2011-2012 Bowl Projections - Week 12

[Jacie]

These are just projections but we're getting closer to the actual pairings so here are some of the ones of interest.

No, Boise State is not expected to fall all the way to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The teams CFN thinks will play in that classic matchup are Louisiana Tech and Toledo.

Beef O’Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl
December 20, 2011 St. Petersburg, FL, 8:00 pm, ESPN
Payout: $1 million
Big East No. 5 vs. C-USA No. 2
Projection: Pitt vs. Tulsa

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
December 21, 2011 San Diego, CA, 8:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $1 million
Mountain West No. 2 vs. WAC
Projection: Boise State vs. Nevada

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl
December 28, 2011 San Diego, CA, 8:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $4.3 million
Big 12 No. 5 vs. Pac-12 No. 3
Projection: Missouri vs. UCLA

Champs Sports Bowl
December 29, 2011 Orlando, FL, 5:30 pm ESPN
Payout: $4.65 million
ACC No. 3 vs. Big East No. 2
Projection: Florida State vs. Notre Dame

Valero Alamo Bowl
December 29, 2011 San Antonio, TX, 9:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $6.35 million
Big 12 No. 2 or 3 vs. Pac-12 No
Projection: Baylor vs. Utah

New Era Pinstripe Bowl
December 30, 2011 Bronx, NY, 3:20 pm ESPN
Payout: $3.6 million
Big East No. 4 vs. Big 12 No. 7
Projection: Rutgers vs. Texas

Insight Bowl
December 30, 2011 Tempe, AZ, 10:00 pm
Payout: $6.7 million
Big Ten No. 4 or 5 vs. Big 12 No. 4
Projection: Ohio State vs. Oklahoma

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
December 31, 2011 Houston, TX, 12:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $3.4 million
Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6
Projection: Iowa vs. Texas A&M

TicketCity Bowl
January 2, 2012 Dallas, TX, 12:00 pm ESPNU
Payout: $2.2 million
Big Ten No. 6 vs. C-USA
Projection: Purdue vs. Iowa State*
*No Conference USA team projected available

AT&T Cotton Bowl
January 6, 2012 Arlington, TX, 8:00 pm FOX
Payout: $7.25 million
Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC No. 3, 4, or 5 (West)
Projection: Kansas State vs. Auburn

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
January 2, 2012 Glendale, AZ, 8:30 pm ESPN
Big 12 No. 1 vs. BCS
Projection: Oklahoma State vs. Stanford

Rationale: The Fiesta will get the Oklahoma/Oklahoma State winner, and it'll keep Andrew Luck and Stanford in Pac-12 territory. The future No. 1 draft pick will be an easy sell, and if it's Oklahoma instead of Oklahoma State, it could be a battle of the top two picks in the 2012 NFL Draft - with OU's Landry Jones possibly going No. 2.

BCS Championship
January 9, 2012 New Orleans, LA, 9:00 pm ESPN
BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
Projection: LSU vs. Alabama

[8timechamps]

So they project us as the #4 team in the Big XII (or maybe that's just the selection number). If this plays out the way they project, I think we would destroy tOSU. I still think we go to the Fiesta.

[jk the sooner fan]

I think we go to the Cotton Bowl at Jerry World

[8timechamps]

I think we go to the Cotton Bowl at Jerry World

I actually wouldn't mind a match up with the SEC. Plus, it looks like the Cotton Bowl isn't going to be played at 5:30 in the morning.

[sooner59]

So Landry is going #2 overall now?

[soonercastor]

So Landry is going #2 overall now?

he's obviously referring to QBs only

[sooner59]

I started to say...

[Soonerus]

I like all of those bowls...

[the-rover]

So Landry is going #2 overall now?

I think he'll be lucky to be the 4th QB.....

Luck
Barkley
RG3
Jones
Tanehill

[nighttrain12]

I think we go to the Cotton Bowl at Jerry World

I was looking at the Cotton Bowl website and it said the game was already sold out. Do the schools that end up participating get an allotment of tickets also for their season ticket holders?

[Soonerus]

I was looking at the Cotton Bowl website and it said the game was already sold out. Do the schools that end up participating get an allotment of tickets also for their season ticket holders?


Duh....

[sooner59]

I think he'll be lucky to be the 4th QB.....

Luck
Barkley
RG3
Jones
Tanehill

I guess it depends on the philosophy of the teams in the draft order. Barkley gets some good reviews, some just ok. Similar to Landry. RG3 is a different story altogether. You have to want a Vick-type QB to want him. Who knows. I don't know much about what NFL teams want.

[llsooner7]

Landry is a much better pro prospect than RG3. Why is everybody always so down on Landry in these forums. He's played pretty damn well all season and was the reason the Baylor game was even competitive.

[Since71ASooner4Life]

I don't know much about what NFL teams want.

Primarily, a great passer. Of all the great running college QB's, I know exactly one who's running ability is a major part of his pro game, and he has a cannon for an arm also (Vick)

[soonercoop1]

LJ is #2 overall in the NFL draft? Really?

[Seamus]

Kiper (yeah, yeah) has Landry as the No. 2 QB and either No. 4 or 5 overall.

[SoonerorLater]

No way Tulsa should beat us out of the Beef O'Brady Bowl

[nighttrain12]

Duh....

Thanks Spackler.