guard. They don't play a lot of pass-happy teams.
• TBone14

  

  krambman;970375 wrote:People who don't know what they are talking about should keep their mouths shut. BSU did not lose that much money by losing today. With merchandising from making a BCS bowl Boise lost probably about $4 million today.

  
  
  Boise actually saved money by losing Saturday.
  
  http://www.dailypress.com/topic/hc-jacobs-big-east-football-column-1102-20111102,0,2587993.column?page=2
  
  I won't mention the irony of your post.
• krambman

  

  TBone14;973835 wrote:Boise actually saved money by losing Saturday.
  
  http://www.dailypress.com/topic/hc-jacobs-big-east-football-column-1102-20111102,0,2587993.column?page=2
  
  I won't mention the irony of your post.

  Actually they only saved money IF they make the move to the Big East. We were only discussing the amount of money they would make in bowl revenue, not bowl revenue plus a payout for leaving the MWC. According to that article their share of conference bowl money would have been $7 million if they had made a BCS bowl, and $1.9 million if they didn't. By my math that means they lost $5 million losing on Saturday, which is much closer to the $4 million number I estimated versus the $10 million or more figure Little Danny estimated.
• dwccrew

  

  jordo212000;972180 wrote:You don't think it could be a repeat of what Utah did to Alabama?

  No