Stewart Mandel's Bowl Projections elicits low expectations at the paucity of (projected) marquee games. Nerveless, the speculative gates are open.
Bad:
- Going from a BCS Title matchup to the Sugar Bowl (against Cincinnati) would be a precipitous drop for Florida, and deservedly so, based on their play over the last month.
- Does anyone care about GT/Iowa in the Orange Bowl? Did anyone care before Iowa lost this weekend?
- Wow, is the PAC 10 down (more so than most years). A 2L Oregon in the Orange Bowl? I'd rather watch Stanford.
- A mediocre Big East and TCU wreck the BCS bowls. They have arguable cases for being the best teams in 2009, but BCS games should pit big conference foes.
Good:
- Alabama/UT would be a great title bout.
- While Central Michigan (MAC) vs. Louisiana-Monroe (Big Ten No. 7*) looks terrible on paper, how can anyone argue with the Little Caesars Bowl?
- Auburn/Clemson would match inconsistent teams in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
- Miami would annihilate ND in the Gator Bowl.
- Houston/Georgia would feature an upstart v. a stalwart.
Number of bowl games I'll match +/- 1.5, the Rose and possibly one more game.
1 comment:
Hey! Watch yourself!
From my 2+ years living in Iowa City, I have lots of Hawkeye gear. I'm disappointed - but not distraught - at the Hawkeyes losing.
I save my emotinal wreckage for Sunday and the Browns.....
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